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Microsoft Terminology Translations 2006

To provide users with more up-to-date terminology, Microsoft has now replaced the current content that was previously posted to the ftp site with a more concise document that is easier to use, moving this data from the ftp site to the Microsoft download center is also an effort from Microsoft to significantly increase reliability and accessibility for users. The Microsoft

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Windows Live Local Comes to Australia with Aerial Imagery!

Remember my post about Windows Live Local Coming to Australia? Well now Windows Live Local really does have full support for Australia: Street Address Lookups (geocoding) – Try entering 27 Polglass Way, Ardross, WA , AU in the WHERE field. If your map view is centered somewhere in Australia, you of course don’t need to specify the country and can just

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Day out at Bodies The Exhibition and The London Dungeons

Man was it hot up in London today or what, especially at The London Dungeons. My first stop in London was Bodies The Exhibition an Exhibition very like Body Worlds in which human bodies have been preserved in their flesh to be shown off to us the public so we can see what are bodies are really made of and

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Windows Live Toolbar released out of beta!

I’m not sure how many of you use the Windows Live Toolbar, but for those of you that do you might like to know that the Windows Live Toolbar is now out of Beta and can be downloaded here or from the Windows Live Toolbar site at http://toolbar.live.com/ The Windows Live Toolbar will let you: Start and refine a search from

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Windows Live Mail M7 Released

Following up on my recent post about what the Windows Live Mail M7 Release would contain, and the even more recent post about how to preview Windows Live Mail M7, It looks like Windows Live Mail M7 has just been Released as more and more people are seeing the updated version of Windows Live Mail. No official word from the Windows Live Mail Team yet

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Windows Live Gallery beta launched!

Following my post this morning about Windows Live Gallery launching today, the Windows Live Gallery Beta Site has now officially launched at http://gallery.live.com/ This new Windows Live Gallery site is intended to be a one-stop shop for consumers to personalize their Windows Live and PC experience as the Windows Live Gallery will help you find all of the coolest & most useful

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Microsoft Shows Beta Test Preview Homepage 2006

Microsoft has now launched a Beta Test Preview Homepage of what its new Homepage will hopefully look like later on in the year. The current preview can be seen at: http://preview.microsoft.com/en/us/default.aspx But it’s not currently known how much, if anything at all, of the current look will stay in the Final version of the Hompage when launched. Also it is noted

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Technorati turns 3 years old along with a major update!

Technorati turns 3 years old this month and with its birthday it brings us a major update of Technorati, both in term of look and features! Here’s a summary from the Technorati Blog: Technorati is 3 years old! What an amazing trip so far. The World Live Web is all about people – We’re here to help make sense of

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Windows Live Gallery Beta launches today

According to a post by Daniel Fleshbourne over at Neowin, The Windows Live Gallery Beta Site will be launching today at http://gallery.live.com/. This new site is intended to be a one-stop shop for consumers to find all of the great Gadgets, Messenger Activities & Bots, add-ins, and extensions to personalize Windows Live services. Windows Live Gallery will also offer developers