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ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

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Win one of 100 Amazing New Philips Messenger Phones

Now’s your chance to win one of 100 amazing new Philips Messenger Phones by helping a little blue contact buddy find his little green friend, just check out this site for more information. Make phone calls to your Messenger contacts for free The Philips Messenger Phone will display all your Windows Live Messenger contacts and their presence (online, busy, be

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Team BritBot: Invasion of the Robots

Microsoft is challenging developers worldwide to create conversational Bots for MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger. The most original, useful Bots will collect £1000s in total prizes. And you can win loads more cool prizes when you enter the UK competition running alongside the global Robot Invaders contest! The first 50 Bot designers to sign up at www.britbot.co.uk will get

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Windows Live Messenger Yahoo Interopability Released!

You’ve probably already heard about this but the world’s largest instant messaging network is getting even bigger. As you can now chat to friends who use Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. See when they’re online and communicate with them directly all from within the all-new Windows Live Messenger that is available for download at the sign up page. Via: Windows Live Messenger Team Blog

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Back home from my summer 2006 trip to Alton Towers

Well what a great past two days it has been at Alton Towers with some friends, it would have been near enough perfect if it hadn’t been for some unfortunate things that happened like the dying of my digital camera, the loosening of the screw on my glasses or even the technically difficulties with the rides. The journey to Alton Towers began

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Windows Live is Good – Video Music Contest 2006

Who or what inspires your life? What best illustrates the driving force in your universe? Shoot your very own music video and submit it by 25th August 2006 for a chance to win up to five exclusive Xbox 360 gift packs! Each pack comes with an Xbox 360 Core system Console and two limited edition games! Because every individual is

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Steve Ballmer says the ‘Live’ Era is Coming

Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer has told Microsoft partners that they won’t see much, if any, new revenues from Microsoft’s growing Live family of services in the next year. But throughout the coming decade, the Live tide will transform the kinds of products and services that Microsoft and its partners will be selling. Via: Microsoft Watch

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Windows Media Encoder Studio Edition Beta 1

Windows Media Encoder Studio Edition Beta 1 is an exciting new addition to the Windows Media tools family. It is a powerful tool for video professionals, optimized for the creation of high-quality offline encoding using Microsoft’s implementation of the VC-1 video standard (WMV9). Windows Media Encoder Studio Edition Beta 1 provides the key features necessary to create next-generation video content

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MSN Spaces Friends Module now available in the UK

Great news for those of us in the UK who have been waiting for the MSN Spaces Friends Module for the MSN Spaces Friends Beta Network, because it’s now available for your MSN Space. The Friends Explorer, which will be integrated with and accessible through Windows Live Messenger, will enable you and your friends to explore others and create new

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Experience Windows Live at experience.live.com

Following the recent news about the new Windows Live promotional site called Inside Live, Picturepan2 has just let me know about another new Windows Live promotional site called Experience Windows Live is up and running with the following: Six Degrees – Coming Soon Will Victor remember in time? Discover how Windows Live makes the world six degrees smaller. Tune in soon—this is one

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Microsoft releases funny college recruiting video with Ed Helms

Remember last year’s Napoleon Dynamite video in which Bill Gates goes to College, well now theres another Microsoft video aimed at recruiting college students to Microsoft. It’s probably one of the most funniest Microsoft Recruitment Videos I’ve ever seen, just watch it and you’ll see why for yourself! Via: Just Another SDE | JobSyntax