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By - Darren Straight

Niall Kennedy Leaves Windows Live Team at Microsoft

Niall Kennedy, a high-profile hire from Technorati who joined Microsoft in April 2006 as Program Manager for syndication with the Windows Live team has today announced on his blog that he is leaving Microsoft as of the 18th of August to create a new tech startup. Probably the part that most stands out from his blog post is as follows:

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Haystack is launching private beta soon!

According to Bill Wilson, Haystack with it’s tagline “music powered by people” is a few days away from launching into private beta, and not just that but Haystack also has several big strategic partnership announcements coming up to coincide with their founder speaking at Digital Hollywood. For more information on Haystack check out this and this post over at the Haystack Blog.

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NEW Lost Series 2 Part 1 Windows Live Space

Can’t get enough of Lost? Got your own theories about what on earth is happening on the island? Are the survivors actually on earth? Did they even survive the plane crash, or are they all dead? Tell MSN what you think Lost is all about. They are hunting for the best theories, with some great prizes to be won for the most outlandish

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Introduction to 90 Online File Storage Services

Theres a list of 90 Online File Storage Services over at LifeHack that seems to have been spreading around the web a lot for the past few days now, that it just had to be posted here, but not because I want to join the people posting it, well ok maybe I do, but it would be better to say that I

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Windows Live Custom Domains available internationally!

Great news for another Windows Live Service, this time the Windows Live Custom Domains Site which has now been made available in international markets, in total 15 languages across 21 countries. You can get to the international version of the website by clicking on the corresponding link below. Alternatively, it may also be viewed if the browser language is set to

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Want to look 10 Years Younger?

The team of Channel 4’s hit show ‘10 Years Younger’ is currently looking for lively people to take part in their brand new series! So if you think you look old before your time and you want a makeover of a life time… APPLY NOW! For information and an application pack, go to www.channel4.co.uk/10yearsyounger or call 0121 2248381. The 10

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Flaming Dr. Pepper recipe

Has anybody ever had a Flaming Dr. Pepper alcoholic cocktail shot before? Well if not and you’re legal drinking age, I would highly consider trying one because though they contain no Dr. Pepper what so ever I can honestly tell you that they taste exactly like Dr. Pepper, which is so weird. Here’s how to make a Flaming Dr. Pepper:

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First Ever Windows Live Butterfly Meet Up in London

Windows Live Butterfly Meet Up I hear you say, yes that’s correct, me and Eric Cheung had organised a Windows Live Butterfly Meet Up in london for last Thursday the 3rd of August 2006 at 10:30am at London Bridge Station, and man what a great time we had, let me tell you what happened: Well I woke up at around 7:30am

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Transferred from Hosting-Unlimited to HostGator

Well it’s been pretty quite on my Blog lately and that’s because I had been transferring all my files and databases from Hosting-Unlimited to HostGator because though I have been with Hosting-Unlimited for 420 days now and I’m still quite happy to host small test sites with them that are not so important, I had been having lots of downtime

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Windows CE 5 and CE 6 Beta Live Chat!

Do you have tough technical questions regarding Windows CE 5.0 and Windows CE 6.0 Beta for which you’re seeking answers? Do you want to tap into the deep knowledge of the talented Microsoft Embedded Devices Group members? If so then why not join the team behind Windows CE 5.0 and Windows CE 6 in a chat which will cover the tools