Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Windows Vista London Launch with Bill Gates Speech

As you may or may not know Bill Gates gave a speech yesterday in London at the British Library for the launch of Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System, which was pretty cool. Though unfortunately I didn’t go as I didn’t know he was coming until the week before, I tried to get a press pass but Microsoft didn’t get back to me,

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Bill Gates: WorldWide General Availability of Vista & Office 2007

January 29, 2007 1:45 p.m. PST / 4:45 p.m. EST / 9:45 p.m GMT From Times Square in New York City, join Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates for a live webcast celebrating the worldwide launch of Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System. The celebration pays tribute to the millions of Microsoft customers, partners and product testers around the world

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Countdown to Windows Vista and Office 2007 is nearly over

The Coundown to Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System is nearly over, so this week will sure to be one of the most important weeks in Microsoft’s history, as it finally releases Windows Vista and Office 2007 to the consumer market. However is a new Windows and Office launch still a big deal? Is Windows Vista enough of a leap forward to repel

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Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 General Availability

Windows Vista is ready to launch a real transformation in the industry. Mike Sievert, Corporate Vice President, Windows Client Marketing, will unveil a moment of Wow, in New York, and kick start the celebration for local, national (USA) and international audiences. The event will take place between 10:00 and 10:30 a.m. EST. And then at 11:30 am EST theres a

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Designertopia 2007 next week!

Cool, it looks like I’m all confimed to go to Designertopia 2007 on Thursday the 1st and Friday the 2nd February at the Grosvenor Marriott Hotel in London: Dear Darren Straight, Thank you for registering to attend Microsoft designertopia 2007, taking place on Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd February at the Grosvenor Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square, London, W1. Included in this email

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My thoughts on WordPress 2.1 Ella

Well I’ve decided to test out WordPress 2.1 Ella out on this blog, but to be honest so far I’m unhappy! Some of my problems are: It’s not compatible with my current theme, because every time I go to create a new post it keeps putting back my blog to the default classic theme, with a non-functional WYSIWYG Editor, argh!