Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Microsoft & BT Launch connected services sandbox competitions

Yesterday at 3GSM World Congress 2007, Microsoft Corp. and BT announced the launch of the Connected Services Sandbox competition series to help promote the development of innovative customer solutions that merge traditional telecommunications offerings such as voice or text messaging with Web 2.0 applications such as mapping or search. The competitions will be managed by TopCoder Inc., a leader in online

By - Darren Straight

Three New Windows Live Products for Mobile Devices

Today at 3GSM World Congress 2007, Microsoft announced three new Windows Live for mobile services that provide search and communications capabilities to help people access their world of relationships, information and interests from their mobile device. Now available in the United States and the United Kingdom, Live Search for Windows Mobile and Live Search for Java provide customers with advanced

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Microsoft Reveals New Windows Mobile 6 Smartphone Software

Microsoft today unveiled Windows Mobile 6, the newest version of its mobile software platform. By improving usability and adding support for Microsoft Office features previously available only on PCs, Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 delivers to the small screen a familiar and rich experience that meets the needs of work and life while on the go, all with a single device.

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Ed Byrne Bytes – Enjoy Exclusive new Comedy on MSN Video

Comedy lovers can visit MSN Video today to enjoy a dose of humour from one of Ireland’s most famous exports Ed Byrne. The comedian from Dublin has created a series of 3-minute stand up clips called Ed Byrne’s Bytes, exclusively for MSN Video. Containing fresh and exciting material, a new clip will be uploaded onto the site each day from