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ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Windows Live Hotmail Launches in US on Monday

I’ve mentioned before of a possible launch date of Windows Live Hotmail in the US sometime in the second week of May and well it looks like I could be right, as according to sources familiar with the company’s plans Windows Live Hotmail will be launching this Monday the 7th of May 2007. And though as of yet Microsoft have

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Flickr to Replace Yahoo Photos

Just got word from my friend Eric Cheung that Yahoo is to shut down Yahoo Photos, with Flickr replacing Yahoo Photos. Yahoo said that users of Yahoo Photos would be given an option of either shifting to Flickr or other photo sharing websites. Announcing the decision Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield said that users could move their pictures to other sites

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Microsoft and Yahoo once again in Discussions for Merger!

Both the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal are reporting that sources say Microsoft and Yahoo were are talking again about how they might merge or cooperate. To quote from the The New York Post it says: Recent talks between Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. over how to band together betray increasing unrest at Microsoft over how to compete

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Windows Live Spaces Roadtrip to Live Earth

Here’s your chance to score the ultimate summer job representing Microsoft! Windows Live Spaces has partnered up with MSN Live Earth the Concert for a Climate in Crisis, to sponsor an adventurous cross country road trip from Seattle to NYC over 5 weeks while meeting folks from across the nation (USA) and doing your part to make the earth a better