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ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Windows Live Suite Installer Released

Following my earlier post today about the Windows Live Suite. I can now tell you that The Windows Live Suite Installer has now been released for Download! 😀 You can grab it at: http://get.live.com/wl/all Windows Live Hotmail The next generation of Web-based e-mail Drag-and-drop organization Security features to help kill spam and viruses A preview pane to see messages from

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Windows Live Suite to be released very soon!

This morning the Windows Live Wire Blog published an entry from Chris Jones, Vice President of the Windows Live Team at Microsoft, announcing that starting today we woud all be able to test out the new Windows Live Suite of Windows Live software at http://get.live.com/wl/all. In this announcement Chris Jones mentions the following to be included in the Windows Live Suite Download: Windows

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Sorry Richard but Akismet wins!

Got the following comment today: Anikrichard | anlikivanna.80@mail.ru | wwwwww.com | IP: 72.9.235.218 hello , my name is Richard and I know you get a lot of spammy comments , I can help you with this problem . I know a lot of spammers and I will ask them not to post on your site. It will reduce the volume

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Weshow brings the worlds best online videos to your blog and social networking sites

WeShow, the human-powered guide to the world’s online videos, is making it easier for Web users to enjoy an ever-changing collection of high-quality videos tailored to viewers’ specific interests with new products. Officially launching last month for consumers, WeShow onDesktop is a mini-application that resides on the user’s desktop and can be launched on demand—without opening a Web browser—to enjoy the

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Silverlight 1.0 Released and Silverlight for Linux Announced

Microsoft today released to the Web (RTW) Silverlight 1.0 for Windows and Mac. Silverlight being Microsoft’s cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering richer user experiences on the Web. In addition, Microsoft will work with Novell Inc. to deliver Silverlight support for Linux, called Moonlight, and based on the project started on mono-project.com.Silverlight significantly reduces development and deployment costs and provides enhanced Web audio and

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Winner of $25,000 Microsoft Home Office Makeover Revealed

The Microsoft Office team and HGTV interior designer Vern Yip presented Microsoft Home Office Makeover grand prize winner Crile Carvey with a $25,000 home office redesign. Carvey, a software application and design business owner in Wheatland, Wyo., sought to bring order to his chaotic home office to increase his productivity and efficiency. The Microsoft Home Office team updated Carvey’s office,

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Universal Studios Hollywood closes Back To The Future The Ride

Monday was a sad day for many Back to The Future Fans as the Universal Studios Hollywood ride “Back to the Future – The Ride” closed forever to visitors at 8:00pm. 🙁 It’s a real shame to see Hollywood’s “Back to the Future – The Ride” close forever just like it did at Universal Studios Florida, luckily there’s no plans

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Update to management of the Microsoft adCenter trademark policy

Just a reminder that on  the 10th of September 2007, Microsoft will update the management of the adCenter trademark policy. Here are some key points that outline these changes. The heart of the trademark policy is unchanged. Microsoft adCenter disallows trademark infringement, and forbids advertisers from bidding on or using trademarked terms in a way that constitutes trademark infringement. Advertisers may not