Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

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Go green with The Eco Button at iwantoneofthose.com

With National Go Green day fast approaching it seems only fair that we all chip in and do our bit for the environment. So iwantoneofthose.com are selling a rather handy eco product called The Eco Button at a price of £12.99 (free delivery), which is set to help you become a friend of the earth! Plug this little gizmo into your USB

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MSN Historical Timeline Since August 24th 1995 to February 21st 2008

MSN Historical Timeline February 21, 2008 Microsoft launches Windows Live SkyDrive, a free online file storing and sharing service that is a part of the next-generation Windows Live suite of services, in 38 countries. The service was previously available in beta in three countries: U.S., U.K. and India. At launch, SkyDrive offers 5 GB of storage per customer, an increase

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Celebrate 10 Years of MSN/Windows Live Messenger

Wow I can’t believe it, it has been almost been 10 years since MSN/Windows Live Messenger was launched. Windows Live Messenger (called MSN Messenger/MSN Messenger Service back then) was released to the public on a warm, sunny Seattle day on July 22nd 1999. With more than 330 million active users every month, Windows Live Messenger has grown quite a bit

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The Michael Jackson Memorial Live on CNN with Facebook

Today is the public memorial service for Michael Jackson. MichaelJackson.com will begin broadcasting the memorial service beginning at 12pm EDT. Please visit MichaelJackson.com to share in the memorial service, pay tribute on the “Tribute Wall”, watch Michael’s music videos and listen to his music.

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Microsoft Hohm US Only Public Beta goes Live

Microsoft has today opened up it’s doors to it’s energy management tool Microsoft Hohm as a US Only Public Beta. Microsoft Hohm is a new online application that enables consumers to better understand their energy usage, get recommendations and start saving money. Microsoft Hohm uses advanced analytics licensed from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy to

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My website position in Bing for July 2009

Just noticied that if you search in Bing Search UK/US using the keyword “darren” that my website/blog appears quite high up in the results pages. On Bing Search UK my website/blog appears on the first result page and is the 6th result down when searching for “darren”. And on Bing Search US my website/blog appears on the second result page

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Top 10 Search Keyphrases for June 2009

1119 different keyphrases were used to find my site in June 2009, here are the top 10 with the amount of times they were used plus their overall usage percentage. 1119 different keyphrases Search Percent darren 685 26.9 % vtunnel 148 5.8 % ratatouille 59 2.3 % planets solar system 37 1.4 % disable ease of access 18 0.7 % escape

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Microsoft ends Windows Live Butterfly Program

Well I guess all good things come to an end, or at least that’s what some people say. But it looks like that one good thing has unfortunately come to an end, that of which I’m sad to see go as I was a part of it, that is that the rumors circulating earlier this week about the MSN/Windows Live Butterfly