Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

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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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The @media 2007 web design conference unleashed!

The @media 2007 web site has just been launched, and you can now register to attend: http://www.vivabit.com/atmedia2007/ As in previous years, the popular, well renowned conference will focus on best practices in web design and development, providing an unparalleled educational, inspirational, and all-round enjoyable experience for design beginners to the experienced web design firm. AMERICA: San Francisco, May 24th –

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Microsoft at 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show

From Las Vegas, Nevada, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates keynotes the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and demonstrates how Microsoft is delivering a new generation of connected experiences. Bill will be joined by Robbie Bach, President of Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division, in announcing several new offerings from Windows Vista, Xbox 360, Microsoft TV and more. The Live Webcast will

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Microsoft Announces 2007 Second Quarter Earnings Release Date

Microsoft Corp. will release fiscal year 2007 second quarter financial results after the close of the market on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007. A live Webcast of the earnings conference call will be made available at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time on the Microsoft Investor Relations Web site at: http://www.microsoft.com/msft. The company will also host the following event for the financial community:

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Will Microsoft Aquire Yahoo In 2007?

Well Jeremy Schoemaker thinks so with his 10 reasons why: The Search Algorithm Overture Yahoo Search Marketing Yahoo Publisher Network Flickr Del.icio.us The People Video Community Properties Business Directory Yahoo Just Cleaned The House Read his full post here which includes more details about each reason. As well as this post at the Internet Marketing Monitor Blog, which gives you 10 reasons as

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The Windows Vista Demo Readiness Toolkit

The Windows Vista Partner Demo Readiness Toolkit (DRT) enables you to check out the product for yourself, and gain the expert skills needed to effectively demo it to your customers. It includes Windows Vista RC1 and Microsoft® Office Professional 2007 Beta 2, and has been pre-populated with settings and media to simulate an end-user PC experience. You will also find

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Yesterday’s UK EVO Launch was great!

Yesterday myself and three others from the University of Kent headed down to Reading for Microsoft’s Technet UK Ready for a New Day: Launch of Microsoft Exchange Server, Windows Vista and 2007 Microsoft Office System (aka the EVO Launch). And well we just want to say that we thought it was brilliant! So well done to everybody who helped orgainse it, you done a

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Free trial of 2007 Microsoft Office system

Try out your choice of suites or programs from the 2007 Microsoft Office release for 60 days! Trial programs contain the same functionality that you get when you buy the perpetual versions-but only for a limited time. UK and Ireland: http://ukireland.trymicrosoftoffice.com US: http://us1.trymicrosoftoffice.com http://us7.trymicrosoftoffice.com http://us20.trymicrosoftoffice.com Canada: http://canada.trymicrosoftoffice.com Germany: http://germany.trymicrosoftoffice.com France: http://france.trymicrosoftoffice.com Japan: http://japan.trymicrosoftoffice.com/ Available downloads: Microsoft Office Professional 2007 Microsoft

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Preparing for Windows Vista retail on windowsvistaretail.com

Confused by which version of Windows Vista you want? Then you need some helpful advice featuring aliens. Microsoft has provided same at Windowsvistaretail.com, a new site designed to provide guidance for those on the shop-floor frontline. Rather than a standard product brief, it’s dispensing wisdom in the form of a series of animated shorts explaining the different versions, the importance of