Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

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A new event is launching in February called Startup!

Startup! is a new event, in conjunction with TechCrunch UK, that has the aim of bringing together people, ideas & money by bringing together the UK’s best technology startups and the best active investors: angels, VCs and corporates. Right now the first Startup! event in central London is in the final stages of planning with a number of interested investor partners. The

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Telcogames Launches 3D Puzzle Sil For Smartphones

Telcogames, a global publisher, developer and distributor of mobile games yesterday announced the launch of award winning SiL, a 3D silhouette matching puzzle for smart phone devices and PC.SIL the latest Nokia award winning 3D puzzle game to be launched and developed by Telcogames takes on the addictive puzzling antics of shape recognition but with a whole new reverse twist.  Train

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Vizu Answers has been successfully launched!

Vizu Answers places interactive polls directly onto Web site pages; there are no popup or new browser windows involved. Their technology integrates the poll widget seamlessly into a site unlike advertising assets that often look out of place compared to the rest of the page. When a user votes on a poll, the results load within the widget without a refresh

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Microsoft releases Windows Vista and Office 2007 to businesses

At a press conference at NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square, Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer announced the business availability of the Windows Vista operating system, the 2007 release of Microsoft Office, and a host of other new product offerings designed to enable businesses to thrive in a world of instant communication, expanding information and constant change.Today’s announcement that

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Pixelotto Public Launch Tuesday the 5th of December 2006

Remember Alex Tew and his pixel website The Million Dollar Homepage? Well I certainly do as I was one of the first to buy a spot on The Million Dollar Homepage in early september, and haden’t heard anything from him since, well that is until I got his email today. Seems like he’s now back in action with a new pixel website called Pixelotto which

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MSN Shopping Sees Record Traffic From Holiday Gift Buyers

Shoppers rang in the traditional start of the holiday gift-buying season with unprecedented traffic on MSN Shopping over the Thanksgiving weekend.From the day after Thanksgiving, known as Black Friday in the retail industry, through Cyber Monday, the unofficial kickoff of the online holiday shopping season, MSN Shopping (http://shopping.msn.com) recorded 21 percent more visits compared with the same period in 2005.

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Microsoft Adcenter Coupon Codes

I’m sure there are quite a few of you out there wanting to try Microsoft/MSN AdCenter, but just don’t have a lot to spend on actually seeing some results! So well now’s your chance to give it a go because Microsoft is offering a $100/$200 credit for new accounts. All you have to do is sign-up for a $5.00 account

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Microsoft Meets EU Deadline Over Antitrust Case

In accordance with the March 2004 decision by the European Commission, Microsoft submitted 8,500 pages of detailed technical documentation in July 2006. The Commission has now completed its initial review of this extensive documentation. The documentation is now available for review by any potential licensees. Microsoft is committed to full compliance with the March 2004 decision.In the wake of the

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comScore Reveals U.K. Top Sites for October 2006

comScore Networks, a leader in measuring the digital age, has revealed the top U.K. Internet properties for October, based on data collected through its comScore World Metrix audience ratings service.  Google Sites (not including YouTube) edged out Microsoft Sites in October to become the most-visited Web property in the U.K. for the first time, followed by Microsoft Sites and eBay.

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Alcatel sues Microsoft over patent infringements

Alcatel, the French manufacturer of telecommunications gear, has filed two separate complaints against Microsoft in a Texas court, claiming that Microsoft has infringed on seven Alcatel patents. The court documents do not give examples of Microsoft’s alleged bad behavior, but we can get some idea of what’s at stake by looking at the cited patents. The patents are 6,339,830; 6,874,090;