Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Econav: Helping you reduce your carbon emissions on Green Britain Day

Green Britain Day is here, and if the campaign to go-green by 2012 has got you thinking of ways you can do your bit perhaps the Econav can help? In fact this new Sat Nav can assist you in saving more than 15% of your fuel consumption. The way it works is simple: as you drive, Econav gives clear commands

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The Future of Boxed Software according to Kashflow

The battle between traditional-in-a-box accountancy software firm Sage and web-based accounting software company Kashflow is heating up. Sage recently succeeded in their complaint to Trading Standards about Kashflow making price comparisons about Sage, Kashflow had to withdraw the price comparisons. Now Kashflow has dealt Sage another body blow with this new YouTube film whereby a Sage box is turned to

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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