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ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Unofficial Windows Live Messenger FAQs v2

I don’t think I’ve ever talked about Scøtt’s Unofficial Windows Live Messenger FAQ Site here before so I might as well now as I’ve juet posted about his update on LiveSide.net. I really think that Scøtt’s done a great Job at putting this Windows Live Messenger FAQ Site together as the Messenger Contact List idea is a really cool and

By - Darren Straight

Help Celebrate Messenger’s 7th Birthday

MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger will be 7 years old next Saturday the 22nd of July 2006. So the Windows Live Messenger Team would like you’re help in celebrating it’s 7th Birthday by spreading the word to the world that it’s Messenger’s 7th Birthday soon. There’s many ways that you can spread the word, and it will be intriguing to see

By - Darren Straight

Microsoft withdraws Windows Private Folders

Following an outcry from corporate customers, Microsoft is removing an add-on feature to Windows that allowed users to create password-protected folders. The feature was introduced as a free download last week. Almost immediately, people raised questions over how businesses would grapple with the ability of individual workers to encrypt their data. “Private Folder 1.0 was designed as a benefit for