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Windows Live is Good – Video Music Contest 2006

Who or what inspires your life? What best illustrates the driving force in your universe? Shoot your very own music video and submit it by 25th August 2006 for a chance to win up to five exclusive Xbox 360 gift packs! Each pack comes with an Xbox 360 Core system Console and two limited edition games! Because every individual is

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Steve Ballmer says the ‘Live’ Era is Coming

Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer has told Microsoft partners that they won’t see much, if any, new revenues from Microsoft’s growing Live family of services in the next year. But throughout the coming decade, the Live tide will transform the kinds of products and services that Microsoft and its partners will be selling. Via: Microsoft Watch

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Windows Media Encoder Studio Edition Beta 1

Windows Media Encoder Studio Edition Beta 1 is an exciting new addition to the Windows Media tools family. It is a powerful tool for video professionals, optimized for the creation of high-quality offline encoding using Microsoft’s implementation of the VC-1 video standard (WMV9). Windows Media Encoder Studio Edition Beta 1 provides the key features necessary to create next-generation video content

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MSN Spaces Friends Module now available in the UK

Great news for those of us in the UK who have been waiting for the MSN Spaces Friends Module for the MSN Spaces Friends Beta Network, because it’s now available for your MSN Space. The Friends Explorer, which will be integrated with and accessible through Windows Live Messenger, will enable you and your friends to explore others and create new

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Experience Windows Live at experience.live.com

Following the recent news about the new Windows Live promotional site called Inside Live, Picturepan2 has just let me know about another new Windows Live promotional site called Experience Windows Live is up and running with the following: Six Degrees – Coming Soon Will Victor remember in time? Discover how Windows Live makes the world six degrees smaller. Tune in soon—this is one

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Microsoft releases funny college recruiting video with Ed Helms

Remember last year’s Napoleon Dynamite video in which Bill Gates goes to College, well now theres another Microsoft video aimed at recruiting college students to Microsoft. It’s probably one of the most funniest Microsoft Recruitment Videos I’ve ever seen, just watch it and you’ll see why for yourself! Via: Just Another SDE | JobSyntax

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Dabble Announces Private Beta

Dabble has now announced it’s first Private Beta in which they would like to invite us all to join so we can be part of one of the most exciting online video communities on the Web, if not the best, or at least that’s what they hope! Dabble is a video remix community that makes it easy and fun for people to create, browse, and

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One year after the 7th of July 2006 London bombings

The UK has been paying tribute to the victims of the 7 July London attacks, one year after suicide bombers killed 52 people and injured nearly 800. But where were you that day the 7th of July 2005 last year? I for one was actually in London that day, but luckily enough I was somewhat far from where it happened,

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Less than 2 weeks to go until World Jump Day 2006

Just thought I would remind you all that that’s its now less than 2 weeks away until the World Jump Day, which will take place on the 20th of July 2006 at 11.39.13 GMT What is the World Jump Day you say? well to put it simple it’s an attempt to change the orbit of our planet Earth to help stop global warming and create more