Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Upcoming Release of Microsoft Connect 2.0

Microsoft Connect will be releasing Microsoft Connect 2.0 in a couple of weeks. With this new release will can expect to see many more new features, especially in the area of feedback and access level on the betas, here’s a more detailed post about this update: This new release of Connect will allow users to provide feedback to product groups

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First BritBlog BlogMeet

Ok so today I had the pleasure of attending the first BritBlog BlogMeet in The Marquess of Anglesey pub in covent garden in London. I arrived there at just after 4pm and couldn’t see anybody who looked like they were waiting for anybody else from BritBlog so I decided to order myself a pint of fosters and sit down on a

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First BritBlog BlogMeet Tomorrow!

Dont forget the first BritBlog BlogMeet ever is tomorrow (sunday at 4pm) We will me meeting up in The Marquess of Anglesey pub in Convert Garden in London, if any of you are from London or the UK for that matter and would like to come, your more than welcome to! 🙂 Here are the full details: The Marquess of Anglesey 39

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Windows Live Mail M6 Release Rolled Back

The product development team for Windows Live Mail rolled back the M6 release of Windows Live Mail yesterday, this is all we know so far: You may have noticed that some of the new features in Windows Live Mail Beta have gone missing! Well, you’re right. We hit a couple of bumps with M6, our most recent release, but we’re

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How much is your domain worth?

Well apparently you can now find out with LeapFish.com’s Domain Name Resource Center which will give you the estimated value of any domain name you type in. “This question is asked by many, but very few get a solid answer. This is because domain names rely entirely on demand and therefore the only indication as to value is what somebody will pay for

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Free ASP.NET Hosting Trial

Do you need Free ASP.NET Hosting for your Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition package or maybe for your beta copy of Microsoft’s Expression Web Designer? If so then try VWDHosting.net which lets you sign up to a Free ASP.NET Hosting Trial so you can start testing Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition and ASP.NET 2.0 out straight away by

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MSN Spaces Live Sessions!

I have just found out about a new site and blog called MSN Spaces Live Sessions, it’s a place where you can promote your music online, with the launch of MSN Spaces Live Sessions they have two competitions, one for artists and the other for fans both with some fantastic prizes! Read below for more information: What is Live Sessions? ‘Live Sessions’ is

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Google becomes ‘evil’

I thought I would post something about Google today, and well it was either going to be about Google facing a lawsuit in Belgium over Google Suggest or this other piece of news I found with some Dilbert comics strips, I’ve chosen the comic strips, read below for the full story on what I’m talking about: A series of recent Dilbert comics could be

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50th position on the Blog Top Sites technology category!

Great news for my Blog, it’s now made it to the bottom of the first page on the Blog Top Sites technology category, putting it in 50th position out of all the technolgy sites registerd with Blog Top Sites. I was recently in 59th postion on the second page of the technology category and thought at first that maybe it was some mistake but with ever stats reset I’m seeing my blog