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By - Darren Straight

Microsoft adCenter to Launch in the U.K.

Just got word that Microsoft adCenter is to Launch in the U.K. on Tuesday the 15th of August 2006, here’s the post from the AdCenter Blog: We’re really excited to announce today that Microsoft adCenter will launch in the U.K. this week! For the last couple of months we’ve run a pilot in partnership with a number of U.K. advertisers

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Frucall to be releasing new features for August 2006

Remember my recent post about Frucall the new US Web 2.0 Service which will allow you to find the comparision of shopping prices by calling 1-888-DO-FRUCALL and typing in or reading the product’s barcode number to the system which will then search the product on Amazon.com, Yahoo! Shopping and Streetprices.com and will return the pricing results within ten or so seconds. Well I

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Windows Live Writer Beta is Live!

Following the recent speculation of Windows Live Writer from Gary at menori and then his later post about Windows Live Writer really exsisting because he had confirmation from his source Beau from Inside-Live who also told Logix from MSGworld some information I can now confirm that Windows Live Writer really does exsist and that I had been testing Windows Live

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IBM PC’s 25th anniversary

Computer firm IBM made technological history 25 years ago on 12 August 1981 with the announcement of a personal computer – the IBM 5150. Costing $1,565, the 5150 had just 16K of memory – scarcely more than a couple of modest e-mails worth. The machine was not the first attempt to popularise computing but it soon came to define the

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The Spam Increase in Hotmail is explained on the WLMDB Blog!

Have you been seeing more spam than usual in Hotmail for July? If so then this might be the explanation you’ve been looking for, kindly provided by the Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta Product Support Blog: July was an interesting month if you keep a close eye and count on junk mail you receive. I got notes on the blog

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Nineteen of 24 people have had their UK assets frozen

Following yesterdays breaking news of the Arrests of 24 people under the Terrorism Act who were found to be in connection with an alleged plot to blow transatlantic flights out of the sky from the UK to the US. Nineteen of those arrested have had their assets frozen under powers granted by the United Nations to tackle the financing of terrorism in the wake

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MS Flight Simulator X Trial Released for Download

Microsoft has released a trial version of its much-anticipated Flight Simulator X, which celebrates 25 years of the popular franchise and will be fully optimized for Windows Vista. The demo includes two airports, three missions, and three different aircraft. Flight Simulator X is compatible with Windows XP SP2 and Vista, requiring 14GB of hard drive space and a DirectX 9

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Microsoft Zune Will Hit Stores at $299

Microsoft is in the process of unveiling to select retailers the first of its line of Zune wearable digital audio players and informed retailers it will offer a single unit this fall, available in three colors at a suggested retail price of $299. Retailers who have been briefed by Microsoft told TWICE the player will offer Wi-Fi capability, but will

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Live.com updated to include Windows Live Orb Menu

As you have probably already noticed by now, Windows Live.com was updated last night to include the new Windows Live Orb and Orb Menu along with some UI tweaks and performance changes, and though as of yet there’s still no official word from the Windows Live.com Team about this update it’s clear that this updated version of Live.com along with

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Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta Build 8.0.0932

Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta Build 8.0.0932 is now available for download, but as always make sure you have signed up for the Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta on ideas.live.com or you wont be able to access it. To sign up and download Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta Build 8.0.0932, follow the following procedures: Go to http://ideas.live.com Find the tile for