Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Come and join me at the second Blogger/Web2.0 Mixer Redux

The Date and Location for the Blogger/Web2.0 Mixer Redux (No.2) has now been confimed by Roger, so I hope to see some of you there, let me know if you would like to come, the details are as follows: When: Monday, 11 September 2006 PM 07:30 to PM 11:00 BST Where: All bar one 36-38 Dean Street, Soho London, United

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An Instant Message chat with nataLie the Messenger Bot!

Don’t you just love messing with people who think they can scam you into entering your credit card details onto an unsecure website? Well I for one have done and it’s great to see what they say once you tell them you know they are trying to scam you and that you knew that from the start. Well it happened

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Windows Live Messenger Build 8.0.0812 Released

It’s been less than two months since the final release of Windows Live Messenger, and already is it reported that a new build was released last night. But as of yet there’s been no official word as to what the changes are in Windows Live Messenger Build 8.0.0812, so I expect they are only minor changes but hey it would

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Niall Kennedy Leaves Windows Live Team at Microsoft

Niall Kennedy, a high-profile hire from Technorati who joined Microsoft in April 2006 as Program Manager for syndication with the Windows Live team has today announced on his blog that he is leaving Microsoft as of the 18th of August to create a new tech startup. Probably the part that most stands out from his blog post is as follows:

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Haystack is launching private beta soon!

According to Bill Wilson, Haystack with it’s tagline “music powered by people” is a few days away from launching into private beta, and not just that but Haystack also has several big strategic partnership announcements coming up to coincide with their founder speaking at Digital Hollywood. For more information on Haystack check out this and this post over at the Haystack Blog.

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NEW Lost Series 2 Part 1 Windows Live Space

Can’t get enough of Lost? Got your own theories about what on earth is happening on the island? Are the survivors actually on earth? Did they even survive the plane crash, or are they all dead? Tell MSN what you think Lost is all about. They are hunting for the best theories, with some great prizes to be won for the most outlandish

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Introduction to 90 Online File Storage Services

Theres a list of 90 Online File Storage Services over at LifeHack that seems to have been spreading around the web a lot for the past few days now, that it just had to be posted here, but not because I want to join the people posting it, well ok maybe I do, but it would be better to say that I

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Windows Live Custom Domains available internationally!

Great news for another Windows Live Service, this time the Windows Live Custom Domains Site which has now been made available in international markets, in total 15 languages across 21 countries. You can get to the international version of the website by clicking on the corresponding link below. Alternatively, it may also be viewed if the browser language is set to

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Want to look 10 Years Younger?

The team of Channel 4’s hit show ‘10 Years Younger’ is currently looking for lively people to take part in their brand new series! So if you think you look old before your time and you want a makeover of a life time… APPLY NOW! For information and an application pack, go to www.channel4.co.uk/10yearsyounger or call 0121 2248381. The 10