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ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

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Windows Vista Beta 2 Download

The Windows Vista Beta 2 Download is now available for IT professionals and developers with MSDN and TechNet subscriptions. And in the coming weeks or so, Microsoft will release the Windows Vista Customer Preview Program (CPP) for developers and IT professionals who are not members of either the MSDN or TechNet subscriptions services. You can however get a head start on your Windows

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Download 2007 Microsoft Office System Beta 2

The Download for the “2007 Microsoft Office System Beta 2” is now online for the general public to download, I guess there’s not much else I can say other than go and grab it while it’s still hot, like a hot cake! Ohh and by the way yes it is now called the “2007 Microsoft Office System” just in case your

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Text Link Ads Calculator

The guys over at Text Link Ads, have just completed work on a tool that answers the timeless question of, “What is a link from my website worth?” The new Text Link Ads Calculator will help answer that question for webmasters, while helping potential link buyers out there figure out what they might want to pay out in today’s marketplace. Calculator factors include:

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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