Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

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Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta Begins!

Well it looks like the Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta has finally begun but only with around 100 testers, though this will expand to some 5000 beta testers within the coming weeks it might take a while so I recommend you keep and eye out for an invite in your inbox, but for now why not read below for more

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EU uneasy about Microsoft Vista

The European Commission has once again expressed concerns about Microsoft’s competition on the Computer Market but Microsoft says that they have let rivals be involved in the developing of the new Windows Vista operating system, read the full story below. BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission said Wednesday it told Microsoft that it has competition worries about the firm’s new

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Total Solar Eclipse of 2006 March 29

Just heard about this via the Nasa Website: On Wednesday, 2006 March 29, a total eclipse of the Sun will be visible from within a narrow corridor which traverses half the Earth. The path of the Moon’s umbral shadow begins in Brazil and extends across the Atlantic, northern Africa, and central Asia where it ends at sunset in western Mongolia. A

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TorrentSpy takes on the MPAA!

So it now seems that the MPAA is trying to outlaw the .torrent file format, has the MPAA gone mad, this really is pushing the limits on what they can do, don’t you think? Sure I can understand them trying to stop pirating in general but this is a file extension which I must say is used in the general

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Uploaded some of my Technical Drawings from Bachillerato 2003

After a long wait I’ve finally decided to upload some of my Technical Drawings from my Bachillerato (sixth form) Course I did in 2003, I hope you like them because I certainly do mainly because I know I did them all on my own and also because I was top of the class in Technical Drawing! View more Technical Drawings

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egoSurf finds your blogs ranking in google

With egoSurf you can find your blogs ranking in google. “Actually it doesn’t have to be your blog, and it ain’t just google.” say’s developer Jason Hyland. What is egoSurf ? Find your place, know your place. Take a look at our about page. We’ve not got a mission statement. So, how does it work ? Simple. You enter your

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Daylight Summer Time 2006 – Don’t forget to put your clocks forward

Just a reminder to everybody in Europe not to forget that the clocks go forward by one hour tomorrow morning so 01:00 GMT becomes 02:00 BST And as I’m so nice here’s a guide as to when the clocks will change between now and 2010 that is unless the rules on Daylight Summer Time change! 2006 Sunday 26 March 0100

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Microsoft Innovation: Your Potential. Our Passion.

Microsoft has just launched an interactive micro-site which is designed to give you a taste of some of the powerful things you can do with innovative technology today, it also offers a glimpse of breakthroughs that are just around the corner, and provides you with a vision of the future through the work of six researchers from Microsoft Research. It

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Black Mesa Source A Half-Life 2 Modification

Black Mesa Source is a Half-Life 2 Modification which is a replica of the original Half-Life but made using the Half-Life 2 Source engine along with New sounds, weapon models, character models, enemy models, textures, and maps all rebuilt from the ground up. It’s not yet out but the screenshots are pretty amazing, check it out! Black Mesa Source