Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

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Vizu Answers has been successfully launched!

Vizu Answers places interactive polls directly onto Web site pages; there are no popup or new browser windows involved. Their technology integrates the poll widget seamlessly into a site unlike advertising assets that often look out of place compared to the rest of the page. When a user votes on a poll, the results load within the widget without a refresh

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Windows Live Messenger for mobile browsers is here!

Mike Smuga, Program Manager for Windows Live Mobile has announced, on his blog, that Windows Live Messenger for mobile browsers is here! And what a cool App it is. The app is targeted at all users who don’t have Windows Live Messenger rich clients running on their devices, but have access to a web browser on their phone. We experimented with

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Microsoft UK Launch Event: Ready for a New Day

Anybody else going to the UK “Ready for a New Day” Microsoft Launch Event of Microsoft Exchange Server, 2007 Microsoft Office System and Windows Vista? Be among the first IT professionals to experience first hand the new releases of the 2007 Microsoft Office system, Windows Vista and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. The invitation to attend this showcase event has only

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Microsoft releases Windows Vista and Office 2007 to businesses

At a press conference at NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square, Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer announced the business availability of the Windows Vista operating system, the 2007 release of Microsoft Office, and a host of other new product offerings designed to enable businesses to thrive in a world of instant communication, expanding information and constant change.Today’s announcement that

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Pixelotto Public Launch Tuesday the 5th of December 2006

Remember Alex Tew and his pixel website The Million Dollar Homepage? Well I certainly do as I was one of the first to buy a spot on The Million Dollar Homepage in early september, and haden’t heard anything from him since, well that is until I got his email today. Seems like he’s now back in action with a new pixel website called Pixelotto which

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MSN Shopping Sees Record Traffic From Holiday Gift Buyers

Shoppers rang in the traditional start of the holiday gift-buying season with unprecedented traffic on MSN Shopping over the Thanksgiving weekend.From the day after Thanksgiving, known as Black Friday in the retail industry, through Cyber Monday, the unofficial kickoff of the online holiday shopping season, MSN Shopping (http://shopping.msn.com) recorded 21 percent more visits compared with the same period in 2005.

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Microsoft Adcenter Coupon Codes

I’m sure there are quite a few of you out there wanting to try Microsoft/MSN AdCenter, but just don’t have a lot to spend on actually seeing some results! So well now’s your chance to give it a go because Microsoft is offering a $100/$200 credit for new accounts. All you have to do is sign-up for a $5.00 account

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Interview with Kent IT Clinic (KITC) Next Week!

Looks like next week I’ll be having an Interview with Kent IT Clinic Co-ordinator David Soud as next term at the University of Kent at Medway one of the modules I’ll be taking is IT Consultancy Practice which involves working with The Kent IT Clinic (KITC), which provides consultancy, computer systems support and software development services to small and micro-enterprises in