Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Netcraft Survey: More than 100 million web sites on the Internet

Netcraft’s monthly survey of the Internet has revealed that there are now more than 100 million web sites on the Internet. In the November 2006 survey Netcraft received responses from 101,435,253 sites, up from 97.9 million sites last month. The 100 million site milestone caps an extraordinary year in which the Internet has already added 27.4 million sites, easily topping the

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New Packaging for Windows Vista and 2007 Office System

Microsoft has released new shots of the boxes that Windows Vista and the Office 2007 System will ship in. Designed to be user-friendly, the new packaging is a small, hard, plastic container that’s designed to protect the software inside for life-long use.  It provides a convenient and attractive place for you to permanently store both discs and documentation. The new

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Microsoft Office Live to launch in the US on the 15th of November

Microsoft Corp. today announced that Microsoft Office Live (http://www.officelive.com/), a set of Internet-based services tailored to the needs of small businesses, will be coming out of beta in the United States on the 15th of November 2006. These services are expanding internationally as well and are also scheduled for free beta availability in France, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom

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Microsoft Windows Live Trademark Guidelines

Has anybody read the Microsoft Windows Live Trademark Guidelines before? I was just checking them again now after seeing a Windows Live graphics design logo by Emexci titled “Live is Good” which made me think about some trademark issues that may arise with Emexci’s Design Logo by referring to Windows Live as Live! Overview Follow these guidelines to ensure that you are referring

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Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP Released

Microsoft Corp. today released to the public Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP, a significant milestone for music fans and the digital entertainment experience on Windows. This latest version of Windows Media Player offers consumers a test-drive of the breakthrough capabilities in Windows Media Player 11 for Windows Vista, including enhanced search and media management technologies, a visually

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Upload your videos to Soapbox on MSN Video and Win Prizes!

Just post a video on the Soapbox and you could win a digital camcorder and video editing software worth over $400 Just Post a Video Choose Upload Videos Enter your video title, descriptions, tag, category Browse your computer to choose a video Hit Upload Be fun. Be entertaining. Be serious. Be bizarre. Just Don’t be Ordinary! For more info check

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Vista Lanyard Competition!

James Senior a technical specialist for Microsoft in the UK has got hold of 10 high-quality Vista lanyards to give away which will allow you to be the most envied person around the office! But to be in with a chance of winning yourself one of these never-to-be-seen-again slices of technological history, you’re going to have to tell James: Q: How often do you wear a Lanyard? 

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Smartphone: Windows Mobile 6.0 Codenamed Crossbow!

You’ve seen the Pocket PC screenshots of Crossbow, the next iteration of the Windows Mobile operating system (OS), now check out the Smartphone version! It mirrors what we saw on the Pocket PC version with a new visual style, but also seems to feature Word Mobile, Excel Mobile and PowerPoint Mobile, potentially putting to bed the whole debate of whether Windows