Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Windows Live Barcode launches!

No Windows Live Barcode isn’t a joke. Read below for more info! What is Windows Live Barcode Windows Live Barcode is a set of services that transfer information between various media (PCs, billboards, magazines etc.) and handsets via Quick Response Code (QR Code), a two-dimensional barcode. It provides a new method for people to exchange information and enjoy various online

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Wesley Rupel’s 1980s Vintage Microsoft Executive Phone

Hey peeps, I’ve managed to acquire an Early 1980s Vintage Microsoft Executive Phone which used to be owned by a guy named Wes Rupel or Wesley Rupel, who was one of 10 people that designed Microsoft Windows. Wes has over 20 years of experience in technology covering software, internet infrastructure and wireless. He has demonstrated success in growing and shaping start-up

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XNA Game Studio Express Launch: Warwick University

Date: 13th December 2006 Location: Warwick Conference Centre Cost: Free BOOK HERE XNA Games Development week, in conjunction with Microsoft, Rare and the Higher Education Academy a series of events and workshops designed to help you understand and use XNA Game Studio Express in your student engagement. Programme: We’re delighted to announce that Chris Satchell General Manager of the Microsoft

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XNA Game Studio Express: Hands on Labs at Rare Studios Twycross

Date: 11th, 12th & 14th December 2006 Location: Rare Studios, Twycross Cost: Free BOOK HERE In conjunction with Rare, the Microsoft UK Academic team are pleased to invite you to a one-day hands on lab, where you can get a test drive of XNA Game Studio Express, with expert help on hand to help you understand the technology and its

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Windows Live Messenger for Symbian S60 3rd Edition phones

Earlier today I got word my friend Rob at A Welsh View that a Chinese company has made a Windows Live Messenger client for Symbian S60 3rd Edition phones (N80, N73, N93, etc) but that it wasn’t known if this was an official release or not! Well I found out after doing some research that MSN Mobile China is infact officially

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Back from my first ever Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) Event!

Hey everyone, as you know or may not know I’m now a UK Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) 2006/2007 and well I’ve just arrived home from Reading (UK) after spending the past two days there for my first ever Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) Events. And well what can I say, it was great, I met lots of new people, had lots

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Troubles accessing Blogger.com!

Anybody else having troubles accessing anything on Blogger.com? I’m just getting a 503 Errors: HTTP Status 503 – Servlet NewFrontend is currently unavailable ——————————————————————————– type Status report message Servlet NewFrontend is currently unavailable description The requested service (Servlet NewFrontend is currently unavailable) is not currently available. ——————————————————————————– Apache Tomcat/4.1.24 All I can say is that right now I’m so glad I dont

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Cool I’m an Official Blog Partner for WebProNews

Hey everyone just thought id let you all know that thanks to Chris Crum the Content Manager of WebProNews, I’m now a blog partner for them. You can see what articles of mine have been published on WebProNews by checking out my author page here! It’s nice seeing my name on a list which contains some top tech bloggers like Robert Scoble, Andy Beal, Jeremy Zawodny, Nathan Weinberg

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Windows Live Webcast Series Canada – Live for You!

Any platform. Any browser. Any language. Windows Live makes it easy for developers to extend and customize applications through open service APIs, straightforward licensing, and permissive terms of use. The new Live for You webcasts are your opportunity to get trained on Windows Live in advance of the official product launch. Be among the first developers in Canada to learn

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Microsoft Releases ASP.NET AJAX Beta 1 (aka “Atlas”)

Microsoft’s general manager Scott Guthrie who runs the teams that build IIS, ASP.NET, Atlas, CLR, Compact Framework, Windows Forms, Commerce Server, Visual Web Developer 2005 and Visual Studio Tools for WPF has now announced the first official Beta release of Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX v1.0. You can download it now from the http://ajax.asp.net site. Available on the site are three download options:   The ASP.NET