Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Second Blogger/Web2.0 Mixer Redux!

I went up to London yesterday to meet up with my friend Eric Cheung to attend the Second Blogger/Web2.0 Mixer Redux which I had been invited to by the organiser Roger Kondrat, and wow what can I say other than it was a pleasure to have been invited by Roger as it was a great event, very nicely oraganised, nice bar, nice location and

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Windows Live Services Reach Key Milestones this September 2006

Remember how I all told you last week how it would soon be Goodbye MSN Search, Hello Windows Live Search, well Microsoft yesterday announced the release from beta of Windows Live Search and of Live.com in 47 markets worldwide, and final availability of Windows Live Local Search in the U.K. and the U.S. But it dosent stop there, because of course Microsoft also announced

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September 2006 Aerial photographs of Kent

If you haven’t done so already, you might want to check out my latest Flickr Photos as I’ve now finally finished uploading some 113 photos from my afternoon/evening out with my family on the 9th of September 2006 on which my dad flew us from headcorn aerodrome over some surrounding areas of Kent, which is the county I live in

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Windows Vista RC1 is now available for CPP participants

Just got an email this morning to inform me that the final major pre-release of Windows Vista – Release Candidate 1 (RC1) – is now available for download for CPP participants. So if you were a CPP Participant for Windows Vista Beta 2 Back in June then you should have by now receieved this email informing you that Windows Vista – Release

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Download Free Report Abuse Desktop Client by Zack Whittaker

Have you seen Zack Whittaker’s Report Abuse Desktop Client over at MSBlog yet? There’s probably a chance you havent so let me explain to you what it is. This Report Abuse Desktop Client is an application which enables younger users of the Internet to report online abuse or suspicious activity of online predators to their local law enforcement agency by the click

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Windows Live Messenger 8.1 Beta released to testers

So Windows Live Messenger 8.1 was released to testers earlier today, how’s everyone finding the running of Windows Live Messenger 8.1 so far? I myself have unfortunately already came across one crash in Windows Live Messenger 8.1, then again if there wasn’t any crashes it wouldn’t be much of a fun beta now would it! 🙂

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Get your Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta Invites here!

Still need a Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta Invite? If so then tell me something I don’t know already or just tell me something you think I would find interesting and if I like it I’ll send you a Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta Invite straight away, bare in mind the following though: Anyone who wants an invite will need to have

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Goodbye MSN Search, Hello Windows Live Search, Soon!

We already know that MSN Search will eventually be retiring to make way for the all new Windows Live Search, but exactly when is a question some people have been asking for some time now. Well I myself as of yet don’t have a definitive answer as to when the exact date of transition from MSN Search to Windows Live

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Second day back at college for pre-term 2006

Well today was yet another interesting day because not only did we get to meet one of our other new tutors but me and some friends also went to check out some of the new buildings on campus which gave me the perfect opportunity to take some photos with my Smartphone. Here’s some of them. Want more? Check out My

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My thoughts of my first day back at college for pre-term 2006

Well as I posted about yesterday, today was my first day back at the University of Kent at Medway where I am continuing to study for a Bcs Honours Degree in Information Technology. And well I have to say it was quite an interesting day in many ways, heres a quick run through of some of the happening of today