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ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Windows Vista Pre-RC1 Released as Public Download

Windows Vista Build 5536, which was only recently released on Microsoft Connect to participants of the Windows Vista Managed Beta Program, is now available as a public download. However please note that the Windows Vista pre-RC1 build is only available for a limited time Microsoft will close the program when they reach 100,000 downloads.  Download Windows Vista Pre-RC1 Now!

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Microsoft Math v3 Beta Coming Soon

Looks Like Microsoft’s Math v3 Beta is Coming Soon as you can now fill out the Beta Program Application on Microsoft’s Connect Site. Microsoft Math is a set of mathematical tools that will help you get your work done quickly and easily. At the heart of Microsoft Math is a full-featured graphing calculator with extensive graphing and equation-solving capabilities. You can

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MSN Alerts is now Windows Live Alerts

Check out MSN Alerts (http://alerts.msn.com) it’s now Windows Live Alerts (http://alerts.live.com) A Better Way To Update Your Readers… for FREE! Drive more traffic to your blog by distributing content using the Windows Live Alerts service Automatically alert readers to new posts via desktop alert, email, or mobile device Windows Live Alerts gives your readers control of when and where they

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Microsoft Canada leaks Vista pricing

Microsoft on Monday briefly posted pricing for Windows Vista on its Canadian Web site, giving an eye into what the company will charge for the new operating system. The posting indicated that the Home Basic edition of Windows Vista will be priced the same as Windows XP Home, at $233 ($259 Canadian). The Home Premium version, which includes support for

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What exactly is Sonifics SongSpots Music Player?

Ever heard of Sonific’s SongSpots? Are you on the Sonific’s SongSpots Limited Private Beta? What do you think of Sonific’s SongSpots Service? What’s this, you havent heard of Sonific’s SongSpots Service yet, well let me explain, or better yet lets have Sonific the company explain to you first about their selves as a company: Sonific was founded in July 2005,

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Askimet was down which explains recent spam posts!

So according to the Askimet Blog, Askimet the wordpress spam stopper was down, guess that explains why I was receiving lots of spam comments on my blog, glad the problems fixed now though. The stats code introduced yesterday had a bug which only triggered about 24 hours after it had launched. It kicked in for different blogs at different times,

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Web 2.0: The 24 Minute Documentary

Last month Michael Arrington got together with a number of startup CEOs and executives to video a discussion about Web 2.0. Participating in the discussion were Aaron Cohen (Bolt), Scott Milener and Steven Lurie (Browster), Keith Teare (edgeio), Steven Marder (Eurekster), Joe Kraus (JotSpot), Jeremy Verba (Piczo), Auren Hoffman (Rapleaf), Chris Alden (Rojo), Gautam Godhwani (Simply Hired), Jonathan Abrams (Socializr), David

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Windows Marketplace Updated to Vista Style Design!

Just noticed that the Windows Marketplace site has now updated it’s site design to a new Windows Vista Look and feel, is this the new look and feel already?, or are they just giving us a sneak preview while they test the new site live? Update: Site Design rolled back after less than 1 hour! Update 2: Try the Microsoft employees