Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

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Will Microsoft Aquire Yahoo In 2007?

Well Jeremy Schoemaker thinks so with his 10 reasons why: The Search Algorithm Overture Yahoo Search Marketing Yahoo Publisher Network Flickr Del.icio.us The People Video Community Properties Business Directory Yahoo Just Cleaned The House Read his full post here which includes more details about each reason. As well as this post at the Internet Marketing Monitor Blog, which gives you 10 reasons as

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The Windows Vista Demo Readiness Toolkit

The Windows Vista Partner Demo Readiness Toolkit (DRT) enables you to check out the product for yourself, and gain the expert skills needed to effectively demo it to your customers. It includes Windows Vista RC1 and Microsoft® Office Professional 2007 Beta 2, and has been pre-populated with settings and media to simulate an end-user PC experience. You will also find

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UK Windows Vista And Office 2007 Launch Tour

Just noticed on Ian Moulster’s Blog that from Monday 22nd to Friday 26th January the Microsoft UK developer team will be touring the country to bring the story to many organisations of all types. In that week the Microsoft UK developer team hope to deliver 12-15 sessions of around 90 minutes each depending on the amount of travelling between each location

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Skype users to get lie detectors

Callers using internet phone system Skype who might be tempted to tell a few porkies should beware – the user on the other end may have a lie detector. As Skype is set to offer the KishKish Lie Detector, which is made by BATM, as an add-on for customers. The software will analyse audio streams over a Skype call in real

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UK Developer Launch of Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007

So on tuesday I visited Microsoft’s Technet Launch for IT Professionals of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System (aka the EVO Launch). And well now on the 19th of January 2007 I’ll be visiting Reading once again, this time for the Microsft’s MSDN Launch for Devolpers of Windows Vista and Office 2007. And with

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Yesterday’s UK EVO Launch was great!

Yesterday myself and three others from the University of Kent headed down to Reading for Microsoft’s Technet UK Ready for a New Day: Launch of Microsoft Exchange Server, Windows Vista and 2007 Microsoft Office System (aka the EVO Launch). And well we just want to say that we thought it was brilliant! So well done to everybody who helped orgainse it, you done a

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Christmas BritBlog Blogmeet 2006

Well I went to the Christmas BritBlog blogmeet in London last night with Robert Gale and well what can I say it turned out to be pretty good, there were around 15 people at one point! 🙂 Here’s a list of attendees with the corresponding links to their blogs, sorry if I misspelled any names, the list isn’t in its best

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Free trial of 2007 Microsoft Office system

Try out your choice of suites or programs from the 2007 Microsoft Office release for 60 days! Trial programs contain the same functionality that you get when you buy the perpetual versions-but only for a limited time. UK and Ireland: http://ukireland.trymicrosoftoffice.com US: http://us1.trymicrosoftoffice.com http://us7.trymicrosoftoffice.com http://us20.trymicrosoftoffice.com Canada: http://canada.trymicrosoftoffice.com Germany: http://germany.trymicrosoftoffice.com France: http://france.trymicrosoftoffice.com Japan: http://japan.trymicrosoftoffice.com/ Available downloads: Microsoft Office Professional 2007 Microsoft

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Preparing for Windows Vista retail on windowsvistaretail.com

Confused by which version of Windows Vista you want? Then you need some helpful advice featuring aliens. Microsoft has provided same at Windowsvistaretail.com, a new site designed to provide guidance for those on the shop-floor frontline. Rather than a standard product brief, it’s dispensing wisdom in the form of a series of animated shorts explaining the different versions, the importance of

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Registration full for Microsoft’s UK launch of Windows Vista

Registration for Microsoft’s UK Ready for a New Day Event which will see the launch of Microsoft Exchange Server, 2007 Microsoft Office System and Windows Vista is now full and all current registrations will be put on the wating list, so I hope you’ve registerd in time! 🙂 I myself will be going as a Microsoft Student Partner Representaive for the