Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Nokia podcasting application beta coming soon!

Nokia is soon about to launch a new podcasting application that will let you download podcasts straight on to your mobile phone. It will work with mobiles that use the S60 third edition operating system, but Steven Stewart, Nokia’s Podcasting product manager, has explained that it has been optimised for use with a Nokia N91. The Nokia Podcast application, which

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The bugs, beauty and benefits of beta testing

Just found out about this article which has some advice for becoming a beta tester along with the bugs, beauty and benefits of beta testing, it’s quite an interesting read. here’s an extract of the last paragraph: Advice for beta testers Beta tests are not something to enter into lightly. You may need to put lower priority projects on hold or delay other

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Robert Scoble is leaving Microsoft for PodTech.net so what’s next?

Ok so you’ve probably already heard the news about how Robert Scoble, one of the worlds most noticed bloggers and technical evangelists for Microsoft, has announced (10th June 20060) that he is leaving Microsoft to join a new start up called PodTech.net where he will work as Vice President of Media Development. But have you heard the new news about

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Microsoft to Drop PDF Support in Office 2007

Microsoft has now admitted that it’s now going to be dropping PDF Support in Office 2007, but why? After all haven’t customers been asking for this support feature for ages, plus the PDF format is apparently classified as an open document format so there shouldn’t be any problems with adding it into Office 2007, after all OpenOffice and Apple’s Mac

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640 x 480 Projector from your Mobile Devices

A small Adelaide company called Digislide based at Dry Creek is earning some worldwide attention after inventing a miniature projector named Digismart which will solve the problem of how to display something on a mobile device screen in large without carrying a separate device. Basically what this means is that with the Digismart patented technology you will be able to

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Gtalkr instant messaging client is no more!

The Gtalkr instant messaging client is no more as yesterday the founders, Wes Carr and Dudley Carr who are brothers, shutdown Gtalkr to pursue new projects as Google employees. Thank you for your interest in Gtalkr. Unfortunately, the Gtalkr instant messaging client is no longer available. The Gtalkr website has been taken down while we pursue new projects as Google employees.

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First Ultra Mobile PC Comes to US

Samsung has officially launched its first Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC), dubbed the Q1 that is essentially a cross between a laptop and a PDA. With the Ultra Mobile PC you will be able to write with a touch pen on the screen, play movies and games and stay connected to the Internet through wireless hotspots. And this isn’t all you

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Microsoft’s Mobile Operating Systems Crossbow and Photon

Microsoft is now starting to share more details about its next generation of mobile operating systems. The company is planning to deliver the next version of its Windows Mobile platform, code-named Crossbow, to providers by the end of this year. And it is going to follow up one year later with a refreshed Windows Mobile release, code-named Photon. Via: Microsoft

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Net Neutrality Video

Check this Net Neutrality Video out; its a little video that explains why discrimination on the Internet is a problem and will continue to be as long as net neutrality rules are not enforced, those of you who understand nothing or very little about net neutrality should understand this very well as it’s been made as straight-forward as possible. Thanks

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Samsung plans Origami PC launch

More news for us ultramobile PC fans! Samsung has scheduled an event for next month to mark the U.S. release of its Q1 ultramobile PC, the first brand-name device to launch using Microsoft’s Origami concept. The Korean electronics giant did not offer any new details on the product in its e-mail invitation to journalists, but said it would launch the