Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Macworld Boston 1997 – The Microsoft Deal with Apple

This was when Apple Computer was nearly bankrupt, and was about to crumble into ruins. Then Apple announced a partnership with Microsoft. You can hear the loud booing sounds coming from crowd throughout the keynote. Bill Gates is in the keynote via satellite. This was probably the toughest pill for Steve Jobs to swallow in his life. Via: Digg |

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Webmaster Radio

I have just finished listening a show about Search Engine Marketing and Optimization on Webmaster Radio (webmasterradio.fm) which was titled Strike Point: Strike Point  Host(s): Mikkel deMib Svendsen & Dave Naylor Time: Monday @ 3pm EDT / GMT-4    The first European Show of its kind, addressing issues faced by European Webmasters regarding Search Engine Marketing and Optimization. Expect to

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Microsoft’s Origami project video

A minute ago or so I was just visiting my MS Discussion forums and came across a post by Randy which pointed to a Blog which supposedly had a video of Microsoft Origami project, a video I thought, already wow and we have only just seen some pics that were not even sure yet if they are the real deal

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Mobile tracking devices on trial

Just saw this posted on the BBC Website and found it pretty interesting! Your mobile phone is a beacon – a radio transmitter in a box. Therefore it is possible to trace the signal and work out where it is. There are now several web companies which will track your friends’ and family’s phones for you, so you always know

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A review of Box.net a virtual storage space for your computer files

At the beginning of this month I was fortunate enough to be contacted by Dylan Smith the guy in charge of Sales and Finance for Box.net, a virtual online storage service. He asked me if I would interested in a Beta Account of their upcoming revamped (Version 2.0) online file storage service Box.net so I could search for bugs and

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The Navy’s Swimming Spy Plane

It floats, it flies, it eliminates enemy targets. Meet the water-launched unmanned enforcer.   Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, famed for the U-2 and Blackbird spy planes that flew higher than anything else in the world in their day, is trying for a different altitude record: an airplane that starts and ends its mission 150 feet underwater. The Cormorant, a stealthy,

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London City to be Wi-Fi-enabled

London City is soon to be totally Wi-Fi-enabled now in my opinion I think call great news for a great City because I believe that Wi-Fi is definitely the way to go at the moment especially as it gives so many people more access to the internet when out and about, the internet is now part of a daily lives