Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

What is Damn Small Linux, a.k.a. DSL?

I have just been told about this little Linux distribution by my friend Kevin at college, it looks very interesting and I think I’m going to test it out in the coming days; you might want to test it out too! 🙂 DSL is a very versatile 50MB mini desktop oriented Linux distribution. Damn Small is small enough and smart

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WordPress 2.0 finally released!

WordPress 2.0 has finally been released, so it looks like I’ll be updating from WordPress 1.5.1.3 to WordPress 2.0 very soon, probably later on today! 😀 The WordPress community is very proud to present the next generation of WordPress to the world, our 2.0 Duke release, named in honor of jazz pianist and composer Duke Ellington. We’ve been working long

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Flyakite OSX 3 Cooming Soon

What is FlyakiteOSX? FlyakiteOSX is a transformation pack. It will transform the look of an ordinary Windows XP+ system to resemble the look of Mac OS X. The installer simply automates the process of replacing critical system files, setting registry tweaks, and installing extras such as cursors, sounds, visual styles, etc. FlyakiteOSX DOES NOT contain any spyware or ad-ware of

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Google confirms $1billion stake in AOL

Finally some more news on the Microsoft/Google deal with AOL! Online search engine Google has confirmed it will invest $1bn to take a 5% stake in Time Warner’s AOL unit as part of a major strategic alliance. The deal, which follows intense negotiations between the two US internet giants, values the troubled AOL unit at $20bn. The global online advertising

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Windows Live Messenger 8 Beta Download

Hurray I can now finally download Windows Live Messenger 8 Beta. I’ve been waiting days, weeks if not months for the Windows Live Messenger 8 Beta so I’m glad I received that invite to join the beta testing for it and I’m now even happier that I can download it and access the Beta Newsgroups which is a great place

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Windows Live Messenger 8 Beta

Finally I’m in the Windows Live Messenger 8 Beta, I can’t believe it’s taken until now, it’s really been a long wait for us but hey the wait is over for me because now I know I’m defiantly in the Windows Live Messenger Beta, oh I cant to start testing it properly and participate in the newsgroups and beta chats,

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Windows Live Local is now Live!

That’s right Windows Live Local is now live, it’s really great, the updated look and feel of it is really cool and you just have to love the 45 degree imagery available for certain areas! A lot of people think this is a rip of from KeyHole (Google Earth) and Google Maps, I think they are all wrong because Microsoft

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Is this the future of the web ?

Ok this is a kind of weird idea too explain but basically you can edit or input information on the page with a simple click of the button so if you see something you would like to edit just click it. I think its best if you read the quote below and then visit the site: Edit in place (also

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Update to Windows Live Mail Beta – Milestone 4

It’s finally here the wait is over; Windows Live Mail Beta is now officially at Milestone 4. For more information, read what Imran Qureshi said before the release! The wait will soon be over.  This week we will be releasing the “M4” (Milestone 4) update to the Windows Live Mail beta (codename: Kahuna). We listened to what you, our beta