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Friday, October 31, 2008 9:58 AM

Armenian Windows Vista LIP now available

If you like your Windows Vista in Armenian, then you can download the latest Windows Vista Language Interface Pack (LIP) now: Click here to download the Armenian Vista LIP . Rob   Technorati Tags: Armenian Windows Vista LIP
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Thursday, October 30, 2008 10:49 AM

Latest I’m a PC video with User generated content

All user generated I believe from some of the more than 17,000 photos and videos uploaded at http://www.windows.com Nice to see some of the more odd ones as well More info from the Advertising age Rob Technorati Tags: Im a PC
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008 11:10 AM

‘Best Windows Customization Website’ Competition

Thanks to Vishal for pointing out this competition over on the Windows Guides ‘Best Windows Customization Website’ Competition ‘ If you run a blog/website/forum, which focuses on Windows customization, you are eligible to participate. If you run a website
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Monday, October 27, 2008 5:33 PM

Surfing the internet "alters your brain"

Spotted this article on The Independent, maybe all that surfing will be of value in the end? or is it just those that like finding new information and solving problems naturally come to the top anyway.  Is surfing just another method to do that?
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Monday, October 27, 2008 4:52 PM

Loving the PDC2008 Blog Bling

  Just wandering around the PDC 2008 web site and came across the Blog Bling page.  There is even some bling for those left behind :) PDC2008 | Social | Bling           Rob Technorati Tags: PDC2008
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Monday, October 27, 2008 4:37 PM

Watching the PDC remotely

Well being unable (uninvited) to get there in person doesn’t mean I cannot watch and enjoy the PDC keynotes.  Just go to http://www.microsoftpdc.com and watch them live, like me back in blightly Starts in 5 minutes apparently!! or you can use the
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Monday, October 27, 2008 2:27 PM

Another Windows7 Blog http://www.windows7blog.info/

Well my last post was about a Windows 7 blog for developers and now there is another one The Windows7 Blog   - by Abhishek Baxi I am expecting more and more Windows 7 blogs in the near future … Rob Technorati Tags: Windows 7
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Thursday, October 23, 2008 2:20 PM

The Windows 7 Blog for Developers

I am not a developer, well maybe somewhere in the very dark past, but anyway thought I would highlight this new blog. The Windows 7 Blog for Developers ‘…this blog will be a “one stop shop” on the road to get yourself familiar with what Windows 7 has
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Thursday, October 23, 2008 1:44 PM

Favourite Social Network by country

So you might have thought Facebook and Myspace rule the world , well maybe not… http://www.oxyweb.co.uk/blog/socialnetworks-oct08.png ‘ The data shows the highest ranking social network for each country by traffic, not members, page views or any other
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Thursday, October 23, 2008 10:14 AM

Britain's Bloodhound car could reach 1,000mph

  I have always been fascinated by speed and the land speed records in particular, the cars, the men that attempted them and the stories around them.  Men like Sir Donald Campbell , Henry Segrave, John Cobb etc. are true heroes. So I spotted
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008 4:43 PM

Q & A with Mary J Foley at Microsoft UK

Mary J Foley took time out from a promotional book tour to spend 1 hour at the Microsoft TVP Campus to answer questions from Microsofties and journalists.  It was a great informal discussion and we got to hear from Mary J Foley on topics ranging
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008 11:23 AM

Thanks to Twitter Support I am up and running

A few weeks ago following a quick email discussion with Steve Clayton , I decided to give Twitter a go.  So I signed up, installed TWhirl and kind of forgot for a couple of weeks.  Then when I went back in I couldn’t access my account as it
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008 9:23 AM

Windows Media Center Gadgets for sideshow Released.

Just been announced on the Windows SideShow Team Blog are the following 4 gadgets.       TV:  Browse the program guide, schedule recordings, and browse and play back recorded TV shows Music:  Browse and play music Pictures + Videos: 
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008 5:33 PM

St Pauls Cathedral - Photosynth

Celebrating the 300th anniversary of St Paul’s Cathedral, it is really worth checking out over on msn.co.uk  http://news.uk.msn.com/st-pauls-cathedral-photo-tour.aspx Learn more about Photosynth and St Paul's Cathedral Rob Technorati Tags: St Paul's
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Monday, October 20, 2008 8:11 PM

Big Snap Search 2 launches today

You may remember back in April a Live Search marketing campaign that allowed you the chance to win prizes every time you searched using Windows Live Search . Well its back again giving you the chance to win ‘ thousands of pounds worth of vouchers that
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Friday, October 17, 2008 3:43 PM

I’m a PC Tablet PC doodle

  So I had a few minutes to kill waiting for a meeting to start and I had OneNote open on my TabletPC and started to doodle and inspired by the I’m a PC marketing campaign that launched in the UK last week I doodled this up... Ok so I won’t win any
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 9:57 AM

8 ways to make your desktop look better

From the Windows Vista Magazine is a neat article about how to tidy up your desktop, they mention MSN Wallpapers that I blogged about a few weeks back, as well as a few other tips and tricks I didn’t know like the ALT 255 for removing icon wording. Also
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008 3:21 PM

Windows HPC Server and the prancing horse

From Softpedia ‘The latest “fuel” to power Ferrari is a high-performance computing brand, namely Microsoft's latest version of Windows for supercomputers. The two companies announced that Windows HPC Server 2008 would contribute to kicking up a notch
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008 3:10 PM

Explore the features – new windows website highlight #2

Carrying on from yesterdays post talking about the new parts of the UK Windows website… Find out about all the features in Windows Vista from accessibility to XPS documents at the updated and improved explore the features section of the new UK Windows
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008 10:07 AM

104 Windows Videos Online at Microsoft Videos

You can find, watch, share and rate 104 Windows Videos over on Microsoft Videos   from adverts, demos and interviews with members of the Windows team.   Microsoft Videos is a beta site that… ‘…is your central location for viewing rich media
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008 11:10 AM

Its great when you discover stuff that just works how you think it should (weather from Windows Live Search)

I am sure it is something that has been around for ages, and it all also exists for other search engines, but it is great when you get surprised that something just work they way you expected it! So WFH (working form home) today and my wife popped her
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008 10:37 AM

Discover Windows Vista – new windows web site highlight #1

As mentioned yesterday I am going to do a short series of some of the new content to be found on the redesigned Windows site in the UK.  First up is an updated and improved section on Discovering Windows Vista which gives a very great intro to what
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Monday, October 13, 2008 12:57 PM

Cricket and Live search in India

Nice little touch from Live search in India , if you enter in any cricket related search term such as India Test match cricket score you get a great result showing the latest match score (seems very up to date within an hour at least) and links to schedules
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Monday, October 13, 2008 10:51 AM

New Windows Site in the UK

The project that has been keeping me very busy recently has been the launch of the Windows site in the UK  which we rolled out in conjunction with the UK version of I’m a PC campaign, which you will have spotted if you watch the X Factor on Saturday.
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Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:09 PM

http://www.microsoft.com/web – worth a look

It always amazes me the vast amount of stuff that goes on in Microsoft and I wonder if anyone internally knows actually everything that is happening.  Probably almost impossible for a non Microsoftie… I came across this site http://www.microsoft.com/web/
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008 4:16 PM

Vista really isn’t that bad?

Well not according to Zack Whittaker over on ZDNet considering items such as : Security Reliability Networking Compatibility Collaboration and Integration of course I would agree… Rob Technorati Tags: Windows Vista
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008 8:39 AM

Azeri Windows Vista LIP now available

If you like your Windows Vista in Azeri (A Turkic language spoken in Azerbaijan and north-western Iran) then you can download the latest Language Interface Pack (LIP now: Click here to download the Azeri Vista LIP Rob Technorati Tags: Azeri Windows Vista
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Tuesday, October 07, 2008 5:40 PM

Steve Wozniak interviews on BBC and the Telegraph

Just catching up on some reading and cam across this interview with Steve Wozniak on the BBC’s web site Woz's words of wisdom Well worth a read, and there a few nice quotes such as: " Lack of resources forces you to do a lot more original thinking." 
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Friday, October 03, 2008 3:04 PM

22 Vista Sidebar gadgets to save you time

We all love our sidebar gadgets ? Techradar.com has a list of the 22 Vista Sidebar gadgets to save you time including gadgets from National Rail , Ebay , Wikipedia etc 22 Vista Sidebar gadgets to save you time Any others you can recommend? Rob Technorati
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Friday, October 03, 2008 1:56 PM

Blogger Relief Pack just in time

So back in the office after a week up in London for our regional team meeting , and waiting for me on my return was a Berocca - Blogger Relief pack that I had signed up to a while back. And after this hectic week with some late and liquid late nights
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Thursday, October 02, 2008 5:13 PM

Latest Windows Help articles

We continually add, update and sometimes delete articles on the Windows Help and How-to , and just thought I would point you at some of the latest additions: Dial M for multiplayer: Play games with friends on your Windows Mobile phone Windows Update error
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Wednesday, October 01, 2008 4:22 PM

Windows Update Explained

The Windows Update Product team have just produced an excellent document explaining how Windows Update keeps your PC up to date and protect from malicious software… Document Link (original blog post ) Rob Technorati Tags: Windows Update
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Wednesday, October 01, 2008 4:04 PM

Windows Vista Shortcut Keys

Shamelessly copied from  The WinVista Club here is a great list of all the Shortcut keys in Windows Vista WinKey - Open and close the Start Menu WinKey + D - Minimize all windows to the desktop. Press again to reverse action WinKey + E - Open Computer
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