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Tuesday, June 30, 2009 9:29 AM

Get 25% of a TV Tuner via Microsoft, Dabs and Huappauge

I have been working with my colleague Elena to get this special promotion live on our Windows web sites here in the UK. The deal is that if you buy any PC with Vista Home Premium or Vista Ultimate from DABS you can get 25% off the Hauppauge HVR 900 TV
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009 1:40 PM

22% increase in Twitter traffic in the UK

Twitter in the UK just keeps growing and growing according to Hitwise Some other facts from the report about Twitter in the UK: It is now the 38th most visited site up from 969th this time last year. 5th most visited social network site up from 84th (didn’t
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009 5:34 PM

Windows 7 Beta and RC important dates.

Just a quick note about some up coming and important dates around Windows 7 Beta and release candidate 1st July.   This is when the Beta will start to expire and will reboot every 2 hours and finally expire on the 1st August. 15th August . 
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009 9:38 AM

5 new Windows Help articles

Recently we have published 5 new Windows Help articles covering: Making your old programs work again about getting your old programs to work in Windows Vista Keeping your PC in tip-top shape covering all aspects of how to make sure your computer is up
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:13 AM

Japanese Rookies

My colleague from Japan Akiko has let me know about the latest incarnation of the Rookies campaign, this time from Japan and featuring the children of actual Microsoft Japan employees.   Rookies was also available in the UK and US Enjoy. Rob Technorati
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Monday, June 22, 2009 8:12 PM

Maltese Windows Vista LIP now available

If you like your Windows Vista in Maltese, then you can download the latest Windows Vista Language Interface Pack (LIP) now: Click here to download the Maltese Vista LIP . Or v iew the Maltese Download Center page for more Maltese downloads Rob
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 5:29 PM

More free Windows 7 training resources

Thanks to Mark for the tipoff to the Global Knowledge web site. ‘The Microsoft Official Curriculum courses for Windows 7 are not expected to be released until October but Global Knowledge is planning to run a selection of “hands-on master classes” for
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 1:56 PM

Find your perfect partner - Announcing Microsoft Concierge in the UK

Remember the Gadget Guru that we brought you late last year, well we have fully updated it to not only show you the best range of laptops, netbooks and other devices but in a much more sophisticated and easier to use interface using Microsoft Silverlight
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 1:37 PM

Millionth English Word

Strangely is a term ‘ Web 2.0’ according to a story on the bbc- BBC NEWS | Americas | 'Millionth English word' declared Although reading the article there seems to be some doubt…   However I hadn’t realised that ‘ But with 1.5 billion people speaking
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009 5:06 PM

10 tips for turbo charging Windows 7 Gaming from ExtremeTech

Jus spotted this excellent article from ExtremeTech about how to get the most out of your gaming experience on Windows 7.  Tips include: How to use the games explorer Taskbar Parental Controls Calibrating your display DOS games MSConfig.exe Networking
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009 1:06 PM

Bing takes over 10% of UK search traffic

Well it did for a couple of days before falling back according to the latest hitwise data “Traffic peaked on June 3, when Bing was the eighth most visited website in the UK (ahead of all BBC properties, but one behind MSN UK) and the third ranked search
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Monday, June 08, 2009 11:56 AM

Popular Social Networks Around the World

I spotted this as an update to an earlier post  Favourite Social Network By Country is this updated Visualisation from ex Microsoftie Vincenzo Cosenza http://www.vincos.it/world-map-of-social-networks/ The green is the global domination of Facebook,
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Thursday, June 04, 2009 9:45 AM

Bing Community

I am sure you have heard about bing , the new search from Microsoft. But one thing that looks great is the Bing Community site which is a central place for all things bing,with blogs, forums and more. Hats tip to Betsy for the tip and for reminding me
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009 5:07 PM

The daddy of conventional mice - Microsoft Explorer Wireless Mouse comes out top in Register Review

  Just read the Registers reviews of 12 mice 12 of the best... mice • Register Hardware and the Microsoft Explorer Wireless Mouse which it touts as “ The daddy of conventional mice…” gets the highest rating 95% of all 12 mice they reviewed “The daddy
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009 8:18 AM

Nigerian Windows Vista Language Interface packs (Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba) are now live.

If you like your Windows Vista in any of these three Nigerian languages then you can download the latest Windows Vista Language Interface Packs (LIP) now. Click here to download the Hausa Vista LIP Click here to download the Igbo Vista LIP Click here
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