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Thursday, August 20, 2009 3:38 PM

Microsoft Password Strength checker tool

Strong passwords are one way in which you can be more secure online Microsoft has a great site to simply check if your password(s) are weak or strong Password checker “ Note: Password Checker can help you to gauge the strength of your password. It is
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Thursday, August 20, 2009 10:48 AM

10 ways to get the most out of Bing

Not surprisingly I am big fan of Bing and this article from techrepulic is a great way to show off some of the great bingness 10 ways to get the most out of Bing | 10 Things | TechRepublic.com It covers some of the great features of bing and how you can
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 9:51 AM

Windows Live Writer – Complete Guide

I love Windows Live Writer and have been using it since its early beta for writing blog posts, I wouldn't use anything else these days.  So I wanted to share this article with you Windows Live Writer – Complete Guide from Internet Techies It covers
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 8:58 AM

Microsoft Answers for Windows Live

If you are looking for help and support plus help on Windows Live then you should start by looking at the Microsoft Answers Windows live site .   You can ask questions of the community and if you want also get involved and help other people out with
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 2:38 PM

Microsoft Talk – my first ever podcast

I was very surprised and privileged to be the first guest on a new series of podcasts called Microsoft Talk by 2 very enthusiastic Microsoft fans in India, @Abhishek   and @Manan Episode 01: Windows 7 with Rob Margel < Microsoft Talk… with A &
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 2:16 PM

26 Awesome Windows 7 Themes from Addictive Tips

Last week I blogged about the Ferrari Windows 7 desktop theme well now here is a list of 26 Awesome Windows 7 Themes from the addictive tips web site. I really like the Clean Green theme If you are not sure about themes you can read more about what is
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 11:18 AM

Bulk resizing images using Windows Live Photo Gallery in 5 simple steps

This is for my Dad who asked me how he could easily resize a bunch of photos he had taken on his digital camera. 1. Download Windows Live Photo Gallery and install it on your pc. 2. Make sure you have added all your folders and libraries where you have
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Monday, August 17, 2009 2:04 PM

Windows 7 RC Download only available for a few more days

If you still want to get hold of the Windows 7 RC (Release Candidate) then you better hurry as it is only available until some time on August 20th. Download Windows 7 RC Windows 7 RC Installation Instructions Windows 7 RC FAQ Rob Technorati Tags: Win
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Friday, August 14, 2009 11:23 AM

NSS labs study – IE8 offers best protection against phishing and malware

Wow just read this report Web browser security : Phishing protection comparative test results “ The average phishing URL catch rate for browsers over the entire 14 day test period ranged from 2% for Safari 4 to 83% for Windows Internet Explorer 8. Internet
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Friday, August 14, 2009 10:38 AM

Stay up to date: sign up to the Bing newsletter

Its really quite easy if you want to have the latest info to stay informed about the new ways that Bing will help you find what you need  go to Stay up to date: sign up to the Bing newsletter and follow the instructions.   Rob Technorati Tags:
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Friday, August 14, 2009 10:30 AM

The Windows Live Channel has gone Wide

@Winlivematt has just told me that the Windows Live channel in the UK has gone Wide screen   The Windows Live channel has lots of guides, downloads and discussion around Windows Live including Messenger, Hotmail, photo gallery, skydrive etc Well
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Thursday, August 13, 2009 9:33 AM

Poll : Vote for the Best Windows Website 2009. from The Windows Club

Here is your chance to select the 5 finalists from a list of 10 for the best Windows Website 2009 ‘From among the 60+ participants , the individual rankings of each of the judges, viz. Ed Bott , Rafael Rivera , Steve Sinchak , Paul Schottland , Lowell
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009 2:07 PM

Exclusive Ferrari Windows 7 Desktop theme

Updated 23/10/2009 - This is now available via the personalisation gallery at http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/downloads/personalize?T1=themes along with many other themes... My counterpart in Germany (Christian) who runs the German WindowsZone
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009 8:48 AM

Windows Live Tips and tricks

Well worth checking out if you use Windows Live Windows Live's space - Windows Live for tips and tricks on: Hotmail Messenger Photo Gallery home.live.com Thanks to the Window Live team for this @windowslive Updated to add this extra link also tweeted
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 11:24 AM

Steve Rose imitates Steve Ballmer

In the name of Technet Plus, Stephen Rose ( @stephenlrose ) apes the Steve Ballmer selling Windows 1.0 classic advert TechNet Plus Subscription & Steve Rose | Media | TechNet Edge Rob :) Technorati Tags: Steve ballmer , technet plus
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 10:08 AM

Windows 7 Support Centre – top 10 support issues

Just pointing you to some more Windows 7 support resources this time on the Windows 7 Support Centre The current top 10 issues with Windows 7 are: A folder that is created under the root of the system drive is missing entries in its security descriptor,
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Monday, August 10, 2009 5:30 PM

All the Windows 7 Videos on Channel 9 now in one place

Channel 9 has now got all the Windows 7 Videos and podcasts in one place Windows | Channel 9 .  They are all neatly packaged into 3 sections: Using Windows 7 Programming Windows 7 Under the hood For me I am most interested in the using windows 7
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Monday, August 10, 2009 12:26 PM

The Windows Haircut

So being a few thousands miles away i didn’t to go to the Windows 7 ship party, but I was sent this picture of someone clearly who loves Windows. Thanks to Sammi for the picture :) Rob Technorati Tags: Win7
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Monday, August 10, 2009 11:49 AM

12 more Windows Online sites live

I have mentioned windows.Microsoft.com   couple of times in the past, but wanted to share with you the news that last week another 12 countries / languages sites where launched: Austria (German)- http://windows.microsoft.com/de-AT/windows7/products/windows-7
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Thursday, August 06, 2009 11:37 AM

London is the capital of Twitter

If you didn’t manage to catch Newsnight last night then you can see a replay on of the highlights of the interview with @ev on the BBC site:     The full interview Newsnight program is available via YouTube via UK tech crunch London is the capital
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Thursday, August 06, 2009 10:31 AM

Gizmodo Windows 7 Review -The Best Features and Tips

Just wanted to point out this article from Gizmodo Windows 7 Review, Part 2: The Best Features and Tips - Windows 7 review – Gizmodo mainly because it has some tips on how to get the most from Windows 7 which you might find useful, and I am looking forward
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Thursday, August 06, 2009 8:49 AM

Urdu Windows Vista LIP now available

If you like your Windows Vista in Urdu (National language of Pakistan) then you can download the latest Windows Vista Language Interface Pack (LIP) now: Click here to download the Urdu Vista LIP . and Click here to view the Urdu Download page for more
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009 9:14 AM

Do you have a Windows 7 application in the UK and want to be noticed?

Then check out Ian's recent blog posting Ian Moulster's blog : Get your UK Windows 7 Application Noticed ‘Do you sell an application that is already supported on Windows 7, or will be by October 2009? Are you UK-based? If the answer to both of these questions
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Tuesday, August 04, 2009 11:24 AM

XBOX soap

So in the more off topic type of post I saw these from Digital Soaps in the August edition of Wired that was waiting for me when i got home yesterday: So you need not be smelly any more when playing you favourite games. Rob Technorati Tags: XBOX , soa
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Tuesday, August 04, 2009 9:08 AM

Nepali Windows Vista LIP now available

If you like your Windows Vista in Nepali / Nepalese (Nepal) then you can download the latest Windows Vista Language Interface Pack (LIP) now: Click here to download the Nepali Vista LIP . and Click here to view the Nepali Download page for more Nepali
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