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The End: this blog leaps over to Windows Live Spaces

Posted Thursday, November 16, 2006 8:00 AM by Allister_Frost
I've decided to move my blog to a new home on Windows Live Spaces. I hope you'll move with me. My new blog URL is http://usefultechnologyblog.spaces.live.com/ . To subscribe to the new RSS feed, simply click this link: http://usefultechnologyblog.spaces.live.com/feed.rss Read More...
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Windows Vista RTMs!

Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 9:58 PM by Allister_Frost
Jim Allchin has just announced to the world's press that Windows Vista is now complete and has been released to manufacturing. Let the fun begin! More details here . Read More...
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Windows Media Player 11 - final release at last

Posted Wednesday, November 01, 2006 11:09 AM by Allister_Frost
Way back in May we released the Beta of Windows Media Player 11. Finally, after exhaustive testing and refinement, we released the final build earlier this week. You can download it now, for free, from here . If you're running Windows XP and have ears, Read More...
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Brainfart with Vista

Posted Tuesday, October 24, 2006 10:37 AM by Allister_Frost
By our standards it's quite subtle, but there's no doubting that Windows Vista is behind this new site at http://www.clearification.com/ . If you don't know Demitri Martin (i.e. you are one of the 95% of human beings living outside of the USA) you may Read More...
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Internet Explorer 7 is launched

Posted Thursday, October 19, 2006 9:40 AM by Allister_Frost
The world's most popular browser just got better. Internet Explorer 7 was released just hours ago. You can get it from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx . Read More...
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Screen capture the easy way

Posted Thursday, October 12, 2006 6:17 PM by Allister_Frost
I'm often asked what tools I use to make screengrabs to include in my blog. I used to use the Snipping Tool which is part of the Tablet PC Experience Pack for Windows XP . So you can imagine my disappointment when, after upgrading to Windows Vista, I Read More...
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Windows Live OneCare beta - free to 18 countries

Posted Wednesday, October 11, 2006 2:26 PM by Allister_Frost
Hurrah! At last, Windows Live OneCare 1.5 is now available for free download in 18 countries around the globe. Despite having a dangerous name for anyone with lazy pronunciation, OneCare is finally out of the blocks on its journey towards global availability. Read More...
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Windows Media Player 11 Beta is out

Posted Thursday, May 18, 2006 4:01 AM by Allister_Frost
If you use your computer to store or listen to music you're going to love the new Windows Media Player 11 Beta that was released in the last few hours. Searching through my music collection using album art instead of text transforms the experience and Read More...
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