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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 Live Local - now even better

Posted Tuesday, September 12, 2006 10:00 AM by Allister_Frost
My regular reader will know how much of a fan I have become of Windows Live Local . While Google Earth was very quick out of the blocks in 2004 after they acquired Keyhole Corp, it's now looking a bit creaky in comparison to the much improved, if absurdly Read More...
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You Need to Get Out More

Posted Friday, August 18, 2006 5:22 PM by Allister_Frost
It's Friday. And Steve Clayton writes today about how his Out of Office message has taken on a personality all of its own. Mine has too. We all get so many "OOFs" that the very least you can do is inject a little life into your own message. In the spirit Read More...
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Save the Blog: Vote Now

Posted Wednesday, August 16, 2006 6:34 PM by Allister_Frost
Contrary to one correspondent's theory, the lack of recent postings here is not evidence of my having been seized by British Anti-Terrorist Police. I agree that the liquids I carry onto aircraft may have a dangerously high alcoholic content that could Read More...
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Shameless Self Publicist Makes Useful Technology List

Posted Friday, August 04, 2006 6:47 AM by Allister_Frost
Congratulations to Blake Handler (yes, that's his real name) for the most shameless self-publicity move ever in the history of blogs! Blake has been the victim of a regularly changing URL for his MSN Spaces (now Windows Live Spaces) Blog. Which has made Read More...
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Installing Internet Explorer Beta 3 over Beta 2

Posted Wednesday, August 02, 2006 9:38 PM by Allister_Frost
Is anyone else worried about whether to upgrade to the latest version (Beta 3) of Internet Explorer? I pondered (that's like thinking, but more posh) for a while then thought "what the heck, the worst that can happen is it destroys my PC and my life." Read More...
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Presentation Tips from the Master

Posted Tuesday, July 25, 2006 8:16 AM by Allister_Frost
My colleague Darren (he's not as effeminate as his photo would suggest) has written up a great post with some really useful tips on how to give good presentations. So many people complain about 'Death by PowerPoint', yet so few take active steps to improve Read More...
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My Mouse has a Dirty Bottom

Posted Friday, July 21, 2006 11:13 AM by Allister_Frost
What is that stuff that keeps building up on my mouse's bottom? No matter how many times I clean it off and scrub the surrounding desk area it keeps coming back. I don't use a mouse mat because the Health & Safety Police told me it's better to use Read More...
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The End Of The World As We Know It

Posted Tuesday, July 11, 2006 4:59 PM by Allister_Frost
Well, not quite. But I did just stumble completely by chance on a website that tells me that today is the last day of Microsoft support for Windows 98 and (everybody's favourite) Windows Me. Windows XP SP1 will also no longer be supported after today Read More...
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Why Skype is Bad (part 2)

Posted Thursday, June 29, 2006 9:04 AM by Allister_Frost
I received a lot of communication since my last blog posting in which I explained how the Skype client can start behaving as a supernode and using your bandwidth to facilitate communications between other Skype users. Several people thanked me for bringing Read More...
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Windows Live Messenger - just launched!

Posted Thursday, June 22, 2006 6:08 AM by Allister_Frost
Windows Live Messenger, the brilliant successor to MSN Messenger, is now available for download. This great new product came out of Beta just yesterday and we've already notched up more than 2 million downloads in just 36 hours! There are loads of unique Read More...
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Still using paper and pen and Outlook??

Posted Monday, June 19, 2006 8:09 AM by Allister_Frost
I come across this so often when meeting with customers and friends. Some people continue to use both a paper-based personal information manager (or a 'little black book' as some like to call it) and Outlook even though this is clearly highly inefficient. Read More...
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Why I'm loving Internet Explorer 7 beta

Posted Friday, April 28, 2006 2:51 PM by Allister_Frost
I'm a long time user of the Maxthon browser which does everything you expect from Internet Explorer and a bit more like tabbed browsing, address line shortcuts and mouse gestures. But having recently started testing the Internet Explorer 7 beta I've just Read More...
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Surviving Disappearing Internet Disasters

Posted Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:17 PM by Allister_Frost
I've been thinking... What would you do if you were suddenly unable to access the Internet from home? Maybe the telephone line was down due to engineering works or your modem router packed up. Or there was a power outage... It's worth thinking about these Read More...
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FolderShare - my new best friend!

Posted Monday, January 30, 2006 8:20 AM by Allister_Frost
Steve Clayton's blog helped me discover FolderShare, a brilliant little application that lets you share folders across devices. It's fabulous! Very easy to use, very quick and very smart! And I can finally wave goodbye to those crazy times of copying Read More...
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