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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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UsefulGuides: Finding that well-loved feature in Microsoft Office 2007

Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 4:01 PM by Allister_Frost
There's no question about it, there's a bit of a learning curve before you get familiar with the new ribbon menu layout in the 2007 Microsoft Office system. And the learning curve will be steeper the more familiar you are with previous versions. If you Read More...
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UsefulOffer: IntelliGolf Eagle now free with HP iPAQ 6915

Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 6:58 PM by Allister_Frost
HP did a good job of hiding this offer on their website ;-) Head over to www.hp.com/uk/intelligolf and you may just spot that you can claim a free copy of IntelliGolf Eagle edition (the tippety-topmost-bestest version) if you own a UK-bought HP iPAQ 6915. 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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3D Mapping in Windows Live Local

Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 11:42 AM by Allister_Frost
Head over to http://local.live.com/ to check out the new 3D capability of this mapping service. Very nice! After you've installed the 3D application (a one-off download) try some of these keyboard shortcuts: Double-click a point on the map to move to Read More...
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The Official Windows Vista Preview Magazine

Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 1:43 PM by Allister_Frost
Phew! I'm delighted to report that the Windows Vista Preview magazine (an official joint venture between Microsoft and Future Publishing) is now on sale in the UK in all good* newsagents. Get your copy now for the paltry sum of £4.99. The Preview Magazine 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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That Windows Vista Packaging

Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 11:12 AM by Allister_Frost
Here's the clever bit about the new packaging. It opens like this: Very neat! Read More...
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Windows Vista and 2007 Office system packaging unveiled

Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 5:44 AM by Allister_Frost
Oooh, it's shiny and new. Announcing the new packaging for Windows Vista and the 2007 Office system. I quite like it. Do you? Read More...
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My Blogcasts on Soapbox

Posted Friday, October 27, 2006 3:36 PM by Allister_Frost
I've been playing with the new Soapbox on MSN Video service. It's pretty cool. I never really got into YouTube but I can see how useful it will be to be able to restrict access to my videos on Soapbox based on my existing Windows Live Messenger contact Read More...
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Bring YourSELF to Work

Posted Tuesday, October 24, 2006 4:47 PM by Allister_Frost
Yes, it's true: tomorrow is Bring YourSELF to Work Day 2006. In case you're feeling confused because you bring yourself to work most days anyway, take note of that clever capitalisation of the letters S, E, L and F. As the campaign leader says: Nothing 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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Securing that wireless network

Posted Monday, October 23, 2006 11:30 AM by Allister_Frost
I stumbled across this helpful article from Connected Home that explains how to secure a wireless network: http://www.connectedhomemag.com/HomeControls/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=49176 . The most important thing here is to enable WPA (or WPA2 if you Read More...
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The Joy of Finding Big Things (in Outlook 2007)

Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 8:42 PM by Allister_Frost
My former boss, Bruce Lynn , asked me this weekend how he could locate all the large (>200kb) entries in his Outlook calendar so he could delete them to free up some space in his mailstore. He couldn't figure out how to do this but knew it must be Read More...
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Voluminous Venti

Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 2:37 PM by Allister_Frost
Sunday, sitting in Starbucks. Note to self: a venti-sized mug of coffee is too large to drink comfortably without a catheter. Read More...
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