I don’t often install anything from the Windows App Store. I’m not a fan..the terribly unhelpful UI I’m about to moan about being one of those reasons. This morning there was something I wanted to try that was only available there. So I found the app in question. Tried to install it and was presented
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AMITPRO Invades Microsoft Briefing
Bank holiday always throws me so this is sneaking up on me quite quickly. This Thursday, (6th May), Microsoft are holding a regional Partner Business Briefing in Birmingham to promote the upcoming changes to the Microsoft Partner Network, showcase the current wave of Microsoft products and facilitate inter-partner collaboration (we promoted the event on the
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MSN Video Player vs iPlayer
I saw this article last week on the Times Online website, Microsoft challenges BBC’s iPlayer with its new MSN Video Player The recently launched UK MSN Video Player will show full series of various popular shows (there is even some old Doctor Who stuff on there!) This is all powered by Silverlight of course 😉
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Microsoft Partner Network: 2009
I’ve been asked to spread the word about an upcoming event On Wednesday 7 October, the Microsoft UK team will be inviting partners to the number one UK channel event, Microsoft Partner Network: 2009 at Wembley Stadium. This free event will give attendees insights into current Microsoft strategies and the direction the company is taking
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Windows Foundation Server – Food for thought
At a recent AMITPRO meeting we had a presentation on Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) This is hosted SharePoint, Exchange, Live Meeting with other services on the way I could see the attraction for a large company that is maybe running their own Exchange implementation (for example) and moving it off-premise into the could
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Microsoft Live ID – How many do you have?
The problem of digital identity has been discussed many times by people a lot smarter than me. What frustrates me is when something seems obvious but doesn’t work that way I have a Microsoft Live ID. I’ve had it for years and years. It’s the ID I use for Live Messenger, it’s the ID I
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I’m officially a two browser person
Since Google Chrome is actually out of Beta I’ve installed it on my PC at home and my laptop (and i plan to install it at the office too). I have mentioned before about why i thought i might run two browsers, compatibility with some Microsoft products, Application shortcuts and the speed increases are just
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Is it just me?
Does anyone else have problems accessing the MCP site? Sometimes when I go to the site I just get this page As you can see by looking from the top right hand corner i’m definitely signed in. If I sign out and back in again doesn’t make any difference Other times I use the same
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Mesh on your Mobile
I’ve taken to Live Mesh pretty quickly. I love the fact I can just save a file and not worry about getting onto the various computers I use As well as my regular PC and laptop my mobile is a device I always have with me If you go to mesh.com and click the "add
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Mojave Experiment – My Thoughts and consumer perceptions
I stumbled across the Windows Mojave website on various blogs last week (I think I saw it on Steve Clayton’s blog first) Here’s one description “Microsoft last week travelled to San Francisco, rounding up Windows XP users who had negative impressions of Vista. The subjects were put on video, asked about their Vista impressions, and