The latest update for Windows Live Writer is available for download; in addition to a bug reported here, it also seems to contain a couple of extra, and unsolicited surprises. When the installer starts, you click through the ToS, and are faced by this:
I just wanted Live Writer installed on my computer - I have […]

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Back in November, I posted about GooSync, which is a nifty application for just about any Windows Mobile, Nokia or Palm device that syncs your Google Calendar to your handset.
I’d had a bit of a problem with email reminders, which I posted to the GooSync Google group. Within an hour or so, Stuart from GooSync had […]

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At the beginning of May, I asked if my blogging tool of choice, Microsoft’s Live Writer, was ever going to be developed beyond Beta 1, and it seems that my wish has been granted because yesterday, Beta 2 was released.
Cosmetically, it doesn’t look that much different to Beta 1 - although, the colour scheme and […]

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I’m wondering whether it’s time to change the tool I use for drafting my blog posts offline. I’ve been using Microsoft Live Writer beta since it was released in mid-2006, which when it was released, generated a lot of surprisingly positive buzz in the usually anti-Microsoft blogosphere.
Being a beta version, it’s not without its quirks - it […]

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I love Google Calendar, and I love my Windows Mobile Smartphone too, but synchronizing appointments between the two is, quite frankly, a pain in the arse.
What makes it more complex for me is that I run one Google Calendar, but two Outlook calendars on two separate machines. If this seems strange, let me explain - my personal […]

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IE7 has only been on release for a week, but Secunia are reporting another vulnerability along with a working proof-of-concept. This one is about spoofing the address bar in a pop-up window, and has the potential to be used in phishing attacks.
With IE7 having been available in Beta form for a long time, there will inevitably […]

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