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You may think of me as a technofreak. I am crazy as well as passionate about keeping myself updated with the latest innovations in the technology world which is one of the reason I am here. You may find me blogging at Geekword as well which again highlights my love for blogging. You can follow me at www.twitter.com/sheikhali
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All you need to know about Windows Azure

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PDC09, Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference is all set to kick off on 17th November. Among many exciting technologies, Windows Azure will be one of the highlights of the event. Windows Azure is a cloud based services operating system that provides developers on-demand computing environment, storage for hosting and scalability purposes and web application management. With Windows Azure, user’s web applications are hosted on Microsoft’s datacenters.

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Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac brings support for Aero in Windows 7

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Parallels has just released Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac. Parallels Desktop is a virtualization software for Snow Leopard. As the name implies, it enables you to run Mac and other operating systems in parallel. The just released virtualization companion for Mac enables you to run Windows 7, Linux and other operating systems on your Apple machine.

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Win a free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate!

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I got this idea of a free Windows 7 Ultimate giveaway competition from a picture recently taken at a Nokia press conference. The picture has a person holding a phone to my ears for a pose. When I posted in on Twitter, people actually took some interesting guesses. So keeping in mind that this should be different than other Windows 7 competitions, here it goes: Your chance to win a free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate via ithinkdiff.com!

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Internet Explorer Collection: One Installer for all IE versions

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Web Developers are familiar with the term web browser compatibility. It is a process of testing web applications performing consistently across different browsers as well as different versions of the same browser. Internet Explorer collection is one such application that will assist you in performing the web browser compatibility test for different versions of Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer Collection enables you to install and run multiple versions of IE on the same system. You can open and use different versions of IE simultaneously. Download link provided below

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LimeWire version 5.4.0 released for Snow Leopard

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LimeWire 5.4.0 Beta has been released for Snow Leopard. Regarded as the fastest P2P program on the planet earth, LimeWire brings with it new features along with a few bug fixes. One of the notable additions to LimeWire 5.4.0 is the ability to watch a video file within the application.

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BingPaper : An application that downloads and sets the latest Bing image as your wallpaper

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Microsoft CodePlex has just released BingPaper. BingPaper is a small, simple and useful application that downloads the current Bing Image and sets it as your wallpaper. With BingPaper, gone are the days where you were required to right click on a particular Bing Image, save it and then set it as your desktop background.

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SkyDrive Explorer: Access SkyDrive right from your Windows Explorer

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Want to access Windows Live SkyDrive via Windows Explorer? Well now you can. SkyDrive Explorer is a free extension that lets you view and edit your SkyDrive contents from the comfort of your Windows Explorer. This powerful extension is free to download and compatible with Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Window Server 2003, 2008.

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Jibbigo app for iPhone: Translate English to Spanish in real time

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A company which goes by the name Jibbigo, has rolled out a bilingual translation app for iPhone. This just released app translates sentences between English and Spanish as you speak. Interestingly it does not require an Internet connection to perform the translations. It would be a perfect companion on your trip to Spain and will assist you in getting directions pretty quickly.  The app works with iPhone as well as iPod Touch 2G or above and requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later.

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WordPress 2.0 for iPhone hits the app store

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WordPress 2.0 for iPhone has just hit the App store. WordPress 2.0 can be used on iPhone as well as iPod Touch and is available free of cost. This latest version brings with it bug fixes, an improved and efficient user interface, a new interface for comments  and much more. Complete list of WordPress 2.0 features plus download link provided below.

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Official Disney app for iPhone and iPod Touch released

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Disney has just released official Disney app for  iPod Touch and iPhone. Through this free app, Disney provides its iPhone and iPod Touch users with interactive features, access to Disney content and much more. This app puts together all the previous Disney apps in one place. In total there are 17 Disney app that now have a centralized location.

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