Windows Internet Explorer 7 is now out of beta and is available to download.
Download links: Windows x64, Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows XP SP2. This upgrade will also be on Microsoft Update and Automatic Update on November 1st as well.
Neowin has just gotten word that the Creator of the Freenode IRC network, Rob Levin (aka lilo) has passed away. Although there is not much information yet on the subject, this is what fellow Freenode staff member, christel has released:
"On the 12th of September Rob Levin, known to many as Freenode’s lilo, was hit by a car while riding his bike. He suffered head injuries and passed away in hospital on the 16th. He spent his last few days at the neuro trauma ICU at a local hospital where he was in a coma. The news reached us this morning that Rob passed away early today. Rob is survived by wife Debbie and son Benjamin, and we ask that you all respect their privacy at this difficult time. Robs funeral is most likely to be monday afternoon, although we have yet to get confirmation as Debbie is waiting to hear from the MEs office that it can go ahead as planned and for those local, wishing to show their respects at his funeral, we ask that you email staff@freenode.net and we will try direct you as we can."
Christel also stated that "[It] is Debbie’s wishes that freenode keeps running as close to normal as possible, and we will be working with the PDPC board to ensure that the network keeps running." Rob’s IRC client is still connected to Freenode. Once it logs off, Robs nicknames will be quarantined to prevent abuse.
More updates will be posted as the story unfolds.
News source: Neowin.net
Just a week after the managed beta testers got their hands on this build, the RC1 release is now out for everyone to try.
Visit http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/rc1/en/download.htm to get your copy today.
SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) — Steve Irwin, the Australian TV presenter known as the "Crocodile Hunter," has died after being stung in a marine accident off Australia’s north coast.
Australian media reports say Irwin was diving in waters off Port Douglas, north of Cairns, when the incident happened on Monday morning.
Irwin was killed by a stingray barb that went through his chest, according to Cairns police sources. Irwin was filming an underwater documentary at the time.
Ambulance officers confirmed they attended a reef fatality Monday morning off Port Douglas, according to Australian media.
Queensland Police Services also confirmed Irwin’s death and said his family had been notified. Irwin, 44, was director of the Australian Zoo in Queensland.
He is survived by his American-born wife Terri and their two children, Bindi Sue, born 1998, and Robert (Bob), born December 2003.
Irwin became a popular figure on Australian and international television through Irwin’s close handling of wildlife, most notably the capture and relocation of crocodiles.
Irwin’s enthusiastic approach to nature conservation and the environment won him a global following. He was known for his exuberance and use of the catchphrase "Crikey!"
But his image suffered a setback in January 2004 when he held his then one-month-old baby Bob while feeding a crocodile at his Australian zoo.
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer expressed his sorrow Monday and said that he was fond of Irwin and was very appreciative of all the work he had done in promoting Australia overseas.
In 2003, Irwin spoke to the Australian Broadcasting Corp.’s Australian Story television program about how he was perceived in his home country.
"When I see what’s happened all over the world, they’re looking at me as this very popular, wildlife warrior Australian bloke," he said, the ABC reported.
"And yet back here in my own country, some people find me a little bit embarrassing. "You know, there’s this… they kind of cringe, you know, ’cause I’m coming out with ‘Crikey’ and ‘Look at this beauty’."
News Source: CNN
Early this morning 131 NEC Computers arrived to our workplace. Thankfully were was enough staff to help unbox them and place them into our IT/Server Office and get them security marked up and labled.
Now the fun begins with getting the network cards detected by Windows Server 2003 RIS so we can start building them. I have taken one home so I can work on this tomorrow while I wait for an engineer to fix my dad’s PC.
Today the Windows Live Writer Beta has been made public. For those that don’t know Windows Live Writer Beta is a program that allows you create blog posts and publish them to Windows Live Spaces and other blogging sites.
I have made this blog post using the Windows Live Writer Beta.
More information and a download at the Windows Live Writer space on Windows Live Spaces.
After yesterdays painfull trip to Newquay we decided to stay more local, so we went to Bude in North Cornwall.
It’s a great coastal resort and was busy today due to the Summer Holiday season.
Had lunch in a pub and it was gear, very filling and went well with some Lager.
After lunch had a walk around the coast to walk the heavy lunch off 🙂
This morning we went to Newquay for the day.
The jurney was long and painfull due to slow moving traffic and did not arrive till 1pm.
We promptly went to a pub for lunch.
The lunch was great.
After lunch we had a look aroung the large town and beaches.
Lynmouth was where we went today.
It was a good run though the country lanes and sharp bends. We had a ganders around town and had a pub lunch.
After lunch we headed up to Lynton, me and bro walked up the hill and the others took the cliff train up.It was a hard walk up as it was steep.
After having a walk around Lynton we headed back.