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Set Up Your Own Pseudo Picture Sharing Service

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Background

I am sure everyone remembers earlier this year when TwitPic changed its terms of service for the picture sharing website and the mess that came out of that.  Ultimately it came down to who owns your pictures or has any rights associated with them.  Personally I want to own my . . .

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Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 26

In this week’s show we talk about the Building Windows 8 Blog; Google+ traffic stats trend; Kinect winning another award; Windows Live Writer; Sony’s latest security and user account issues; Windows 7 passing Windows XP in global use; Security Intelligence Report version 11 and users role in malware distribution; registering your website with the copyright office; Siri and lack of international use; Online gaming passes; Play Xbox Live Arcade official website; Online game trading risks; how to repair a malware damaged computer and a contest with the chance to win a free copy of PerfectDisk12. We close out by taking a look at the last week on WindowsObserver.com and cover some of the news we covered last week. . . .

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Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 19

After having an unexpected week off due to illness last weekend we are back to talk tech. A lot has happened in the two weeks since our last show including the first official glimpse of Windows 8 and the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles. We discuss both of those items as well as social media security; Angry Birds for the PC; Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper beta; Windows Phone 7 Marketplace Bulk App Publishing; Twitter’s new photo sharing service; Xbox Stats before E3; Google dropping old browser support; Tennessee’s new media related laws; NASA Ames Imagery of STS-134 liftoff; Microsoft Security Intelligence Report v10; Grammar Checking for Windows Live Writer; Xbox Live Extra’s Updated; Public and Private Facebook invitations; Microsoft E3 Xbox Announcements; French ban Twitter and Facebook. We also discussed our recent posts on WindowsObserver.com. . . .

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Windows Live Programs Plug-Ins Gallery Revamped

We knew earlier this year that the submission and listing of plug-ins for various Windows Live programs was going to change and now the new site has gone live with plug-ins for Windows Live Photo Gallery,  Movie Maker and Writer.

The Writer section has the most plug-ins already submitted and available for . . .

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Twitter Notify Plugin for Windows Live Writer Updated

If you’re a blogger and using Windows Live Writer to prepare your blog posts then this plugin can come in very handy for tweeting out new posts to your Twitter account as they are published.

Send a Tweet announcing your newly published blog post. A shortened link to your post is automatically . . .

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Windows Live Writer Plug-In Submission Process Changes

Microsoft has announced a major change in how plug-in authors submit their work for the popular blog posting software and they are notifying existing plug-in authors with the following email from the Windows Live Writer Team:

Dear Windows Live Writer plug-in authors,

On behalf of the Windows Live Writer team and all . . .

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