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Last night Microsoft finally revealed the Windows 8 operating system to the world. For business users this may not be the most exciting release ever, but for consumers and developers it’s very good news.

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UPDATE: Branded3 introduce a live stream from the Royal couple’s hotel bedroom! Read on to get the link…

Ok so we’ve given in; after months of trying to avoid the Royal Wedding and the constant stream of news stories on what Kate’s dress might look like, and whether the cake will contain nuts (hardly breaking news…) we’ve decided to embrace the national celebration, which is quickly turning out to be the most interactive event in history.

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It doesn’t seem all that long since Microsoft released the first platform preview of Internet Explorer 9 – the company’s cutting-edge hardware accelerated browser.

Well, it actually was just a year ago, and today at MIX11 they’re releasing the first platform preview of Internet Explorer 10. This is not a web browser you can use for your every day browsing, but as web developers – it’s something we’ll certainly keep our eyes on here at Branded3.

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I’ve been working on a Windows Service for one of our projects recently and came to what I’m sure others have encountered and that is creating the installer without the need for command prompt.

I’ve been using Visual Studio 2008 to develop the project and as you may or may not know you need to install a windows service in order to test it, you cannot debug and test direct from VS. Microsoft have nicely packaged InstallUtil.exe which can be used from the VS command prompt to install your service and get it up and running.

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