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Windows Weekly 132: Google Bing

Sat, Nov 28 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte The new office is here the new office is here, Bing's got big deals for Black Friday, and why Chrome OS could mean trouble for Microsoft. Show notes for this episode For a free credit toward the audiobook of your choice, visit Audible.com/windows. Check out Paul's blog at the SuperSite for Windows. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Derek K. Miller. Running time: 1:36:45

Windows Weekly 131: PDC 2009

Fri, Nov 20 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Paul is live from PDC 2009 with news on Windows 7 OEM, Silverlight 4, IE 9, the Office 2010 Public Beta, and more. Show notes for this episode For a free credit toward the audiobook of your choice, visit Audible.com/windows. Check out Paul's blog at the SuperSite for Windows. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Derek K. Miller. Running time: 1:04:00

Windows Weekly 130: Trapped, Like Carrots

Fri, Nov 13 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Paul calls Modern Warfare 2 the best shooter EVAH! Show notes for this episode For a free credit toward the audiobook of your choice, visit Audible.com/windows. Check out Paul's blog at the SuperSite for Windows. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Derek K. Miller. Running time: 1:26:37

Windows Weekly 129: Hypirony And Ironicracy

Fri, Nov 6 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Paul Thurrott and Ed Bott gnaw the Windows 7 upgrade bones and we've got a rare Windows 3.11 tip. Show notes for this episode For a free credit toward the audiobook of your choice, visit Audible.com/windows. Check out Paul's blog at the SuperSite for Windows. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Derek K. Miller. Running time: 1:59:00

Windows Weekly 128: The Upgrade Conundrum

Fri, Oct 30 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Tackling the Windows 7 upgrade conundrum, office in the cloud, and bottom line security advice. Show notes for this episode For a free credit toward the audiobook of your choice, visit Audible.com/windows. Check out Paul's blog at the SuperSite for Windows. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Derek K. Miller. Running time: 1:43:08

Windows Weekly 127: Hasta La Vista Baby

Fri, Oct 23 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Windows 7 is here and its party time at the TWiT cottage. Show notes for this episode For a free credit toward the audiobook of your choice, visit Audible.com/windows. Check out Paul's blog at the SuperSite for Windows. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Derek K. Miller. Running time: 1:21:05

Windows Weekly 126: Danger Paul Danger

Fri, Oct 16 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte It's one week til Windows 7 and Paul's ready to party, Danger Sidekick users Danger!, and the case for AAC. Show notes for this episode For a free credit toward the audiobook of your choice, visit Audible.com/windows. Check out Paul's blog at the SuperSite for Windows. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Derek K. Miller. Running time: 1:31:35

Windows Weekly 125: Utility If Any Will Emerge

Fri, Oct 2 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Zune HD, Zune market, Windows 7 Student Pricing, and more. Show notes for this episode For a free credit toward the audiobook of your choice, visit Audible.com/windows. Check out Paul's blog at the SuperSite for Windows. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Derek K. Miller. Running time: 1:29:03

Windows Weekly 124: Never Too Much Cilantro

Fri, Sep 25 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Windows 7 ready for enterprise, Office Web Apps, HP MediaSmart Servers, and more. Show notes for this episode For a free credit toward the audiobook of your choice, visit Audible.com/windows. Check out Paul's blog at the SuperSite for Windows. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Derek K. Miller. Running time: 1:15:30

Windows Weekly 123: There Might Be Shrimp

Fri, Sep 18 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Zune HD, student pricing for Windows 7, Microsoft Office web application, Bing visual search, and more. Show notes for this episode Audible picks of the week: The Lost Symbol, Unabridged, By Dan Brown, Narrated by Paul Michael. For a free credit toward the audiobook of your choice, visit Audible.com/windows. Check out Paul's blog at the SuperSite for Windows. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of...

Windows Weekly 122: Blowhard

Fri, Sep 11 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Paul's book on Kindle, Media Center, Best Buy, Ford SYNC, new iPods, and more. Show notes for this episode Audible picks of the week: The Hobbit, Part 1 and The Hobbit, Part 2, Unabridged, By J. R. R. Tolkien, Narrated by Rob Inglis. For a free credit toward the audiobook of your choice, visit Audible.com/windows. Check out Paul's blog at the SuperSite for Windows. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. The Windows Weekly theme music is...

Windows Weekly 121: Wong Was Wrong

Fri, Sep 4 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Windows 7 Secrets, Intel's efforts, Enterprise trial, VMware, Zune HD, and more. Show notes for this episode Audible pick of the week: The World Is Flat: Further Updated and Expanded, Unabridged, By Thomas L. Friedman, Narrated by Oliver Wyman. For a free credit toward the audiobook of your choice, visit Audible.com/windows. Check out Paul's blog at the SuperSite for Windows. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. The Windows Weekly theme...

Windows Weekly 120: Bing Is My Back-End

Fri, Aug 28 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Windows 7, Yahoo competition, Xbox 360 prices, Word, Nokia, Snow Leopard, and more. Show notes for this episode Audible pick of the week: Ted Kennedy: The Dream That Never Died, Unabridged, By Edward Klein Narrated by Arthur Morey. For a free credit toward the audiobook of your choice, visit Audible.com/windows. Check out Paul's blog at the SuperSite for Windows or the TWiT wiki page for more information. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this...

Windows Weekly 119: The Solitary Pleasures of Enterprise Computing

Sat, Aug 22 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Which Windows 7 should you buy? Bing continues to surprise and Windows Live Movie Maker ships... Audible pick of the week: Penguins Stopped Play: Eleven Village Cricketers Take On the World by Harry Thompson. Narrated by Glen McCready. For a free credit toward the audiobook of your choice, visit Audible.com/windows. Check out Paul's blog at the SuperSite for Windows or the TWiT wiki page for more information. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this...

Windows Weekly 118: Microsoft Gets Its Mojo Back

Fri, Aug 14 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Microsoft's death exaggerated, Nokia, Zune HD, upgrading/migrating, Windows Phones, and more. Is Microsoft screwed? IThere's a lot of silliness going around that the era of Microsoft is over II looked into this and contrary to public perception, Microsoft's approach to cloud computing is a winning strategy IOpen your eyes: We may never have the same single vendor issue in the PC industry, but Microsoft will remain viable if not dominant in the future...

Windows Weekly 117: OMG!

Fri, Jul 31 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Microsoft and Yahoo get cozy, Microsoft relents to EU/Opera pressure, Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 and more. Yahoo and Microsoft to agree to integrate Microsoft search technology into yahoo. Microsoft is releasing a version of Windows 7 specifically for Europe without Internet Explorer bundled. Will also be releasing XP and Vista versions without IE. Microsoft is adding Windows 7 Support to Windows Home Server Power Pack 3, despite saying they would...

Windows Weekly 116: Bring On The Bugs

Fri, Jul 24 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Windows 7 RTM, Windows 7 E, Home Server Power Pack 3, Chrome OS, and more. Windows 7 RTM is done, OEMs have it now, MSDN/Technet get it August 6th, and you can get it October 22nd. Windows 7 E Windows 7 E Editions Office 2010 Technical Preview Google Chrome OS, and what it means for you, Microsoft, and Apple. Software picks of the week: Foof for Firefox An ad blocker that works with Windows, Mac, and Linux. Thanks to Peter Chase. PortableApps Allows you...

Windows Weekly 115: Windows 7 Secrets

Fri, Jul 10 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Paul assembles a panel to discuss Windows 7 pricing and other release questions. Guests: Rafael Rivera and Mary-Jo Foley Windows 7 pricing: Questions remain Let's sort through them as best we can I feel like I've been manning Microsoft support calls since last week Also: General Windows 7 discussion Paul asks... Best version of Windows ever ... or best OS ever? :) Software picks of the week: Note: note free, $25 RealPlayer SP UxStyle: Style Patcher for...

Windows Weekly 114: Rob Greenlee

Fri, Jul 3 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Rob Greenlee from Microsoft chats with Paul and Leo about podcasting. Rob Greenlee has helped launch the podcast catalog and video store on Zune over the past 2 years. He's the longtime host, producer and founder of the eight-year-old online radio program, WebTalk Radio. Rob says that WebTalk, formerly a nationally syndicated terrestrial broadcast radio show, was the world's first broadcast radio program to begin podcasting. Rob is also a former Sr....

Windows Weekly 113: The Rural Juror

Fri, Jun 26 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Windows 7 retail pricing, RC downloads, MSE/Morro public beta, iPhone 3GS, the Web's future, and more. Windows 7 retail pricing revealed Basically the same as Windows Vista Huge discounts if you preorder for a limited time Free copy of Windows 7 for anyone buying Vista-based PC Missing pieces: Windows Anytime Upgrade pricing, multi-PC licensing More to come Windows 7 RC downloads extended to August 15 Previous date was end of July MSE/Morro public beta...

Windows Weekly 112: Spring Loaded Paul

Fri, Jun 19 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Windows 7 nearing finish line, Bing, Morro, Google going after Exchange, and more. Windows 7 is almost done, Build 9260 is the first "RTM escrow" build Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard Bing is still gaining market share quickly Morro called Microsoft Security Essentials, will be in public beta next week Microsoft responds to Google going after Exchange Tip of the Week: Get a free Neil Young's Harvest (33 1/3 Series) audiobook courtesy of Zune.net Software Picks...

Windows Weekly 111: An F.U. To The E.U.

Fri, Jun 12 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Europe getting 7 without IE, Bing is taking off, Morro, Google goes after Exchange, and more. Microsoft will sell Windows 7 "E" Editions in Europe without Internet Explorer Bing is off to a fast start "News" surfaces about Morro WWDC: What's in it for a Windows user? Google goes after Exchange, offers free Outlook migration tool Tip of the Week: Living la Vida 7 means living like you have Mac OS X - Sometimes "going all in" requires a bit of rethinking....

Windows Weekly 110: Paul's Shattered Hopes

Fri, Jun 5 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Windows 7 RTM/GA, Starter gets more apps, Bing goes live, E3 Zune and Xbox 360, Winfox, and more. Windows 7 RTM and GA dates set Will be completed (RTM) in second half of July Will be made generally available (GA) on October 22, 2009 These dates apply to Windows Server 2008 R2 ("Windows 7 Server") as well Related: New builds in past week, 7137 and 7201 - no changes at all Related: Concept of Windows 7 as "the new NT" Microsoft confirms that Windows 7...

Windows Weekly 109: Ah I See You Have A Machine That Goes Bing

Fri, May 29 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Microsoft's next-gen search, Zune HD, Windows Touch, and more Windows 7 leaks. Microsoft's next generation search engine has been announced, named Bing, and it will be available in public beta next week. The Zune HD will have an OLED multi-touch screen, HD output, HD Radio receiver, Wi-Fi, and a web browser. Should be shipping in September. Windows Touch brings will offer an intuitive interface for multi-touch systems in Windows 7. Another Windows 7 build...

Windows Weekly 108: Achievement Unlocked

Fri, May 22 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Office 2010 Tech Preview leak, Netflix comes to Windows Media Center, My Phone Beta, the Palm Pre, and more. Paul has finished the first draft of Windows 7 Secrets. The Office 2010 Technical Preview has leaked, brings ribbon UI everywhere. The beta of My Phone has gone public, and its free. The Palm Pre is shipping June 6, on Sprint, for $199. Software Picks of the Week: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional Beta 1 is a next generation software...

Windows Weekly 107: The Perception Hump

Fri, May 15 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Windows 7 shipping in 09, Office 2010, Apple counters Microsoft's advertising, and the EU fines Intel. Microsoft looks on track to deliver Windows 7 within 2009. Paul's first deadline for Windows 7 Secrets is Monday. TechEd attendees will receive the Office 2010 Technical Preview in July.. Apple takes Microsoft's bait and responds to the "Laptop Hunter" ads. The European Union fines intel $1.45 billion. Software Picks of the Week: Pidgin and Digsby are...

Windows Weekly 106: One Hundred Little Changes

Fri, May 8 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Microsoft in court again, Genuine Advantage rebranding, Windows 7 upgrades, XP mode, and more. Microsoft goes back to court again in June to defend bundling Internet Explorer with Windows. Microsoft combines activation and Genuine Advantage into Genuine Windows umbrella brand. There are things you can, and cannot do when upgrading to Windows 7. XP mode in Windows 7 will only work on Intel processors that have hardware-assisted Virtualization technology....

Windows Weekly 105: Paul's Itties

Fri, May 1 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Windows 7 Release Candidate, Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC, Windows Vista and Server 2008 Service Packs, Zune Rumors, and more. Windows 7 Release Candidate is out, available on MSDN and TechNet. Windows 7 will feature a Windows XP mode, allowing XP apps to run seamlessly side by side with Windows 7 apps with near 100 percent compatibility. Windows Vista and Server 2008 Service Packs 2 are also complete. Office 2007 Service Pack 2 is complete and...

Windows Weekly 104: Windows 8, Boring Bunny

Fri, Apr 24 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Windows 7 Release Candidate, Windows 8, Windows Live Wave 3, Oracle buys Sun Microsystems, and more. Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 is scheduled for release on May 5th. Julie Larson-Green, head of Windows user experience, confirms that Microsoft is looking ahead to the future of Windows, maybe Windows 8. Windows Live Wave 3 integrates messaging, social networking, contacts, and more. Oracle buys Sun Microsystems, could have a large effect on the fields of...

Windows Weekly 103: A New Kind of Death

Fri, Apr 17 Listen

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Office 2010, Windows 7 Build 7106, PC Marketshare, Internet Explorer 8, and the Xbox 360 E-74 errors. Office 2010, raises questions on how to improve over Office 2007. The Windows 7 Build 7106 has surfaced. PC sales drop 2% domestically and 7% internationally. Dell's slips to the #2 PC maker after sales fall. Internet Explorer 8 will bring security updates and more functionality. Soon to be available on Windows update. Microsoft starts to deal with the...

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