Windows Weekly 126

Windows Weekly Episode 126

"Danger Paul Danger"Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott Recorded: October 15, 2009 Published: October 16, 2009 Duration: 1:31:35 Transcript Previous episode – Next episode

Contents 1 Topics 2 Tip of the Week 3 Software Pick of the Week 4 Notable Quotes 5 Significant Products 6 Sponsors 6.1 Audible 6.1.1 Picks 6.2 GoToMyPC 6.3 Astaro 7 Production Information

Topics

• Update on our Windows 7 launch party
  • Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley and Tom Warren are all onboard.
  • Will be held at 6:00 pm the day of the launch at "Antarctica" ... everyone is invited
  • Windows 7 giveaways

• Related: PC market share stats from Q3 2009 - and whether Windows 7 will help

• Zune HD: The morning after
  • Some misgivings about Microsoft's excellent digital media platform
  • Hard to recommend something that competes with the iTunes/iPod ecosystem

• Microsoft's Dangerous Sidekick failure
  • Hey it could be worse *cough* Snow Leopard

• Windows Mobile 6.5
  • What went wrong ... and can Microsoft fix this?

Tip of the Week

• Going to Windows 7? It's time to adopt AAC, H.264 - Last year, I recommended MP3 over AAC for audio and tentatively recommended H.264 for video. But if you're moving to Windows 7, there's no reason to look back

Software Pick of the Week

• DisplayFusion - Multi-monitor enhancements for Windows (XP, Vista, 7). Primary reason: Different wallpaper on each screen, or one image that spans both screens. There's a free version and a paid version that does more

Notable Quotes

Significant Products

• Link URL and optional brief description

Sponsors

Audible

• http://www.audible.com/windows

Picks

And Another Thing... by Eoin Colfer (UNABRIDGED) Narrated by Simon Jones

GoToMyPC

ad time: 00:00:34-00:00:44 and 01:15:14-01:21:17

Astaro

ad time: 00:00:58-00:01:12 and 00:34:15-00:37:53

Production Information

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