Windows Weekly 135

Windows Weekly Episode 135

"Sleeping With Scissors"Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott Recorded: December 17, 2009 Published: December 18, 2009 Duration: 1:24:15 FriendFeed conversation 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 Other Sponsor 7 Production Information

Topics

• Round one: Microsoft vs. EU
  • Done and done
  • What's happening. What it means

• Round two: Intel vs. USA
  • This one is just starting up
  • Looks similar to Microsoft trial, but is very different

• Microsoft steals more intellectual property
  • Sort of: Another third party contractor did it, this time in China

• All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth. And a laptop.
  • Dell ruined my wife's Christmas present. So I ordered another Dell.

• Bing on the iPhone
  • Microsoft's first mainstream iPhone app
  • A "flood" of iPhone apps to follow - maybe some news around CES

• Google Nexus One
  • Please. This means nothing.

Tip of the Week

• Get downloadable PC games from Amazon.com - Some excellent games for cheap: Far Cry 2 and Rainbow 6 Vegas are both $5 right now, for example. (Normally $20 each.) [1]

Thanks to Corey Stamm for the tip

• Get a free eBook about Microsoft Office 2010 [2]

Software Pick of the Week

• Power Plan Assistant for Windows 7 - Power Plan Assistant can be used with any 32-bit or 64-bit edition of Windows® 7. It allows a user to switch between the built-in and custom power plans (all the plans, not just 2 of them, as it is when operating via system Power icon), auto-switch a PC to 'High Performance' on plugging in, and much more.

• Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.0 - Now with 64 bit support.

Notable Quotes

Significant Products

• Link URL and optional brief description

Sponsors

Audible

• Audible.com/windows
• ad time: 00:00:51-00:01:03 and 01:05:45-01:09:54

Picks

Fiasco by Stanislaw Lem (UNABRIDGED) Narrated by Oliver Wyman

Other Sponsor

GoToMyPC #1

• GoToMyPC.com/windows
• ad time: 00:00:36-00:00:49 and 00:18:12-00:19:43

• Ford SYNC #5
• SyncMyRidePodcast.com
• ad time: 00:01:05-00:01:20 and 00:40:47-00:43:11

Production Information

• Edited by: Tony
• Notes:

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