Windows Weekly 136

Windows Weekly Episode 136

"We Need More Coal"Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott Recorded: December 24, 2009 Published: December 25, 2009 Duration: 1:26:34 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

• PC gaming ... Is it dead? Or just dying?
  • Fact: PC gaming represents less than 10 percent of all gaming revenue right now, with consoles at 90 percent. It's not even close.
  • I wrote a bit about this but only compared it to the Xbox 360
  • It's so much more than that.
  • Piracy, cheating, hardware issues, DRM, and so on are all abysmal on PC
  • But also other consoles (PS3/Wii) and handheld game consoles (and iPhone/iPod touch)
  • And web games -- Facebook, Addictinggames.com, Ninjakiwi.com and many others
  • There's still life on the PC, of course
  • But it's getting smaller
  • And some interesting deals to be had at Steam, Direct2Drive, GOG, and so on

• Microsoft loses Word appeal with i4i
  • Will "fix" Word to remove offending code
  • No worries about Word being taken off the market

• iPhone is not really the most popular smart phone of 2009 (in US only)
  • (RIM and LG both beat it out)
  • But .. Come on. This is the platform to beat. 2010 is going to be interesting.

• New Atom platform
  • Congratulations, shoppers. Those Christmas presents you just bought are all obsolete
  • Kind of a mean thing to do on Intel's part: Announce new chips the week of Christmas, ship them right after New Years.

• Rumors of an Apple TV subscription platform
  • This sounds interesting
  • But... Has to include all major networks. Must have closed captioning.
  • If it works ... Could kill cable.

Tip of the Week

• Save money online with this awesome browser plug-in - Invisible Hand for Firefox and Chrome
  • Shows a very discreet notification when the product you're browsing can be bought for a lower price elsewhere. Absolutely priceless. (Pardon the pun.)

Software Pick of the Week

• Blurb and Booksmart Make your own photo book - the ultimate holiday gift. Or a book of any kind

Notable Quotes

Significant Products

• Link URL and optional brief description

Sponsors

Audible

• http://www.audible.com/windows
• ad times: 00:00:34-00:00:48 and 01:06:43-01:11:43

Picks

Here's the Deal: Don't Touch Me by Howie Mandel, Josh Young (UNABRIDGED) Narrated by Howie Mandel

Other Sponsor

Ford SYNC #5

• SyncMyRidePodcast.com
• ad times: 00:00:49-00:01:05 and 00:37:00-00:39:44

Production Information

• Edited by: Erik
• Notes:

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