Windows Weekly 154

Windows Weekly Episode 154

Topics

• HP buys Palm for $1.2 billion
  • What it means to the Microsoft/HP relationship around HP Slate and Windows Phone

• Windows Home Server "Vail" public preview
  • Some interesting new features
  • WHS remains one of my favorite Microsoft products that no one knows about/uses

• Microsoft finally begins previewing Windows Live "wave 4"
  • New Hotmail, new Messenger

• Windows Embedded Standard 7 brings Windows 7 tech to devices
  • Including, for the first time, Media Center: Meaning TVs, set-top boxes, and other devices can now get Microsoft's DVR technology
  • Windows Embedded is a fully componentized version of Windows 7, which provides for some interesting application/driver compatibility across the platforms and makes porting technologies like Media Center easier (There is a separate Embedded CE product that is based on Windows CE.)

• Microsoft takes on Google Android with patent claims
  • Starts with HTC, an extension of previous claims against Linux

Windows 7 Feature of the Week: Windows Media Player

• Microsoft's media player received a major makeover in Windows 7 with several new features, including enhanced DVD playback, a sleek new Now Playing mode, dramatically improved format compatibility (including AAC and H.264), Windows Taskbar Jump List customization, PC-to-PC and Internet-based media streaming, and a new Play To feature.

Windows 7 Tip of the Week: Use Office 2010 to map a drive letter to SkyDrive

• http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2010/04/26/use-office-2010-to-map-a-drive-letter-to-skydrive.aspx

Software Pick of the Week

• Picaboo X - Create your own photo books

• Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools CTP refresh - An updated version of the Windows 7 Phone developer tools compatible with the Visual Studio 2010 RTM

Significant Products

• Link URL and optional brief description

Sponsors

Audible

• Audible.com/windows
• ad times: 0:48-0:55 and 1:31:25-1:38:30

Picks

Foundation by Isaac Asimov (UNABRIDGED) Narrated by Scott Brick

GoToTraining

• GoToTraining.com
• G2T #1
• ad times: 0:33-0:47 and 19:18-22:19

CarbonitePro

• CarbonitePro.com no other code or promo
• ad times: 0:57-1:08 and 52:38-55:22

Production Information

• Edited by: Tony
• Notes: 20:19 removed "go to learning" twice

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