Windows Weekly 166

Windows Weekly Episode 166

Topics

• Windows Phone gone wild
  • Windows Phone is out in the world in near-final form, and I can talk about it now. Let's talk about it now.
  • Hubs vs. Productivity apps
  • Big pictures highs vs. little missing feature lows (compared to first iPhone)
  • Related: I've submitted the first 50 percent of "Windows Phone Secrets."
  • Related: Smart phone market share [1]
• Windows Shortcut vulnerability
  • You like plain white icons, right? Good!
• Kinect pricing and bundles revealed. Also, a new low-end Xbox 360
• Microsoft earnings today *** see if the news is up before we break

Windows 7 Feature of the Week: Windows Live Essentials 2011

• Windows Live Essentials is being updated this year in a major way with new versions of Windows Live Photo Gallery, Mail, Messenger, Movie Maker, Writer, Sync, and Family Safety. Oh, and the Bing Bar too.
• Related: I will be starting a Windows Phone 7 Feature Focus series soon as well

Windows 7 Tip of the Week: Use the Reliability Monitor to see what's wrong with your PCs

• Specific to errant Windows and third party applications
• Goes back to whenever you first installed Windows on the PC (August 9, 2009 in my case)
• Offers a "check for a solution link" for remediation, and Windows will check for solutions automatically over time.

Software Pick of the Week

• Microsoft Security Essentials 2 beta - Move quick, because this one is here for a limited time only

Significant Products

• Link URL and optional brief description

Sponsors

Audible

• Audible.com/windows
• ad times: 1:05-1:13 and 1:33-1:36

Picks

Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age by Steve Knopper (UNABRIDGED) Narrated by Dan John Miller

GoToMeeting

• GoToMeeting.com/WindowsWeekly
• G2M #9
• ad times: 0:35-0:50 and 49:31-51:48

Carbonite

• Carbonite.com - offer code windows
• carb 3
• ad times: 0:52-1:04 and 1:21:17-1:23:28

Production Information

• Edited by: Tony
• Notes:

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