Windows Weekly 213

Windows Weekly Episode 213

Topics

• Taking a stroll through the history of Windows
  • Let's step back for a while and recall how we got here: Windows 1.x/2.x, 3.x, 95, NT 4, 2000, Me, XP, Vista, 7 and 8

• Plus: Developer controversy over HTML dev "requirements" in Windows 8
  • Real or imagined? Is this something to worry about?
  • Lightweight development was first hinted at with Avalon in Longhorn.

• It's official: Windows 8 due in Fall 2012
  • Of course, we knew that already. But it's nice to get confirmation

• It's official: Xbox LIVE will provide media services in Windows
  • No more Windows Media or Zune? It's about time
  • Plus: Xbox 360 wins in May, 11th straight month at #1. An unprecedented turnaround

• One year of Office 2010
  • 31+ million units sold, 50+ million active users of Office Web Apps, over 750 million active Office users worldwide

• Nokia vs. Apple
  • Patent claims settled. But who really won here?

• Chromebooks
  • When you make hammers, everything looks like a nail. When you make web services, every PC looks like a web browser

• Duke Nukem Forever may just be the worst video game of all time
  • Side controversy: PR company threatens reviewers, gets the axe. This is more interesting than the actual game

• Interop thoughts
  • Gmail + Google Calendar + Google Contacts + ... Windows Live Mail? Windows Phone?
  • Why Google's stuff works best with Google's stuff, Microsoft's stuff works best with Microsoft's and Apple's works best with Apple's
  • And whether there's any need for a deeper examination of this

Windows Weekly Tip of the Week

• Duplicate most iCloud features today in Windows

Windows 7 App Pick: Kinect SDK

• Kinect SDK for Windows

Windows Phone 7 App Pick: Evernote for WP7

• http://blog.evernote.com/2011/06/16/evernote-for-windows-phone-7-is-here/

Significant Products

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Sponsors

Audible

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Picks

Solaris: The Definitive Edition by Stanisław Lem (UNABRIDGED) Narrated by Alessandro Juliani

Other Sponsor

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