Windows Weekly 92

Windows Weekly Episode 92

"I'm Jonesin'"Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott Topic: New economics, Gmail goes offline, IE8 RC1, Windows 7 UAC, iTunes Plus, and more. Duration: 1:20:39 Transcript Previous episode – Next episode

This week on Windows Weekly Paul and Leo talk about New economics, Gmail goes offline, IE8 RC1, Windows 7 UAC, iTunes Plus, and more.

Contents 1 Topics 1.1 Tip of the Week 1.2 Software of the Week 2 Sponsors 2.1 Audible Pick Of The Week 2.2 GoToMeeting 3 Notable Comments 4 Production Information

Topics

Discussion of the Windows 7 - is it ready to be released early?

• Campaign to release Windows 7 early referring to Leo and Paul
• Leo says that after installing Windows 7 he finds it difficult to go back to Vista
• Is Windows 7 UAC dangerous ... or just useless?

• Rafael Rivera and Long Zheng have discovered that the dumbed-down UAC in Windows 7 is easy to bypass and could be used to compromise PC

Do More with Less: How to Survive in Today's Economic Reality

• A Microsoft marketing mantra becomes a life mantra for all of us
• Stretching PC/technology lifetimes
• Saying no to new gadgets ... Every time we peddle something people don't need, we lose a slice of our soul
• Reassessing what it is you really need to get work done
• Paul's "28 Days Later" concept: Revisiting things Paul's reviewed or recommended: Do they stand the test of time?
• Next "Everything Must Go" event: Late February
• Not just about spending less - decrease tech life's overhead as well
• v. small ex: Paul doesn't install/configure any Firefox add-ons - 7 less things to do on reinstall

Internet Explorer 8 RC1 release

• Near-final, "platform-complete" version of Microsoft's next browser
• For XP, Vista, 2003/2008 not Windows 7
• A few new functional changes but mostly about performance and fit and finish

Gmail has changed the perception of Web mail. – Simple and easier to deal with, accessible from any computer

• Related: Gmail goes offline: Long expected, but this is a game-changer

Also in Windows 7 news...

• Windows 7 public beta set to end February 10
• Rumors of a Netbook SKU..

Rumours of a Dell cell phone codename MePhone(?)

Microsoft has patented a docking technology that would allow cell phones to work less PCs do. Allowing you to have a cell phone that can turn into a PC, an all in one device.

iTunes Plus goes a la carte

• Previously, you had to upgrade your entire collection in order to get DRM-free 256 Kbps AAC tracks. Now you can pick and choose
• iTunes now a first-class choice for online music w/ Amazon MP3 and Zune Marketplace
• Leo expresses regret a spending $353 on upgrading his iTunes library to iTunes plus.

Tip of the Week

More Windows 7 theme packs ... many are based on Mac wallpapers

Software of the Week

Gladinet Many readers have recommended this: It lets you access SkyDrive from Windows Explorer (and other things).

Sponsors

Audible Pick Of The Week

The Ultimate Cheapskate's Road Map to True Riches: Enjoying Life More by Spending Less by Jeff Yeager (UNABRIDGED) Narrated by Ad Time: start 1:02:26

Elsewhere, U.S.A.: How We Got From the Affluent Society to the Home Office by Dalton Conley (UNABRIDGED) Narrated by Christopher Lane Ad Time: end :1:08:15

GoToMeeting

Notable Comments

Paul – We're moving in a world that is post- all kinds of things, if you think about it, I mean the world's changing very rapidly. Leo – This technology is disrupting the powers that be, the Status quo and as a result we have to re adjust our way of thinking about it. (Time: 33:40)

Production Information

• Recorded Date:
• Release Date: January 30, 2009
• Duration: 01:20:39
• Log line:
• Edited by:
• Notes: GoToMeeting Ad was inserted after the show was recorded.