Windows Weekly 224
Episode 224 |
Recorded: September 1, 2011 Published: September 1, 2011 |
Contents
Topics
- More Windows 8 news ahead of BUILD
- New information about Windows 8 on the Build blog this week:
- Windows Explorer file manager for Windows with ribbon UI
- More on the dual UI strategy (Metro "style" and traditional Windows desktop)
- ISO and VHD integration in Windows 8
- Plus: Microsoft shows off a quad-core tablet at TechEd New Zealand.
- New information about Windows 8 on the Build blog this week:
- DOJ sues to stop AT&T purchase of T-Mobile
- Azure toolkits on steroids
- New releases of the Azure social gaming toolkit, Android toolkit, Win Phone toolkit and iOS toolkit all available this week
- As the MS employee org chart turns
- It's September this week. That means a bunch of Softies are now going to be getting cash instead of stock as morale/incentive money. So why did Simon Witts and Lee Nackman both resign this week? Are more MS defections more/less likely now?
- Steve Jobs retires
- Let's be clear about this: There is no one more influential in the PC/tech market than Steve Jobs, not Bill Gates, not anyone. This is a huge loss. Pray for the man, but pray too for our industry. We are all lessened because of this.
- Let's do a little compare/contrast: Reaction when Gates gave up the CEO reins vs. when Jobs did. Yes, MS did its best re: perception damage control. But why so much more Jobs love than Gates love? Something to ponder...
- Related: Between Jobs, Google's purchase of Motorola, and HP's bungled announcements, August 2011 was the biggest month in tech history.
- Listener Q&A
Software Pick of the Week: TWiT for Windows Phone
- Now remembers where you are in an audio or video podcast and resumes from there, can listen in on live shows, and has auto-updating live tile with two most recent podcast episodes.
- By Dmitry Lyalin
Software Pick of the Week 2: Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac 2.0 and Zune 4.8
- Get ready for Windows Phone 7.5 with these new sync tool versions.
Enterprise Pick of the Week: AppFabric
- Both the on prem and cloud versions -- will the two ever meet?
Codename Pick of the Week
- Windows 8 (remember -- it's *just* a codename -- or is it?)
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In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir by Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney (UNABRIDGED) Narrated by Edward Herrmann |
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