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<h1 style="text-align: center;">windows weekly # 296</h1>
<h2>[summary]</h2>
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<li><strong>[intro]</strong></li>
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<li>] leo positive comments on ms user setting following, skydrive issues fixed</li>
<li>] feb 9 date for surface pro</li>
<li>] mj art defending surface rt&nbsp;</li>
<li>- donated her ipad,&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>- surface RT does everything that she did with her ipad,&nbsp;</li>
<li>- doesn't want/need a surface pro,&nbsp;</li>
<li>- + 8-9 hours of battery life</li>
<li>] surface pro,</li>
<li>] wants excellent battery life -</li>
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<li><strong>[surface pro]</strong></li>
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<li>] paul - surface pro is pc, rt is a companion device like an ipad</li>
<li>] paul - runs programs, chrome with plugins, drivers for devices</li>
<li>] pauls - exclusive details&nbsp;</li>
<li>] battery life -expected = 5 vs 8/9 on RT</li>
<li>] processor - std i5</li>
<li>] widi - ? - chipset supports it, &nbsp;"nobodys using it,</li>
<li>] will turn off his desktop</li>
<li>] pro = higher resolution 1080 p</li>
<li>] ultrabook = lenovo x1 carbon</li>
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<li><strong>] mj wants zune pc software</strong></li>
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<li>] dont miss any&nbsp;legacy apps b/c of user type (avg not power)</li>
<li>] @Mary Jo TRY - it is Zune like music app developed by team that did&nbsp; ???&nbsp;PODCASTS!</li>
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<li><strong>[windows 8]&nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li>] paul&nbsp;paul saying windows 8 &gt; 7</li>
<li>] features</li>
<li>] translucency - overdone, his preference is not aero</li>
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<li>] rumoured nokia tablet</li>
<li>] use improved&nbsp;multi monitor capabilites</li>
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<li>] 2 desktops 1 metro, determine where taskbar is</li>
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<li>] site: winsupersite.com</li>
<li><strong>] PC&nbsp;sales down</strong></li>
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<li>win8 lower hardware requirements - (2nd version of windows)</li>
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<li>] PAUL stock market is black magic</li>
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<li>] netflix 146 up 43$ today</li>
<li>] PE ms 15 apple 10 amaxon pe 3000+</li>
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<li><strong>] why msft invest in&nbsp;dell</strong></li>
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<li>]&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] signature pc's</li>
<li>] x FAKE surface news, - tech news press</li>
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<li>] next xbox is xbox not 720, made it all up to see how gullible the press was, worked at msft , many sites ran the story without validating</li>
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<li><strong>] tracour -</strong> site that tracks accuracy of press rumours</li>
<li><strong>] msft earnings </strong></li>
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<li>#'s</li>
<li>announced 60 million</li>
<li>conservative</li>
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<li>] 10 b over 10 years in x box</li>
<li>] ....</li>
<li><strong>] windows phone news</strong></li>
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<li>] phone with pureview sensor,</li>
<li>]</li>
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<li><strong>] windows phone sales, / nokia</strong></li>
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<li><strong>] book</strong></li>
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<li>10 years ago, left ms, if you care about ms, has interesting perspectives BUT raw, self published style, how balmer came to power, how he kicked aside people, sinofsky</li>
<li>guy was reason b/c of DOJ, canned in 2002,</li>
<li>mj : take with grain of salt</li>
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<li><strong>] sw pick</strong></li>
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<li>FREE nokia drive + - turn by turn navigation, windows phone 8,&nbsp;navigon</li>
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<li><strong>] enterpise</strong></li>
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<li>dynamic crm -&nbsp; ] office 2013 support, ] bing support,&nbsp;] different browsers(chrome,firefox, ie)</li>
<li>notifications hub on AZURE&nbsp;</li>
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<h2>[reference]</h2>
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<li>] <a href="http://www.shareholder.com/visitors/event/build2/MediaPresentation.cfm?MediaID=54726&amp;MediaUserID=0&amp;player=1" target="_blank">http://www.shareholder.com/visitors/event/build2/MediaPresentation.cfm?MediaID=54726&amp;MediaUserID=0&amp;player=1</a></li>
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