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<h1 style="text-align: center;">windows weekly # 298</h1>
<h2>[summary]</h2>
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<li>] SURFACE PRO - used by Paul, (for a few weeks, but now he can tell you about it)</li>
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<li>] PRB - BATTERY LIFE&nbsp;</li>
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<li>paul - "the only fix for this will be a new device"</li>
<li>maybe a battery pack ?? - http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9236592/Microsoft_hints_at_future_battery_pack_for_Surface_Pro</li>
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<li>] msft surface team did a <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/18063g/i_am_panos_panay_with_the_surface_windows_8_pro/" target="_blank">REDDIT iama Q&amp;A</a> session. it was actually members of the team (not PR or marketing) and they were fairly upfront about answering the questions and not just plugging the product.&nbsp;</li>
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<li>*] havent reviewed it thouroughly but it appears to have been pretty well recieved by 'the reddit crowd'&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] has a 'digitizer' layer</li>
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<li>which means that it can be used like a wacomm tablet for drawing, sketching, ? maybe an interesting use case</li>
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<li>] compatability&nbsp;</li>
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<li>paul as had "no issues so far" as he put it , he's plugged pretty much anything he could find into it. &nbsp;</li>
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<li>] re: "surface" mouse</li>
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<li>paul - asked msft what made the "surface mouse" a "surface" mouse, response was "its black"</li>
<li>mj - likes it, notes that b/c it bluetooth it also going to contribute power draw &nbsp;</li>
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<li>] using SP in portrait mode</li>
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<li>p+mj = NO</li>
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<li>] SURFACE RT</li>
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<li>] updates for wifi issues and volume</li>
<li>] more colors coming on the touch / type covers</li>
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<li>] NY MEET UP -</li>
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<li>] surface pro launch, this FRI, small ish party, PRB could be "major blizzard" heading into town, &nbsp;</li>
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<li>] clovertrail</li>
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<li>] only supports 2 GB of ram, 32 bit, no fans</li>
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<li>] haswell&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] probably ivy bridge successor</li>
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<li>] BLUE ( a wave of things) - 1 year after windows 8 - a big thing</li>
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<li>] PREVIOUSLY - they have been referring to blue as the first update to or service pack for ... windows 8, &nbsp;MJ reliable inside sources are now telling her, its not just a windows-8 update, its much more&nbsp;</li>
<li>] window s phone - blue</li>
<li>] skydrive&nbsp;</li>
<li>] new product - ] services (hotmail, outlook, skydrive)</li>
<li>] calendar issue&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] msft DELL</li>
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<li>] msft doesnt have a stake(position on the board) in michael dells buyout of the the Dell computer co.</li>
<li>] they loaned him some &nbsp;money to get it done&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] the new scroogleD Ads by msft</li>
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<li>] Paul likes this campaign, because it 'rings true' and &nbsp;</li>
<li>] Leo - defends scroogle, errrr, google</li>
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<h2>[reference]</h2>
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<li>] twit.tv -&nbsp;</li>
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