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REVIEW - windows weekly

episode # 346

[summary-subjects]

  1. [00:00] smalltalk
    1. x] chit chat - technical problems with pauls mic, mic cord, maybe skyp
  2. [20:00] wzor leaks - changes for 8.1
    1. x] pin metro apps to the win taskbar
    2. x] COMING run metro apps in a windowed form
    3. x] concessions to tradittional users, 
    4. x] argue that it is taking windows back to your 
    5. x] MJ - need it to get winXP, win7 users
    6. x] eta  - 2014-04 - in sync with windows phone 8.1
    7. x] wzor says threshold - RTM - in 2014-10, NOT in 2015-04(quoted by Thurrott)
    8. x] no bits at build
    9. x] windows 9 - differentiating it from win 8, no FUNDAMENTAL changes, could even be named 'windows 8.2'
    10. x] FEATURE - close box
  3. [00:00] why can't ....
    1. ] metro will not be as popular as they want
    2. ] win32 apps to get some "metro" functionality - full screen, share charm, 
  4. [00:00] surface firmware fracas
    1. ] PRB is publicity of surface firmware fixes 
    2. ] was regular, on tuesday, 
    3. ] bad update in december, 
    4. ] PRB with updates, people who applied it, had power problems(battery life, ex from 10 hours to 2), wouldnt wake up, ...
    5. ] some people returned machines
    6. ] auto updates on holiday weekend
    7. ] only people who uploaded the 'faulty update' got the update
    8. ] then people who didnt get an update started complaining
    9. ] PT - issue is communication, there is a link, no info at the linke
    10. x] 1 update labeled - "system firmware update", "system hardware update"
    11. x] surfaces are now back in stock
    12. x] also info on stock/availablity on surface 2, surface pro 2 is tightlipped, "were building them as fast as we can"
    13. ] quarterly report coming - curious about what they will say about surface inventory
    14. x] surface is currently back in stock
  5. [00:00] arstechnica article - msft paying youtubers for xbox comments
    1. x] PT msft does enough things wrong we dont need to make negative stuff up about them
    2. ] assertion - machinima (youtube offering viewers $3 per 1000 views, ) for posting xbox content 
    3. x] msft had no knowledge or approval of this scheme
    4. x] vloggers are supposed to 'disclose' what they are paid to promote
    5. x] machina agreement said they couldnt 'say, they were paid to promote'
    6. x] apparently, happens all the time, other companies do this, ...
    7. x] reflects badly on tech journalists
  6. [00:00] hp & windows 7
    1. x] "by popular demand", bringing back 'windows 7' pcs, 
    2. x] blow/slap in the face to msft OR we dont know what people want, we wil throw anything at the wall and see what sticks
    3. x] whitman's comments -  b/c of surface, "msft not a friend, its a competitor"
    4. x] used to be "joined at the hip"
    5. x] win7 gaining in marketshare 
    6. x] pc makers making lackluster products and adding junk to them
    7. x] surface was reaction to pc makers 
    8. x] still touting windows 8 pc's also
    9. x] until 2014-10 OR ???
    10. "] PT - msft and hp deserve each other, 
    11. x] hp is NOT the biggest PC maker, lenovo is 
    12. ] 
  7. [00:00] hans vestburg
    1. x] CEO candidate - rumoured - current ceo of erricsen, bought msft media room business, TV services over broadband, young(48), erricons share price up 19% since he was leader
    2. x] bill gates - to be more involved, NOT coming back as ceo, re itereated in bloomberg interview
    3. x] bill gates on jimmy fallon, 
    4. x] promoting billgates letter
  8. [00:00] other news
    1. ] outlook new feature for mail rules
  9. [00:00] windows xp
    1. x] NOT going to release any updates for XP after april 2014
    2. x] 95% ATMS running windows XP, likely embedded version of xp, eol = 2016
  10. [00:00] 2014-01-22 earnings call
    1. ] surface sales - ?400M last qtr?
    2. ] office 365 subscribers - ? 2m ? subscribers
    3. ] estimates - 23.6 billion for qtr, up 10%
  11. [00:00] vs 2013 update 1
    1. ] 
  12. [00:00] new beats music
    1. ] ? YA 
    2. ] all in one service - platform agnostic(ios,android,windows), 
    3. ] most like spotify - 
    4. ] tie in w/wless operator  - 5 users/10 devices $x, AT&T
    5. ] radio streaming - 
    6. ] cloud service - 
    7. ] lot of content - curated - 
  13. [00:00]
    1. ] 
  14. [00:00] pick of the week
    1. ] blog post - logMeIN - killed FREE product, only PRO version, article on free alternatives (teamviewer,vnc)
    2. ] bing apps - news, weather, finance, sports, NEWEST food, drink, health, fitness, ... updated now to windows phone INTEGRATION with other apps, services
    3. ] hadoop - 2.0 version, released for windows, 
    4. ] windows 8 guides - for business users, customizable, 
  15. [00:00] beer
    1. ] 
    2. ] spezza - travest beer maker, first outside of 
    3. ]  

[objects]

  1. [tech-sw] 
    1. ]
    2. ] windows-threshold
  2. [tech-hw]
    1. ] surface 2 
  3. ] 

[people]

  1. ] host - Leo Laporte - 
  2. ] co-host - Paul Thurrott - 
  3. ] co-host - Mary Jo Foley - 
  4. ] [sponsors] personalcapital.com/windows 
    1. ] financial dashboard, 
  5. [sponsors] itpro.tv
    1. ] -$57 month $570 year, offer 50% off 

[events]

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[places]

  1. ] Windows Weekly 346 | TWiT.TV - show page
  2. ] twit.cachefly.net/audio/ww/ww0346/ww0346.mp3 - audio
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