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REVIEW - windows weekly

episode # 366

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[00:00] smalltalk

[00:00] xbox one - news from the e3 gaming conference this week

] no talk about "Kinect", barely mentioned
] xbox 1 - msft talked about it as being a "gaming console" and NOT an "entertainment console" which is what they called it last year
] sony - talked about the ps4 as being an "entertainment console" and NOT a "gaming console", weird reversal
] msft has listened to customers and released a version of the xbox without connect, because it is what customers wanted and this version sells at the same price as the PS4
] msft has setup a website for actively soliciting customer/user feedback, to guide the direction of the product
] are they stepping out of their 'ivory tower'?
] you can get 10% performance improvement on your xbox 1, if you dont have Kinect or you disable Kinect
] xbox gaming performance does not feel slow but navigating to the game sometimes does
] xbox app "Brazil", realtime scoring updates on second screen for wordl cup soccer matches
] new xbox feature adds twitter integration panel, - see tweets about 'event' ex brazil while you are watching
"] PT - I will never use this features, if i watch the Game of Thrones or basketball, I only want to do that,
] MSFT press conference @ e3 they announced their LIST exclusive games - including sunset overdrive, wars of horizon 2, fantasia, project spark, halo master chief collection (previous halo games in 1080p), grand central spotlight,
] halo5 - coming next year,
] http://windowsitpro.com/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/microsoft-and-sony-reverse-messaging-e3-2014

[24:00] "windows 8.1 - update 1" - mandatory deadline to install is June 11,2014

] great update, no reasons not to update
"] PT - it amazes me, people complain about everything, ex in modern full screen apps, when you mouseover the top of the screen, a windows title bar appears, (easier way to close or minimize the app), it drives people insane,
] this update appears as a "windows update"
] if you don't upgrade, no more patches/fixes for your windows OS
[BUT IF]
] if user is through work/business, businesses have 2 additional months to upgrade, until aug.12
] if user is consumer and still on windows 8.0 and has never upgraded to windows 8.1, you then have until 2016 to upgrade to 8.1
] ? = why isn't upgrade from 8.0 to 8.1 required - something to do /w support lifecycle - for businesses, bound to support it for set period of time,
] 8.0 -> 8.1 delivered via the store
] 8.1 update 1 - delivered via 'windows update'
] 9.0 delivered via ????, disks
] if you didnt upgrade, you can still updgrade after the date(June 11),
] http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/update-1-becomes-mandatory-windows-81-today
] http://www.zdnet.com/windows-8-1-consumers-its-time-to-move-to-update-1-7000030378/

[34:00] "windows 8.1 - update 1" - OneDrive changes

"] PT - changes - OneDrive app - upgraded significantly, seems to work more like the windows 7 version, same sort of options when you click and right click
] but also works like the 'settings' part of the modern app, think this is to appease, the "i never want to use a modern environment" crowd
] option to pause synching, more granular, right click options went from 2 to about 8-10,
] not exactly the same as win7, but some nice changes

[36:00] win 8. 1 - and beyond - future updates, threshold speculation

"] MJF we keep calling it update 1, the official name is 'update'
] another update is expected in 2014 aka - update 2, probably in august, then 9.0 (aka threshold) in 2015-04
] some rumours floating about an 'update 3', but i am hearing "no"
] threshold goal is to respond to feedback, concerns, rename it,
] desktop users have made their voices heard,
] flipside they are people who like the modern interface
"] LL - i have to admit and i hate to do it, i am getting used to win 8 and I feel comfortable with it and its good they are going to change it
] if you are using it on touch, its not going to change,
] there are still inconsistencies, ex right click on start screen on 'desktop' get a context menu VS on 'touch' get an app menu bar, 2 different responses, inconsistent
] they are working on these types of things, it takes some time,
] GOAL win 9 - depending on your hw, win should work the way you expect it to work
] they are not doing away with 'metro interface' or the 'start screen'
] you will see the return of the start menu but it wont be the same as the start menu of windows 7
] 1 PRB with 8.0 release - the mobile first, touch first approach, when the hw available at the time, wasn't available
] LL - still annoying - touch here, swipe here prompts, to help users, when on non-touch hw, there is a setting to turn them off,
] julie larsen green's - 'crazy admission' - after x days of usage, 70% of our users have figured out how to access the charms menu, strande
"] PT - mistakes were made
"] MJF - mistakes are being fixed
"] PT - i thinks it going to be all good news, i really do

[46:00] surface pro 3 - has NEW ad

] ad content is better than then the previous surface 'clicking' + 'dancing' ads
*] youtube version, low quality video, possibly pulled,
] it shows off the capablities of the device, a tablet with the full capablities of a PC, you can use it with a keyboard, you can use it with a pen, you can use office on it, you can use it with USB devices
] BUT some of the 'fine print' is a bit troubling - the keyboard doesnt come with it, is an extra $ 130+, msft office is extra $,
] confusing marketing strategy - the cheapest devices have free office software, while the most expensive devices, you have to buy the software extra
] speculating that maybe the touch first (gemini) versions of office may be included with surface devices
] can use the 'online versions' of office for free.
] http://winsupersite.com/mobile-devices/first-surface-pro-3-ad-appears

[51:00] surface - firmware updates, rolled out this week

] only certain models patched, surface 2 and surface pro 2,
] contains fixes for power and battery life issues in connection with the covers
] still some issues with getting the surface pro updates, reports from some outside of the US
] the firmware updates are supposed to come through automatically
] first haswell based device that has "connected standby"
] http://winsupersite.com/mobile-devices/microsoft-surface-firmware-updates-june-2014

[52:00] surface pro 3 - has weird bug

] bug on sp3, with date/time changing, after charging
] CAUSE = something to do with transition between hibernation states
] WA = turn off hibernation

[60:00] windows phone 8.1

] has NOT rolled out by any carriers yet,
] BUT - it is "available" to anyone, through msft, by registering as a developer
] although the update is named as 'developer preview' version, it is RTM code
] it will be out, in a couple of weeks to carriers, dependant upon carrier and device model
] next update will be windows phone 8.1 update 1
] PRB - with xbox music, the first launch gets a blank black screen, then a second launch of the APP and the APP works ok
] carrier update willl be RTM code (released 2014-04), + updates since (april) + firmware updates for device
] windows 8.1 update 1 - will have 3D touch, ( to ship in 2014 qtr 3)
] dependant upon sensors on phone

[68:00] windows phone - Lumia McLaren

] optimized to run 8.1 update 1
] 3D touch phone
] ex 3D sensors pick up the phone and it turns on,

[73:00] MSFT VP-Apps - joe belfiore - tweets

] windows 8.1 software is finished, they are updating, fixes are ongoing
] universal apps, (apps that work on both win phone and win pc), why arent they ready yet?

] you have wait for 8.1 to be rolled out b4 will see that

*] there is some licening deal where developers can offer 1 licence that's good for both phone and pc, (but thats not the same as universal app)
] social network integration, undoing the 'hub model',

] only certain social networks (fb, twitter) were included, but many others were not ...

"] PT - explains WHY they are backtracking on the social integration features

] when msft launched win phone they wanted this social network integration features as a differentiating feature
] theory - go to the messaging app and send message across various messaging apps, go to the people app and post things to multiple networks (fb, g+, twitter) ...
] problem in use - while the integration is nice, BUT it doesn't keep up with development on apps/services, ex could check into fb but you could'nt check other people into fb,
"] PT - i reverted to using the individual Apps instead of using the social features integrated into People app,
] becoming even further outdated over time, b/c of carrier limitation on os updates
] new 'social framework' - app will use a 'share contract' similar to win 8.x os , the prb with this is its slow, currently
] up to the app developers to make the integration features work - better than waiting for carriers to push os updates
"] PT - apples "extensions" was the biggest thing that happened this week

[82:00] NEW lumia 630 phone

] shipping with win phone 8.1
] no US carriers assigned at this point
] 4.5" display
] light, colorful, plastic backed,
] no 'dedicated' camera button

[87:00] MORE NEW windows 8.x smartphones, coming to America

] BLU phone ] coming to america, multiple 'neon' colors, 4 & 5" displays, 5" looks very similar to original htc 1,
] PRESTIGIO phone ] model 8400 4", in eu
] PRESTIGIO phone ] model 8500 5", 720p screen, in eu in july $235 unlocked
] BILLY phones - 2] $ 250 off contract @ AMZN, w/4.7" screen, AND a 4" screen, w/quad core processor, 8mp camera for $140 unlocked
] more @ http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-shows-off-a-range-of-new-windows-phones-at-computex
] 7-9 new MFG partners signed by msft @ MWC 2014 in march

[90:00] MSFT fighting .gov

] legal issue, .gov requesting cust data, data is stored in outlook.com, cust is in ireland, so servers are located in Ireland
] MSFT telling us gov that they cant request that data
] scary for world - MSFT accessing data from anywhere for us gov
] MSFT is trying to stop the .gov from taking the data, and is taking a very public stand, so that it can show the world
] but they have already lost ,federal court has already ruled that it's legal
] so we will see how that goes

[95:00] TIPS - access BIOS of surface pro 3

] accessed the surface pro's bios/uefi screen 'somehow', your surface/may not have a keyboard attached, how do you access the bios?
] volume up + power,
] its a minimalist bios, very few settings that you can change, ex ] disable secure boot, ] only reason may be if you want to dual boot for some reason,

[103:00] APPS - PT SOFTWARE PICK OF THE WEB

] oneNote clipper - had a "bookmarklet" - that worked on all major browsers(ff,ie,chrome,safari), button to save 'selected text' as

] chrome users asking for the 'bookmarklet' to be created as native extension for chrome,
] difference between bookmarklet and extension, 1] the icon can be in the chrome toolbar (vs favorites bar) 2] extension is more sophisticated
] The tool lets you capture any web page in one click and add it to your OneNote Quick Notes.
] as it works today, it saves the web page as a graphic( jpeg image)
] expect in the future it will be more configurable, maybe allow you to save it as combo of text and graphics, or text only
] * oneNote does have OCR text recognition, you can search 'images' for the text that is displayed in the image, BUT you cant copy + paste text from the image itself

] fb messenger - updated
] skype for iphone updated, to look the same as on other platforms, look the same across all platfroms
] disney made some games, temporarily available free - including - disney solitaire, wheres my water, wheres my perry, ..., wmw?xyy
] pinterest for windows - beta version released - ? people suspecting it's just a wrapper around their website
] owa - preview release for android, - outlook web app, android client for outlook, for business version of office 365 business, outlook mail, calendar,

[109:00] ENTERPRISE - pick of the week

] docker 1.0 milestone release

] open source engine that automates application deployment, favorite amongst linux cloud,
] major cloud services all jumping on board with support for docker
] docker uses container model vs VM model
] msft also support it, you can run a container model on top of a linux VM model,
] msft also announced they are working on xplatfrom command tools

[110:00] CODE NAME - orleans - research project

] cloud programming model built around .net
] msft research project
] halo team used orleans as part of their work around distributed gaming
] orleans is available as public preview, anyone can try it, used in some on campus hackathons, ...
] could figure into their ? IOT strategy ?
] moving ahead .... availabe to developers ... an azure

[112:00] BEER

] great divide - rumble IPA - noticeable hops, aged in oak, different from other IPA's, can taste the malt

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[tech-sw os]

] windows 8.x
] windows 8.1 update
] windows 8.1 update 2
] windows 9.x (threshold)
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[tech-hw]

] tablet - surface pro 3
] gaming console - x-box-one
] smartphone - lumia mclaren
] smartphone - lumia 630
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] host - Leo Laporte -
] co-host - Paul Thurrott -
] co-host - Mary Jo Foley -
] MSFT - microsoft
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] SHOW - audio - twit.cachefly.net/audio/ww/ww0366/ww0366.mp3 - download the .mp3 audio file
] The tool lets you capture any web page in one click and add it to your OneNote Quick Notes.

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