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Windows 7, Windows Live, SP2, Hyper-V, Holiday Tech Gifts, and more.

• Windows 7 Beta in January
• Windows Live Wave 3 Services are out
• Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista, Server 2008
• Hyper-V final is being added to Server
• Games for Windows LIVE 2.0 is out

Holidays Tech Gifts:

• Photos
• Software: Photoshop Elements, iLife on the Mac
• Photo calendars, cards, prints, books

Tip of the week: Get Office Student and Teacher cheap: $90 at Newegg.com

Software of the week: Songbird

Audible pick of the week: ENIAC: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World’s First Computer, Unabridged, By Scott McCartney Narrated by Adams Morgan.

Check out Paul’s blog at the SuperSite for Windows for more information.

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Apple Tax, Windows 7, PDC 2008, Hyper-V, Aero, Norton UAC, and more.

• Microsoft talks “Apple Tax”
• Windows 7: What’s In a Name?
• All-Star Bloggers at PDC 2008
• Hyper-V Follow-Up

Tip of the week: Leave Aero on

Software of the week:

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Windows 7, Windows Cloud OS, Office Live, Hyper-V Server, Virtual Machine Manager, and more.

Topics:

• Paul’s Windows 7 presentation
• Microsoft reveals to announce “Windows Cloud OS” at PDC
• Future version of Office Live to be announced at PDC
• Microsoft releases free standalone Hyper-V Server; Enterprise-oriented Virtual Machine Manager 2008 to launch within 30 days
• Windows Vista Secrets SP1 arrives

Tip of the week: Managing videos with Zune 3

Software of the week:

• The Election Countdown 2008 Gadget
• Daily Gallup Poll Gadget
• More gadgets at livegadgets.net/#gallery

Audible pick of the week: Anathem, Unabridged, By Neal Stephenson, Narrated by Oliver Wyman, Tavia Gilbert, William Dufris, Neal Stephenson. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/windows.

Check out Paul’s blog at http://www.internet-nexus.com and the SuperSite for Windows http://winsupersite.com for more information.

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Gates goeth gracefully, Microsoft innovation through time, hacking your life, and more.

Topics:

• Gates leaves Microsoft full-time
• The “Gates and innovation” game
• Lifehacker: Hacking your life, and “Upgrade Your Life: the Lifehacker Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, Better” by Gina Trapani.
• Email: The zero inbox rule
• Live Mesh

News:

• Yahoo and Microsoft, phase 3
• Hyper-V RTM
• Google Android delayed (sort of)

Vista tips of the week:

• Get (more) high-quality Vista wallpapers
• How to Make Windows Vista boot more quickly on dual-core machines was a hoax

Software of the week: John’s Background Switcher

Microsoft product timeline through 1995: Detect the Innovation

Find out more about how to avoid DVT, deep-vein thrombosis.

Audible.com books of the week: In honor of Bill Gates, “Business @ the Speed of Thought: Using a Digital Nervous System” by Bill Gates, “Microsoft: First Generation (Unabridged)” by Cheryl Tsang, “World War 3.0: Microsoft and Its Enemies” by Ken Auletta (previous choice), (and various Charlie Rose interviews)

Check out Paul’s blog at http://www.internet-nexus.com and the SuperSite for Windows http://winsupersite.com for more information.

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Topics:

• Where’s My SP1?
• HyperVisor
• Intel Classmate
• Safari 3.1 vs Firefox 3b4

Audbile Picks: The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke, John Adams by David McCollough

Tip: Silly Clock Tricks, Finding your original photos

Software: WindowsLiveWriter,

Check out Paul’s Blog at http://www.internet-nexus.com and the SuperSite for Windows http://winsupersite.com for more information.

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