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Ballmer keynote
Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 public beta
Windows Live Essentials is finalized
Windows Mobile? No discussion of version 7, Zune Mobile
No discussion of Vista numbers (Why: SEC; earnings announce soon)
No discussion of Windows 7 schedule, SKUs (Why: Still working on it)
Schedule: WinLive Wave 3 first, then IE 8, then Windows 7
Confirmed: Only one Beta release for Windows 7
No discussion of Windows Home Server? Weird. I’ve had one of the new HPs for awhile … excellent
There are new home server partners — new versions of the OS are coming this year too
Xbox 360: 28 million sold so far

Software of the week: Windows 7 Beta available starting Friday

Tip of the week: Use Windows 7 Play To … to send content around the house.

Audible pick of the week: American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, Unabridged, By Jon Meacham, Narrated by Richard McGondale.

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

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Windows Weekly [#86] NetCast

Iron Wil — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:20:47 +0000

Windows Live Wave Three

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte

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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Windows Weekly [#83] NetCast

Iron Wil — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:12:07 +0000

Paul of Duty

Hosts: Paul Thurrott with Leo Laporte

Windows 7, Mobile, Zune, Call of Duty, Ultimate Boot CD, and more.

Windows 7 Feature Focus
Windows Live Wave 3, including the Windows Live Essentials application suite
Windows Small Business Server and Essential Business Server 2008 are available now
Is Windows Mobile making a comeback?
Is Microsoft porting the Zune UI to Windows Mobile?
New Windows Mobile devices: Sony Xperia, HTC Fuze
Xbox 360 update: Gears of War 2 and Call of Duty World at War

Tips of the week:

Software of the week:

Audible pick of the week: Death in Paradise, Unabridged, By Robert B. Parker, Narrated by Robert Forster. 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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Windows Weekly [#81] NetCast

Iron Wil — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:48:33 +0000

Windows 7 and Azure

Hosts: Paul Thurrott with Leo Laporte

Paul gives highlights from Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference this week.

Reviewers Workshop
Windows 7
Windows Azure
Live Mesh/Live Services platform
Office 14 Web Applications
Windows Server 2008 R2
Parties and events

Tip of the week: Shrink and expand partitions with Disk Management (in Computer Management)

Software of the week: PC Advisor

Audible pick of the week: Death in Paradise, Unabridged, By Robert B. Parker, Narrated by Robert Forster. 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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Microsoft Releases 0 Day Patch

Iron Wil — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:27:14 +0000

I came across this article on Ars Technica about the Remote Code Exploit.

“MS08-067 was pushed out last night to Windows Update to resolve a remotely-exploitable RPC vulnerability. All versions of Windows (from 2000 SP4 to Vista/Server 2008) are affected, and all versions prior to Vista and Server 2008 are suspectible to attack through unauthenticated connections.

The off-cycle release is motivated the fact that trojans exploiting the vulnerability have been found in the wild, and by the potential this flaw has for a worm-based attack. Since RPC runs on every Windows machine, this vulnerability could have the same impact as the Nimda and Code Red worms of the early 2000s.”

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New Windows Weekly [#45]

Iron Wil — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:49:04 +0000

Windows Server 2008

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte

Guest: Ward Ralston, group technical product manager for Windows Server 2008.

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