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Top StoryWindows Weekly 159: Gypsy Stole My iPhoneIn the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo and I discuss Paul's iPhone getting stolen by a Romanian gypsy, the next Windows Live Essentials, AT&T;'s new tiered pricing structure, Microsoft's confusing plan for mobile devices, the Microsoft executive exodus, and more... More Articles, Blog Posts, and News StoriesWindows 7 Tip of the Week: Get Free TV Content with Media CenterSuperSite: You don't need a TV tuner to enjoy TV content in Media Center: Instead, check out free TV and video options like Internet TV and Netflix. Windows 7 Momentum: 7 Copies Sold Every Second
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SuperSite: Windows 7 includes the latest iteration of Microsoft's Tablet PC technologies as well as a new feature called Windows Touch that adds multi-touch capabilities.
Blog: Apple today posted an interesting new HTML 5 and Web Standards section to its web site, a counterpoint of sorts to Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 Test Drive site (and yet another assault on Adobe Flash). There's just one problem: Unlike the Microsoft effort, Apple's site only works properly in its own Safari web browser.
SuperSite: I join Larry Behrens in the innaugural episode of the PoorDadTech.Com podcast, where we discuss my smart phone plans for 2010, AT&T;'s new tiered pricing offerings, and what Microsoft needs to do to break into the consumer electronics market.
WinInfo News: An often irreverent look at some of this week's other news, including some soul-searching for the Microsoft fan after a few weeks of unsettling news, Tech-Ed 2010, Windows Live Essentials, Windows Embedded Compact 7, Zune in the air, and how to categorize the iPad...
SuperSite: In this extensive, multi-part review, I examine the new version of Windows Live Essentials, which will debut this summer and light up Windows 7 with new capabilities and online services integration.
Blog: United Airlines said Thursday it has equipped all of its planes with Microsoft Corp.'s Zune digital audio service. The airline said passengers can listen to up to 21 different playlists programmed by Zune, from classic rock to classical music and soundtracks.
Blog: Say what you will about AT&T;, but they have fantastic customer service, including a great support web site. And using this site, you can find out what your smart phone data usage is like over time. Can you save money with the new tiered pricing plans?
WinInfo News: In a controversial move, AT&T; Wireless this week announced that it will no longer offer an unlimited data plan for new smart phone contracts. AT&T; is the first US-based wireless carrier to do so, but it most likely won't be the last.
Blog: Microsoft has released another one of those cool architecture posters, this time for Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V.
Blog: At the Computex trade show this week, Microsoft executives firmly stated that Windows Phone 7 is not designed for tablet devices and will not be ported to these PC-like devices. Instead, Microsoft will focus on Windows Embedded 7 for mainstream tablets (which I take to mean "iPad-like" tablets) and Windows 7 for premium tablets (i.e. actual Tablet PCs).
WinInfo News: According to a report in "The Financial Times," Google is phasing out internal use of Microsoft Windows and will instead require most employees to use Macs or Linux-based PCs instead.
WinInfo News: Though usage of all versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser remained flat, month over month, the very latest version, IE 8, grew at a higher rate than any of the competition in May, including industry darling Google Chrome. IE 8 is now used by 29 percent of all web surfers, and over 31 percent of all Windows users.
SuperSite: Apple has sold two million iPads, while over at Microsoft the two people most directly responsible for responding to this threat have left the company. It's time for Microsoft to face up to some harsh realities.
WinInfo News: Microsoft has been pretty quiet about its tablet plans, though CEO Steve Ballmer famously--perhaps infamously--touted an HP Slate design at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. Unfortunately for Microsoft, that device is now in limbo.
SuperSite: The June 2010 edition of my print magazine column looks at Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1, Windows HPC Server 2008 R2, Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1, System Center Essentials 2010, System Center Data Protection Manager 2010, Apple iPad, and the Windows 7 Enterprise Trial.
SuperSite: Is the iPad a netbook competitor? A giant iPod touch? Or maybe it's a low-end Mac alternative? Positioning Apple's new computing device requires understanding the differences between consumption and contribution. Maybe it's an entirely new kind of device after all.
WinInfo News: Apple on Monday announced that it has now sold 2 million iPad tablet devices since it first starting taking orders for the device on March 12. So it's taken Apple just 11 weeks to reach this milestone.
SuperSite: In the sixth and final part of my look at the Google I/O 2010 Conference, I take a look at Google TV, Google's attempt to combine the best of web video with the best of traditional TV. Can Google succeed where Apple and Microsoft have failed?
SuperSite: I was on vacation this week, so Ed Bott and Mary Jo Foley join Leo in the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast and discuss Steve Ballmer not appearing at WWDC, Microsoft's mobile efforts, J Allard and Robbie Bach leaving Microsoft, Windows 7 and tablets, VP8 video in IE 9, market cap, and much more...
SuperSite: There are a number of new and improved customization options in Windows 7, but two of the most obvious are desktop wallpapers and Aero Themes.
WinInfo News: An often irreverent look at some of this week's other news, including a week off, mostly, in Lisbon, Ballmer's take on Microsoft's market cap, Robbie Bach on the Courier tablet, Microsoft opens up the PST format, Intel's upcoming chips for tablets, Facebook privacy, and more...
WinInfo News: Fourteen years ago, Apple was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, just months away from running out of cash and, more important, in danger of becoming irrelevant. Today, the company is a technology juggernaut thanks to modern products like iTunes, iPod and iPhone, and will soon overtake Microsoft from a market cap perspective.
WinInfo News: Microsoft on Wednesday revealed a major internal shakeup that will see several key players in its Entertainment & Devices division--responsible for the Xbox, Zune, and Windows Phone brands, among others--leave the company. Most notable among the losses are E&D; president Robbie Bach and senior vice president J Allard.
WinInfo News: The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Microsoft's appeal of jury verdict in the long-running Alcatel-Lucent patent case.
SuperSite: With its deep pockets, Google is uniquely financed to push its cloud computing vision on the world. How can Microsoft respond to this threat while moving its traditional platforms to the web?
Blog: Today, Microsoft announced two new open-source projects that give developers access to .pst files even when Microsoft Outlook is not installed on the desktop.
SuperSite: In Part 5 of my look at the Google I/O 2010 Conference, I take a look at Android 2.2 "Froyo" and what this update means to the iPhone, Windows Phone 7, and other mobile industry competitors.
WinInfo News: After a six month investigation, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Friday approved, unanimously and without condition, Google's $750 million purchase of mobile advertising firm AdMob. The deal will further extend the reach of Google's dominant online advertising.
SuperSite: In this week's Mailbag, a tip for more secure Google searches, what gets retained if you upgrade from Office 2010 beta to RTM, the Windows 7 experience on a MacBook Pro, a question about a neglected series of SuperSite articles, and whether Bill Gates prophecized the iPad in 2007.
SuperSite: The first four parts of my examination of this week's Google I/O 2010 Conference are now available, taking a competitive look at the company's HTML 5, VP8, and Chrome Web Store announcements.
SuperSite: In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo and I discuss Paul's secret trip to Redmond, the new Hotmail and whether Paul can switch, Office Live Workspace users moving to Office Web Apps, smart phone Q1 2010 sales figures, and much more...
SuperSite: Last month's tip about accessing SkyDrive from Windows Explorer was so popular that I've got a second tip for making this work. And this one doesn't require you to install a third party application or Office 2010.
Blog: Apple is now publicly testing a new beta version of its MobileMe service, which competes with solutions like Gmail/Google Calendar and the new Hotmail. It's pretty nice looking, but expensive. So maybe it's time for a new comparison of these services.
Blog: I was a vocal critic of Apple's "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" ad campaign. Well, it's over. And Apple is finally doing what it should have been doing all along: Selling Macs based on the strengths of the Mac platform, not on the (supposed) weakness of the competition.
WinInfo News: An often irreverent look at some of this week's other news, including Microsoft's renewed emphasis on cloud computing, less-than-insightful takes on Microsoft's customer satisfaction rating, the truth about Windows Vista, an unlikely Windows 7 hack, patent litigation, Google announcements, and a heck of a lot of other stuff...
SuperSite: In the two months since Microsoft's last major public Windows Phone 7 update at MIX'10. a number of questions have arisen. So here are a few answers.
WinInfo News: On the opening day of its Google I/O conference, Google proposed to replace the proprietary H.264 video codec on the web with a free, open source alternative called VP8. VP8 garnered immediate support from all the major browser players, including Microsoft, Mozilla, and Opera.
Blog: Microsoft announces that it will support playback of VP8 video as well as H.264 video in its upcoming Internet Explorer 9 browser.
WinInfo News: Handset makers sold 54 million smart phones in the first quarter. The big winner was Google's Android, which now controls 9.6 percent of the market, surpassing Windows Mobile with 6.8 percent. Android is expected to pass the iPhone in late 2010 or early 2011 as well.
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