Sep 3rd 2014
Windows Weekly 378
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Windows Threshold, WAAS, August patches, and IFA roundup.
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Hosts: Paul Thurrott, Mary Jo Foley and Leo Laporte
What's Windows as a Service got to do with it? Talk about the future of MS consumer service, MS August Patches, what to make of the Microsoft-Cyanogen rumors and much more on this episode of Windows Weekly.
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Running time: 1:44:19
Links
- The low-cost Windows with Bing SKU starts showing up on cheaper, smaller tablets and PCs
- Toshiba: $119.99 for a 7-inch Windows 8.1 tablet, plus some new laptops
- Lenovo PCs
- Acer PCs and tablets
- Acer's new 8-inch tablets come with Windows or Android, both priced at $150
- So what's it like to use a $200 PC?
- WaaS isn't what many think it is
- Speaking of services... Let's talk about the future of MS consumer services
- MS August patches: The saga continues
- Win 7 still by far the big kahuna
- Cyanogen just looking for more funding
- You can access some Google services on these phones
- China delivers 20 day ultimatum to Microsoft. So they're like the EU but faster
- Microsoft fights the law. The law is going to win.
- Tip of the week #2: You can get Office for iPad on a monthly subscription ... But you shouldn't
- Here's why: An annual Office 365 subscription is a MUCH better deal. Especially if you act fast
- Enterprise pick of the week: MS starts removing the 2 GB file size limit on OneDrive sync'd files
- Codename pick of the week: Inchon
- Beer pick of the week: Stone Reason be Damned Abbey Ale
- Bonus: Look who MJF got to meet last week! (achievement unlocked)
- Audible pick of the week: Dogfight: How Apple and Google Went to War and Started a Revolution