Windows Weekly with Paul Thurrott, Richard Campbell, and Leo Laporte

Apr 17th 2009

Windows Weekly 103

A New Kind of Death

Office 2010, Windows 7 Build 7106, PC marketshare, Internet Explorer 8, and the Xbox 360 E-74 errors.

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Category: News

Office 2010, Windows 7 Build 7106, PC Marketshare, Internet Explorer 8, and the Xbox 360 E-74 errors.

  • Office 2010, raises questions on how to improve over Office 2007.
  • The Windows 7 Build 7106 has surfaced.
  • PC sales drop 2% domestically and 7% internationally.
  • Dell's slips to the #2 PC maker after sales fall.
  • Internet Explorer 8 will bring security updates and more functionality. Soon to be available on Windows update.
  • Microsoft starts to deal with the Xbox 360 E-74 Errors.

Software Pick of the Week: Switcher, an Expose type window manager for Windows Vista and Windows 7.

Audible picks of the week: The Graveyard Book, Unabridged, By John Grisham, Narrated by Erik Singer. For a free credit toward the audiobook of your choice, visit Audible.com/windows.

Software tip of the week: In Windows 7 right clicking on a folder allows you to include it in a library.

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

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