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

Jul 11th 2008

Windows Weekly 67

Everything Must Go

The iPhone 3G, 2.0 and App Store, Media Center update, Microsoft cloud, and more.

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Category: News

The iPhone 3G, 2.0 and App Store, Media Center update, Microsoft cloud, and more.

Topics:

  • Everything Must Go has landed
  • It's iWeek: Upcoming iPhone 3G launch
  • Paul has the iPhone 2.0 software and iTunes 7.7 Mac/7.6.3 PC
  • App Store has launched: This is the big deal, discuss
  • .Mac is being transitioning to MobileMe
  • iPhone 2.0 software is a bigger deal than 3G
  • Fiji gets less exciting
  • Windows Vista Media Center update leaked
  • Microsoft Online Services coming: Microsoft gets cloud computing
  • Exchange as a Microsoft hosted service

News:

  • Windows XP SP3 heads to automatic updates
  • Beta Vista compatibility site not up
  • Related: MobileMe is not up either

Vista tips of the week:

  • Use Gmail or Yahoo Mail as the default mail application
  • Using keyboard shortcuts in Windows

Software of the Week: iTunes 7.7 is out

Audibile.com of the week: The First Billion, by Christopher Reich narrated by James Daniels

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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