Aug 22nd 2008
Windows Weekly 71
The Awesome Release
Zune abroad, Windows Mobile vs. iPhone, Vista stupidity, Windows 7, Olympics, and more.
Topics:
- Wireless access in Northern Ireland
- IE vs. Firefox
- Zune vs. iPod/iTunes/Apple TV
- Windows Mobile vs. iPhone
- Live Search vs. Google
- Hotmail, not Gmail. And what about Exchange?
- The wonderful world of data sync.
- Microsoft is blogging about Windows 7
- Attack of the Vista stupidity, Part 27.
- Microsoft at the Olympics
- NBCOlympics.com - Silverlight
- NBC Olympics On The Go
- Xbox 360 and Zune downloadable Olympics content
- Live Search Olympics integration
Also: Donavon West's Sidebar gadget
Vista tip of the week:
- Use Windows Live on the iPhone
- Already deep integration on Windows Mobile of course (Hotmail, Contacts only)
- Windows Contacts - via Windows Live Messenger
- Hotmail - Using IzyMail (at $17.95/year)
- Windows Live Calendar - still in a state of flux
Software of the Week: Edison
Software of the Week #2: CDBurner XP
Audible pick of the week: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln(Abridged) By Doris Kearns Goodwin, Narrated by Richard Thomas. 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.
Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show. The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Derek K. Miller.