Windows Weekly 65

Gates goeth gracefully, Microsoft innovation through time, hacking your life, and more.

Topics:

• Gates leaves Microsoft full-time
• Return of the '70s Weirdos
• The "Gates and innovation" game
• Lifehacker: Hacking your life, and "Upgrade Your Life: the Lifehacker Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, Better" by Gina Trapani.
• Email: The zero inbox rule
• Live Mesh

News:

• Yahoo and Microsoft, phase 3
• Hyper-V RTM
• Google Android delayed (sort of)

Vista tips of the week:

• Get (more) high-quality Vista wallpapers
• How to Make Windows Vista boot more quickly on dual-core machines was a hoax

Software of the week: John's Background Switcher

Microsoft product timeline through 1995: Detect the Innovation

Find out more about how to avoid DVT, deep-vein thrombosis.

Audible.com books of the week: In honor of Bill Gates, "Business @ the Speed of Thought: Using a Digital Nervous System" by Bill Gates, "Microsoft: First Generation (Unabridged)" by Cheryl Tsang, "World War 3.0: Microsoft and Its Enemies" by Ken Auletta (previous choice), (and various Charlie Rose interviews)

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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