Windows Weekly 71

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.