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This week on What The Tech: Microsoft announces pricing and presales for the new Windows RT tablet. Andrew and Paul discuss Lenovo’s Windows 8 lineup. Andrew also gets Paul’s take on Xbox Music. Plus, Andrew and Paul give a quick preview of Apple’s October 23rd event where they could announce the iPad mini....More

This week on What The Tech: Andrew and Paul discuss the future of computing. They specifically cover hardware, design, gaming multimedia, smartphones, and tablets. Will over simplification dumb down computers and its users? What do most people want? And what are some things we will be disappointed with in the future?...More

I was traveling again this week, but Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Travis Lowdermilk discussed the Windows Phone 8 launch announcement, whether Microsoft will make its own Windows Phone handsets, why the Lumia 920 is an AT&T exclusive in the US, big doings coming on October 26, and TypeScript, Microsoft's new version of JavaScript....More

In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Mary Jo Foley, Iyaz Akhtar and I discuss Intel CEO's Windows 8 criticisms, the Intel Clover Trail tablet debuts, the Windows Store apps count, a Windows Phone 8 reality check in the face of SDK leaks, the death of version numbers, Barnes & Nobles announces new NOOK tablets but none based on Windows RT, and Google dumps backwards compatibility with older Office formats....More

Special guest Mark Russinovich joins us to discuss his books "Trojan Horse" and "Zero Day," and his work on Windows Azure at Microsoft. Then, Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and I discuss the IE zero day flaw, HTC's surprisingly nice Windows Phone 8 handsets, Office 2013 pricing and packaging, an update to our October travel plans, and much more....More

I was away this week, but Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Peter "Dr. Pizza" Bright discussed the iPhone 5 and how it compares to the Nokia Lumia 920, the sort-of release of the Windows Phone 8 SDK, Microsoft's holiday pop-up stores, the Office 2013 upgrade program, the Metro name game, and faster Visual Studio updates....More

A special NZ Tech Podcast episode recorded following Microsoft’s Tech Ed 2012 event in Auckland, New Zealand. Featuring discussions with keynote speaker Paul Thurrott (USA) and Microsoft MVP Alan Burchill (Australia). A variety of Microsoft related topics were discussed including announcements and news around Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Phone 8 handsets from Nokia (Lumia 820, 920) and Samsung (Ativ S)....More

This week on What The Tech: Andrew Zarian and Paul Thurrott look ahead at the many announcements expected this month. First up is the Nokia event happening this week. \Amazon also plans to announce new Kindle's this month. Motorola, and HTC, also have announcements planned for this month. And of course, Apple. And in our What If segment, what if Steve Jobs never went back to apple in the 90's? Paul also talks about some of the Windows devices he's been checking out while in New Zealand....More

This week on What The Tech: Paul Thurrott rants about having too many electrical convertors for all of the different countries he visits. Andrew and Paul discuss what the future of cable set top boxes should be like. Paul runs down some of the information about the new Xbox. The verdict is in for the big Samsung v. Apple patent trial. What's next, and do we need patent reform? And what if Microsoft had released Windows Longhorn? Andrew and Paul imagine what Microsoft would have been like....More

This week on What The Tech: Paul Thurrott is back in the states. Andrew and Paul talk about broadband access. Is having broadband a right or luxury? OnLive announces company restructuring. What went wrong, and will we ever see OnLive again? Andrew and Paul look into rumors of pricing for Windows 8. Also, Andrew and Paul play the What If game: What if the iPhone had never come out?...More

This week on What The Tech: Andrew Zarian and Paul Thurrott tackle the rumor that Microsoft’s Windows RT tablet will launch for $199. Andrew calls into question Windows Store. Also, could Microsoft move to a yearly update schedule for Windows 8? Andrew talks about the hackintosh he built. And Andrew and Paul discuss the future of fanless computers....More