In the latest episode of Windows Weekly podcast, Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and I discuss BUILD, the Windows Phone 8 launch, Windows Connections, and the end--finally--of our epic travel schedules....More
Live from the Lucky Strike in Bellevue, WA, it's the Build Blogger Bash 2012! Special guests includes Todd Brix, Alex Wilhelm, Kip Kniskern, Rafael Rivera, Long Zheng, Tom Warren, Todd Bishop, Peter Bright, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott....More
This week on What The Tech: Andrew and Paul discuss their meet up last week in New York City. Windows 8 and Windows RT officially launches. Paul discusses Microsoft’s Windows RT device. Microsoft announces a slew of features in Windows Phone 8. And Google announces Android 4.2....More
This week on What The Tech: Andrew and Paul sum up Apple’s event where they announced a slew of new devices including the long rumored iPad mini. Paul talks about his plans for New York on Thursday. What all will he be doing while in NY? Paul also answers some questions about the Windows Surface RT ahead of the big launch of Windows 8 this week. Has Microsoft done enough to educate the consumer about Windows Surface RT and Pro?...More
If you listen to Windows Weekly or What the Tech, you know that I’ve regularly described a future in which Microsoft and its Windows products split a more heterogeneous general computing market with Android and iOS. The result will be much less market share but, I think, a bigger overall market for Microsoft as well. But I’m not the only one thinking this way: Forrester is on board with this vision now as well....More
In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Mary Jo Foley, Iyaz Akhtar, and I discuss rampant confusion around Windows RT, Surface with Windows RT pre-orders, whether once-mighty Microsoft and Nokia are heading towards irrelevance, the first Windows 8 and Surface commercials, IE 10 for Windows 7 news, the Xbox 360 Fall 2012 Dashboard Update, and Microsoft's latest corporate purchases....More
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
In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and I discuss Microsoft's realignment as a devices and services company, post-RTM updates for Windows 8, the death of Microsoft Points, big predictions for Windows 8 PC/device sales and apps availability, an Office 2013 update and rumors of iOS/Android versions, how Nokia is getting around carrier exclusivity, and Mary Jo and Paul's travel plans....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
Analysts from Gartner and IDC say that PC sales dropped about 8.45 percent in the third quarter of 2012, the most precipitous drop in PC sales since 2001. And both firms agree on the cause, too: The market is preparing for the launch of Microsoft’s ambitious new Windows 8....More
Every so often, I publish an updated version of my “What I Use” document, which details the technology products and services I actually use day-to-day. Since I’m currently on my third business trip in five weeks, this is perhaps an ideal time to discuss the technology products I rely on when I travel and a few related points....More
Lots of changes since November, including a new PC-based home server running Windows 8, several new smart phones, new PCs and tablets, new cloud backup, Office 365 Home Premium and a nice doubling of my Internet speeds courtesy of Verizon FIOS....More