Windows Weekly 217: A Baby Named Bing

Paul Thurrott

July 17, 2011

In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo and I are joined by special guest Mary Jo Foley and discuss a ton of news from Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference 2011, including a Windows 7 sales milestone, Windows Intune 2 Beta, MDOP 2011 R2, Windows Phone 7, Windows Server 8, new Microsoft retail stores, more server stuff, Kinect and Xbox, and more, a Netflix price hike, Mac OS X Lion, and Amazon tablet rumors.

Running time: 1:36:23



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Picks and tips

Windows Weekly tip of the week: Try Windows Intune 2. It's free through the end of the year, works on up to ten PCs, and is a surprisingly awesome PC management solution.

Windows 7 app pick: Social Connector for Microsoft Outlook. Yes, I hate Outlook. But I know that millions of people rely on it, and since I've been testing various Exchange-based email accounts, I've been using it lately. And if you use Outlook, you should take a look at the Social Connector, which lets you plug into Facebook, LinkedIn, Windows Live Messenger, and Viadeo from a single UI.

Windows Phone 7 app pick: Beards & Beaks. An actual, in-house game developed by Microsoft (most Microsoft Game Studios games are actually made elsewhere). Garden gnome fun for $2.99.

Windows Phone 7 app pick #2: NYTimes for WP7. Official Windows Phone app for The New York Times.

About the Author

Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is senior technical analyst for Windows IT Pro. He writes the SuperSite for Windows, a weekly editorial for Windows IT Pro UPDATE, and a daily Windows news and information newsletter called WinInfo Daily UPDATE.

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