Windows Weekly 251: It's A Server Not A Surfboard

Paul Thurrott

March 11, 2012

In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Mary Jo Foley, Leo Laporte and I discuss one week of Windows 8 Consumer Preview usage while separating the big issues from the superfluous, whether there are any truly valuable business features in Windows 8, why there's so little news about Windows 8-era PC hardware, the iPad Eh and its potential impact on Windows 8, Windows Server 8 Beta, Windows Phone "Tango", and more!

Running time: 1:35:33

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Picks

Software pick of the week: Microsoft Device Center

Microsoft Device Center is a surprisingly beautiful new management interface for Microsoft keyboards and mice that only works in the Windows 8 Consumer Preview.

Software pick of the week #2: Kindle for Windows 8

Just one week into the new Windows Store and I already have my most-needed app: Amazon Kindle for Windows 8.

OK, 3. Plus a new Google Search app for Windows Phone 7.5.

Enterprise pick of the week: Denali

SQL Server 2012 has RTM'd as of this week.

Codename pick of the week: Cliplets

Bringing motion to still photographs. A MS research project.

 

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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