Windows Weekly 270: We'll Look Back and Laugh

Paul Thurrott

July 22, 2012

In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley and I discuss the Office 2013 customer preview, the Windows 8 general availability announcement, various new EU antitrust issues, Marissa Mayer as Yahoo's new CEO, and anti-Microsoft media bias in this week's Nokia news coverage.

Running time: 2:04:48

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Picks

Software pick/Tip of the week: Get Office 2013, of course. But use the Office 365 installer

A combo pick/tip to help you figure out what's what with the Office 2013 Customer Preview

Main download link

For individuals: Office 365 Home Premium or Office 2013 MSI download

Plus: Office 365 for businesses, Lync, SharePoint and Exchange 2013, Project and Visio! 

Enterprise pick of the week: WAAD

The test bits are out. Get the developer preview of AD in the cloud

Codename pick of the week: Napa

Development tools for Agaves.

Audible pick of the week: Mission to Paris by by Alan Furst

The latest Alan Furst thriller takes place in, get this, pre-World War II Paris.

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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