Windows Weekly with Paul Thurrott, Richard Campbell, and Leo Laporte

Feb 13th 2009

Windows Weekly 94

Simplify, Simplify, Simplify

Windows 7 Upgrade Program, Vista vs. 7, EU vs. Microsoft, Gmail, Kindle 2, and more.

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Category: News

Windows 7 Upgrade Program, Vista vs. 7, EU vs. Microsoft, Gmail, Kindle 2, and more.

  • One Windows 7 upgrade issue answered: The Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade Program
  • Deploying Windows Vista vs. 7: Microsoft provides guidance to businesses
  • EU vs. Microsoft on IE in Windows
  • Gmail keeps getting better and better
  • Kindle 2 is coming
  • Repair/Everything Must Go update
  • Also: Discuss msconfig and why it's a POS

Tip of the week: Simplify, simplify, simplify

One email client, one calendar, one point of entry into your digital life/digital persona.

Also: Daniel Smith collected some hi-res photos of the Large Hadron Collider in Europe and made a really nice Windows 7 theme

Software pick of the week: Glary Utilities

Audible picks of the week: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, Abridged, By Doris Kearns Goodwin, Narrated by Richard Thomas. For a free credit toward the audiobook of your choice, visit Audible.com/windows.

Check out Paul's blog at the SuperSite for Windows for more information.

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