Windows Weekly 442: A Bridge Too Far

Windows Weekly 442: A Bridge Too Far

In the latest episode of Windows Weekly, Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley and I discuss our recent UK trip, questions about new Windows 10 builds in December, the HoloLens hype, cloud storage wars, some Windows phone news and speculation, and Microsoft in the enterprise.

Running time: 2:06:20

Windows Intelligence In Your Inbox

Sign up for our new free newsletter to get three time-saving tips each Friday — and get free copies of Paul Thurrott's Windows 11 and Windows 10 Field Guides (normally $9.99) as a special welcome gift!

"*" indicates required fields

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Download and subscribe

Download the latest episode and subscribe to Windows Weekly

YouTube

Enjoy the Windows Weekly channel on YouTube

Video (excerpt)

Picks

Tip of the week: Focus group

Paul’s running a PC focus group this week.

Plus: Pay attention to Microsoft’s 12 days of deals

Today’s deal is an IdeaPad laptop, but they vary from day to day. And more deals revealed here

Bonus: Don’t forget Games with Gold! Five games for December.

Software pick of the week: Pocket Casts

One excellent podcast app that works on iPhone/iOS, Android, and … Yes … Windows Phone!

Plus: A hardware pick! InFocus Kanagroo PC!

Enterprise pick of the week: Debian GNU/Linux on Azure

MS now has eight (count them! Eight!) supported Linux distros running on Azure. Debian is the latest

Codename pick of the week: Barcelona

Container support looks to be coming to Windows 10 client (and not just server). Codename of this project looks to be Barcelona.

Beer pick of the week: Goose Island Bourbon County Stout (2015)

The latest version of that boozy stout aged in Jim Beam barrels is out: http://fortune.com/2015/11/27/black-friday-craft-beer-goose-island/ (14.2% so tread with caution!)

Audible pick of the week: A few recent buys

The Man with the Golden Typewriter by Ian Fleming, Fergus Fleming, narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick, narrated by: Jeff Cummings

Also two classics that were on sale: Andromeda Strain by Crichton and Something Wicked This Way Comes by Bradbury

Share post

Please check our Community Guidelines before commenting

Conversation

There are no conversations

Windows Intelligence In Your Inbox

Sign up for our new free newsletter to get three time-saving tips each Friday

"*" indicates required fields

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Thurrott © 2024 Thurrott LLC