Welcome to Episode 36 of the Observed Tech PODCAST as we kick off the coverage of CES 2012.

In this show we discuss the Tech Podcasts Network live coverage of this years Consumer Electronics Show and our partnership with them to simulcast the show from the site which you will find embedded on our main page.  Amongst the subjects we cover in this show are Windows Phone and updates; Kinect for Windows robots; turning your Windows PC into a Windows Media Center machine; new photo sharing service from Warner Brothers; bouncing lottery checks in Illinois; meet your spouse while playing Word with Friends; Facebook Timeline scams; Ramnit worm swipes 45,000 Facebook passwords; NASA Shuttle program announced 40 years ago; independent devs get some increases for XBL Arcade titles; Microsoft and Nokia spending $200 million in US for marketing Windows Phone; Choplifter HD out this week; everything about passwords is wrong; refresh and reset your Windows 8 PC; storage in Windows 8; Chrome gets punished by Google; identity theft protection tips; Comet making and selling forged Windows CDs; 1 million Kindle Fires sold; Windows 7 will take over Windows XP usage in four months; Commodore 64 turns 30; partitioning your hard drives; Windows Phone Metro Design Series; Meet Ask Ziggy and the top 10 spam, malware and cyber security stories of 2011.

As usual we wrap up with a look at the past week on WindowsObserver.com

Links to all the stories and sources are in the show notes below.

Enjoy and as always thanks for listening!

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Show Links:

• Windows Phone enthusiasts take Microsoft to task on update detailing (The Next Web)
• FIRST Teams to Use Kinect for Windows to Control Robots (Kinect for Windows  Blog)
• Turn your Windows PC to a Media Center PC- Part 1 (The Windows Club)
• Convert Windows PC to Media Center PC Part 2- Configuring the Media Center application (The Windows Club)
• Turning Windows PC to Media Center TV Part 3- Schedule recordings, Stream Media Center (The Windows Club)
• Warner Bros set to launch its own photo sharing service, Out My Window (The Next Web)
• Lottery checks bounce for 85 winners in Illinois (MSNBC)
• Words With Friends Opponents Get Married (Mashable)
• Beware of “Disable or Remove Facebook Timeline” Scams (Techie Buzz)
• Ramnit Worm Steals 45,000 Facebook Passwords (Techie Buzz)
• It Was 40 Years Ago Today (NASA)
• Microsoft slashes indie developer restrictions for Xbox titles (The Next Web)
• Report- Microsoft and Nokia spending $200 million to market Windows Phone (Microsoft Pri0)
• Konami’s Choplifter HD Lands On Xbox Live Next Week (Team Xbox)
• Dave’s Computer Tips- Everything you know about passwords is wrong! (PC Pitstop TechTalk)
• Refresh and reset your PC (Building Windows 8 Blog)
• Virtualizing storage for scale, resiliency, and efficiency (Building Windows 8 Blog)
• Google Punishes Chrome Over Paid Link Campaign [VIDEO] (Mashable)
• Bob Rankin- 10 Identity Theft Protection Tips (PC Pitstop TechTalk)
• Microsoft accuses Comet of making and selling forged Windows CDs (Tech Radar)
• More Than 1 Million People Bought a Kindle Fire Instead of an iPad This Holiday [REPORT] (Mashable)
• Windows 7 under 4 months away from overtaking Windows XP in global market share (The Next Web)
• The Commodore 64 Turns 30 This Week (How To Geek)
• How to Partition and Un-Partition your Hard Drive in Windows (gHacks)
• Meet Ask Ziggy, the broke man’s Siri for Windows Phone (The Next Web)
• 31 Days of Windows Phone Metro Design’ series launches (WP Central)
• The Top 10 Spam, Malware and Cyber Security Stories of 2011 (Terry Zink’s Cyber Security Blog)
• Neuralnet Systems NHL Pro 12 for Windows Phone (Windows Phone Marketplace)

WindowsObserver.com Week in Review:

• CES 2012- Three Million Windows 8 Developer Preview Downloads and Windows 8 Beta Confirmed Again
• CES 2012- AcerCloud, Aspire S5 and Aspire Timeline Ultra
• Neuralnet Systems Releases NBA Pro 12 for Windows Phone
• Follow Up- How Many Apps Are on Your Windows Phone Handset-
• Microsoft Security Response Center Releases January 2012 Advance Notification
• CES 2012 Coverage on WindowsObserver.com
• Windows Phone App Flow- Ring All the Way
• Windows 7 Dynamic RSS Theme Updates for 05 January 2012
• Collect Discounted Windows Phone Apps With AppDeals
• Microsoft Flight Will Take Flight This Spring
• Quadrantids Meteor Shower Images
• WordPress Releases Version 3.3.1 Update

Date Produced: 09 January 2012

Length: 44:07

Format: MP3, 128KBPS

Size: 40.4MB

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