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By Richard Hay, on February 5th, 2012 
Welcome to Episode 40 of the Observed Tech PODCAST – Our Super Bowl Edition! In this show we discuss the importance of backups; game exchange service Goozex; the upcoming WindowsObserver app for Windows Phone; Super Bowl commercials, early winner announcements and the big games numbers; Windows 8 already being on sale – not; a couple of key Microsoft departures; BetaBait app testing service; book your travel based on who has WIFI and live TV; the future of touch screen tech; Huffington Post starts a streaming news channel; it is Windows Phone not Windows Phone 7 or WP7; identify fake Facebook accounts and Microsoft’s Personal Data Dashboard. As usual we wrap up with a look at the past week on WindowsObserver.com . . .
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By Richard Hay, on January 25th, 2012 
Yeah I know it is a strange title but here shortly you will see where it originates from.
Yesterday I happened upon the cNet podcast Rumor Has It. It was the name of episode 17 that caught my attention Instagram helps us care about Windows Phone. I had heard the rumors on . . .
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By Richard Hay, on January 9th, 2012 
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. . . .
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By Richard Hay, on January 3rd, 2012 
Welcome to Episode 35 of the Observed Tech PODCAST and the year 2012! This is our first episode for the new year and we appreciate all of your support in 2011 when you downloaded the PODCAST over 5,000 times. In this show we discuss Tech Podcast Networks CES 2012 coverage which will be live streamed here at WindowsObserver.com; how your digital signature impacts your job hunt; IE improvements on Windows 7 but overall decline continues; wish list for Windows Phone in 2012; NASA’s Grail spacecraft enter lunar orbit; Xbox Live online safety controls; trying to spend a $1,000,000 bill; Facebooking a stolen ring; getting sued for your Twitter followers; Facebook says farewell to Internet Explorer 7; Verizon decides against $2 fee; using your bottom for ID; Arfa – world’s youngest MCP not doing well; If This Then That service; Windows Phone Marketplace passes 50,000 apps; Windows Phone SMS bug being fixed; 300 million mobile Facebook users; community wireless Internet project; spam at lowest level in three years; New York Times spams its own readers; cyber security is important to small businesses; businesses charging $100 to set-up your new PC; backup and restore coming to Windows Phone soon and Microsoft does not call you to fix your PC – it is a scam. As usual we wrap up with a look at the past week on WindowsObserver.com . . .
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By Richard Hay, on December 19th, 2011 
Welcome to Episode 34 of the Observed Tech PODCAST. This is our first green episode as no trees were killed in the production of this show because we are now using a new Acer Iconia Tab W500 as our notes and reference device. In this show we discuss free Skype over the holidays; Google+ improvements; malware making like the police; laptop laziness; embedding tweets; Microsoft and multi-platform releases; new Hotmail features; more Windows Phone 7 accolades; picture passwords in Windows 8; Bing making progress; some smart phones not worth stealing; stop using IE6 already; Kindle Fire selling – well like fire; e-book pricing economics; amateur treasure hunter finds the Viking mother lode; Windows XP on a third of computers out there; lots of DroidRage wanting Windows Phone handsets; rogue security software victims getting refunds; protecting your digital identity in Windows 8; free Xbox Live game Breeze; FCC tells commercials to turn it down; Soluto offers web based PC support solution for everyday users; Microsoft Co-Founder heading to space; teens and the Internet – it is not pretty nor safe sometimes; TwitVid revamped; computer glitch cancels out 57 million dollar jackpot and a Windows Phone SMS attack discovered. As usual we wrap up with a look at the past week on WindowsObserver.com . . .
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By Richard Hay, on December 6th, 2011 Welcome to Episode 32 of the Observed Tech PODCAST. It is good to be back after our holiday break for the US Thanksgiving holiday and we have a very full show. The topics we cover this week include a peek inside the big online retailers warehouses; 19 years of text messaging; students with smartphones study more; Windows Phone marketplace catches pirates; Windows Phone App makes more money than iOS version; Hotmail named best web app of 2011 by PC Magazine; adults going online for no particular reason; total number of smartphone apps across top 4 platforms exceed 1 million in total; eBook sales will approach $10 billion within 5 years; Facebook, privacy and the FTC; understanding routers, switches and network hardware; Facebook expands status update character limit; Windows Phone Mango fully deployed; cable companies want a high bandwidth tax for users; Cyber Monday sales increase; 42 billion videos viewed online in October; Upgrade Your Parents Browser weekend; try Windows Phone 7 interface on your Android or iOS device; Black Friday sales; and Windows Phone 7 named Operating System of the Year. As usual we wrap up with a look at the past week on WindowsObserver.com . . .
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