Welcome to our quarter-century episode of the Observed Tech PODCAST! OK – it is really only our 25th episode but unfortunately it has taken us two years to get here! However, this is our third week in a row recording a weekly episode so we are tracking very nicely in seeing that number climb on a weekly basis.
In this episode we discuss October being National Cyber Security Month; update everyone on the Windows Phone 7.5 Mango roll out; the European Union’s approval of the Microsoft Skype acquisition; an opportunity for you to submit your photography to be included at the Windows Personalization Gallery; the new marketing videos for Windows Phone 7.5; Twitter looking for your 140 characters of feedback; FIFA-12 knocking Gears of War 3 off its pedestal with a soccer ball; the latest updates to Hotmail; Zune’s hardware status; and a Wi-Fi security survey results. We wrap up as we typically do with the week in review for WindowsObserver.com.
Links to all the stories and sources are in the show notes below.
Enjoy and as always thanks for listening!
Show Links:
- Microsoft on National Cyber Security Month- Everyone Must Do Their Part
- October is Cyber Security Awareness Month
- Windows Phone 7.5 update status
- Microsoft on European Commission’s Approval of Skype Acquisition
- Windows Gallery: An open call for art and photography
- Microsoft releases seven new mini-commercial spots for Windows Phone
- Send Twitter some feed back, but keep it short!
- FIFA 12 breaks record for first-week sales, knocks out Gears of War 3
- Hotmail updated to include Gmail-like labeling and more Outlook features
- It finally looks to be the end of the road for Microsoft Zune media players
- Wi-Fi users not as safe as they think, survey says
WindowsObserver.com Week in Review:
- Rest in Peace Steve Jobs 1955-2011
- Steve Jobs Facebook Scams Already Popping Up
- Advance Notice for October 2011 Patch Tuesday
- Rdio Announces Free On—Demand Music Streaming
- Microsoft Video Showing New TV Integration with Xbox 360
- Law Enforcement Officers Social Network Opens For Business
- Cox Communications Helps Customers Protect Families and Information
- New Hotmail Security Feature Will Break Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector
- Microsoft Ups The Ante on Windows Phone 7.5 Rollout
- Microsoft’s Kinect on Popular Mechanics Most Innovative Products Of 2011 List
- Windows Phone 7.5 Commercial
- Microsoft Gadgets Gallery Goes Gone
- Likely Final Service Pack for Microsoft Office 2007 Suite Announced
- Microsoft Video Showing New TV Integration with Xbox 360
- Xbox 360 and Microsoft Get Deeper into the Television Business
Date Produced: 07 October 2011
Length: 38:18
Format: MP3, 128KBPS
Size: 35.1MB
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