Welcome to Episode 43 of the Observed Tech PODCAST – our early Sunday morning episode!.
On this show we start off talking about the busy week that is in front of us with Microsoft Download Day 2012 on Wednesday which includes the release of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Other areas we cover are Skype’s milestone of 32 million logged in users at one time; voting on student Windows Phone Apps; Nokia sales 2.7 million phones; Twitter co-founder says spending too much time on Twitter is unhealthy; lots of pcAnywhere users still unprotected; no direct folder to folder sync in the new SkyDrive; parents continue to be unaware of their child’s online activities; how to raise a geek child; Foxconn, ABC and FLA reports about Apple factories; auto-translate being tested on Twitter; Comcast to have a streaming service as well; create a password recovery disk for Windows; judge says defendants can be notified of need to appear via Facebook; Microsoft officially extends consumer security update cycle to 10 years; some misconceptions about SPAM; Google breaking some privacy settings and rules in IE; new Windows 8 logo is coming and we learn just how long and how much it would cost to build our own Death Star.
As usual we wrap up with a look at the past week on WindowsObserver.com
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Show Links:
- Skype hits major milestone as 32 million people sign on at once (The Next Web)
- Student Windows Phone Apps Need Votes (DevFish on MSDN)
- Estimate: 2.7M Windows Phones shipped in Q4, Nokia now top vendor (GeekWire)
- Twitter Co-Founder: Spending Too Much Time On the Site is ‘Unhealthy’ (Mashable)
- 200,000 pcAnywhere Users STILL Vulnerable to Attack (PC Pitstop)
- No PC to PC sync in new SkyDrive (Liveside)
- Study shows only 9% of US parents are aware their children are cyberbullying victims (The Next Web)
- 7 steps to raise a geek child (GeekWire)
- Apple’s Foxconn Operations Exposed in ABC Report [VIDEO] (Mashable)
- Twitter Is Testing Auto-Translate Feature (Mashable)
- Comcast unveils $4.99 per month Streampix service, taking aim at Netflix (GeekWire)
- Avoid Getting Locked out of Windows when You Forget Your Password [How To] (Windows Guides)
- A top UK judge has ruled that defendants can be summoned to court via Facebook (The Next Web)
- Microsoft officially adds consumers to full, 10-year Windows security update lifecycle (The Verge)
- Misconceptions about spam (Terry Zink’s Cyber Security Blog MSDN)
- Microsoft- Google bypassing IE privacy settings, too (GeekWire)
- New Logo for Windows 8 (MSDN Malaysia)
- Finally, a cost estimate for building a real Death Star (cNet)
WindowsObserver.com Week in Review:
- How to Open A Command Prompt Window While in Windows Explorer
- Microsoft Consolidates User Account Management
- Fever Pitched- The Past Weeks Hottest Stories for 24 February 2012
- Leap Day 2012 Is Now Known as Microsoft Download Day
- Windows Phone App Flow: The Best in Tic Tac Toe
- Smoked By Windows Phone Wallpaper for Your Windows Phone
- Smoked By Windows Phone Challenges Become Television Ad Spots
- Bing Desktop, Flora and Terra Windows 7 Dynamic Theme Updates for 22 February 2012
- Insects, Flora and Terra Windows 7 Dynamic Theme Updates for 21 February 2012
- Hotmail Is Winning The Graymail War
- Hosted Microsoft Exchange E-Mail on Office 365
- Windows 8 and Languages
- Google Was Also Bypassing Internet Explorer Privacy Settings
- SkyDrive and Windows 8 Integration Revealed
Date Produced: 26 February 2012
Length: 51:50
Format: MP3, 128KBPS
Size: 47.4MB
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