http://www.sqlmag.com/authors/author/author/5203812/rss/5203812en-USFri, 25 May 2012 10:53:46 GMTFri, 25 May 2012 10:53:46 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/podcast-2/tech-118-red-hat-6-143202
By Paul Thurrott
This week on What The Tech: Andrew Zarian and Paul Thurrott celebrate the "completion" of Paul’s new book "Windows 8 Secrets." Andrew and Paul discuss Microsoft killing Aero in Windows 8. Paul questions whether or not Microsoft is leaving desktop users behind intentionally. Andrew ponders what would happen if Apple put out an OS that it’s user base really disliked. Andrew and Paul revisit their discussion of smartphone cameras. And the internet and cellphone battery technology are discussed in the 10 year game.]]>Paul ThurrottFri, 25 May 2012 09:36:04 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/podcast-2/tech-118-red-hat-6-143202http://www.sqlmag.com/article/xbox-360/walking-dead-episode-1-xbox-360-143193
By Paul Thurrott
Remember Sierra On-Line? Makers of such addictive but mostly horrible “graphic adventure” games as King’s Quest and Leisure Suit Larry? Well, a new low-cost entry in Xbox LIVE Arcade seeks to marry that kind of old-school gaming with one of my favorite modern media trends, zombies. Sadly, the result is a mixed bag.]]>Paul ThurrottThu, 24 May 2012 11:46:13 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/xbox-360/walking-dead-episode-1-xbox-360-143193http://www.sqlmag.com/article/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/jury-decides-googles-android-infringe-oracles-java-patents-143190
By Paul Thurrott
Oracle’s epic legal battle against Google came crashing down on Wednesday when a jury decided that Google’s Android does not infringe on Oracle patents related to Java technologies.]]>Paul ThurrottThu, 24 May 2012 08:21:56 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/jury-decides-googles-android-infringe-oracles-java-patents-143190http://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows8/windows-8-secrets-internet-explorer-10-ship-adobe-flash-143180
By Paul Thurrott
With tech enthusiast web sites from around the world starting to leak Windows 8 Release Preview information, your intrepid “Windows 8 Secrets” co-authors offer a bit of color commentary about what you’re seeing and how these features will really work. In this new co-post analyzing these leaks, we look briefly at a potential shocker: Internet Explorer 10 is going to bundle Adobe Flash technology.]]>Paul ThurrottWed, 23 May 2012 14:59:56 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows8/windows-8-secrets-internet-explorer-10-ship-adobe-flash-143180http://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows8/windows-8-feature-focus-tiles-143175
By Paul Thurrott
In previous versions of Windows, applications were represented by icons, simple graphical objects that offered almost no form of dynamic or expressive content. With Windows 8, however, Microsoft is adopting the tiles system pioneered in Windows Phone, offering users glanceable, dynamic information from your favorite apps, even when they’re not running. And if you’re not already familiar with Microsoft’s mobile platform, the expressive nature of this user interface element may surprise you.]]>Paul ThurrottWed, 23 May 2012 12:54:06 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows8/windows-8-feature-focus-tiles-143175http://www.sqlmag.com/article/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/ballmer-500-million-windows-8-users-2013-143161
By Paul Thurrott
Steve Ballmer says that Windows 8 represents a “rebirth” of his company’s core OS that will trigger sales of 500 million units between its release later this year and the end of 2013.]]>Paul ThurrottTue, 22 May 2012 13:46:45 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/ballmer-500-million-windows-8-users-2013-143161http://www.sqlmag.com/article/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/google-finalizes-purchase-motorola-mobility-143159
By Paul Thurrott
Google wasted no time in finalizing its $12.5 billion purchase of handset maker Motorola Mobility in the wake of Chinese regulatory approval. ]]>Paul ThurrottTue, 22 May 2012 11:07:27 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/google-finalizes-purchase-motorola-mobility-143159http://www.sqlmag.com/article/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/microsoft-350-million-windows-7-pcs-sold-year-143156
By Paul Thurrott
Steve Ballmer said that the company expects its hardware partners to ship 350 million copies of Windows 7 this year.]]>Paul ThurrottTue, 22 May 2012 08:49:07 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/microsoft-350-million-windows-7-pcs-sold-year-143156http://www.sqlmag.com/article/tablets/rethinking-pc-143155
By Paul Thurrott
Windows 8 will usher in a new era of tablet devices that will make today’s traditional laptops look like the dinosaurs they are. ]]>Paul ThurrottTue, 22 May 2012 01:40:36 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/tablets/rethinking-pc-143155http://www.sqlmag.com/article/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/china-oks-google-purchase-motorola-mobility-143153
By Paul Thurrott
China antitrust authorities have approved Google’s proposed $12.5 billion purchase of handset maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the online advertising giant to finalize the transaction. ]]>Paul ThurrottMon, 21 May 2012 20:14:51 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/china-oks-google-purchase-motorola-mobility-143153http://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows8/windows-8-secrets-bing-news-143152
By Paul Thurrott
With tech enthusiast web sites from around the world starting to leak Windows 8 Release Preview screenshots, your intrepid “Windows 8 Secrets” co-authors offer a bit of color commentary about what you’re seeing and how these features will really work. In the second co-post analyzing these leaks, we look briefly at the new Metro-style News app.]]>Paul ThurrottMon, 21 May 2012 18:00:24 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows8/windows-8-secrets-bing-news-143152http://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows8/windows-8-secrets-add-features-windows-8-143151
By Paul Thurrott
With tech enthusiast web sites from around the world starting to leak Windows 8 Release Preview screenshots, your intrepid “Windows 8 Secrets” co-authors offer a bit of color commentary about what you’re seeing and how these features will really work. This is the first in a series of co-posts analyzing these leaks.]]>Paul ThurrottMon, 21 May 2012 17:34:08 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows8/windows-8-secrets-add-features-windows-8-143151http://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows8/virginia-apps-windows-8-release-preview-143138
By Paul Thurrott
Today, the existence of three new Metro-style apps in the Windows 8 Release Preview was leaked by the usual web sources.]]>Paul ThurrottMon, 21 May 2012 09:24:21 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows8/virginia-apps-windows-8-release-preview-143138http://www.sqlmag.com/article/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/eu-google-settle-charged-antitrust-violations-143137
By Paul Thurrott
A lot has changed with antitrust regulators in the EC since they took Microsoft to court again and again to answer for its predatory practices in the desktop OS market. Now, facing online advertising giant Google, the EU is trying a different, more expedient tactic.]]>Paul ThurrottMon, 21 May 2012 09:00:37 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/eu-google-settle-charged-antitrust-violations-143137http://www.sqlmag.com/article/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/facebook-stumbles-gate-weak-ipo-143136
By Paul Thurrott
Anyone hoping that last week’s Facebook IPO was going to trigger a new wave of Internet bubble hysteria came away disappointed after the social networking giant stumbled badly and only artificially reached its stock offering price of $38. ]]>Paul ThurrottMon, 21 May 2012 08:59:50 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/facebook-stumbles-gate-weak-ipo-143136http://www.sqlmag.com/article/podcast-2/windows-weekly-261-dont-nudge-143135
By Paul Thurrott
In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Iyaz Akhtar and I discuss the cost of Microsoft’s coming Windows 8 update offer, a Windows 8 Release Preview ... preview, Windows 8 and DVD playback, dueling search engines, and Microsoft Signature.]]>Paul ThurrottSun, 20 May 2012 16:03:54 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/podcast-2/windows-weekly-261-dont-nudge-143135http://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows8/windows-8-feature-focus-contracts-143134
By Paul Thurrott
Unless you’re a serious old timer, you probably don’t remember when copy and paste functionality, now a common and expected feature, was added to Windows. Well, this time you have no excuse: Microsoft is adding a new capability to Windows 8 called contracts. And as with copy and paste, you’re going to have a hard time remembering using Windows before this happened.]]>Paul ThurrottSun, 20 May 2012 15:44:16 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows8/windows-8-feature-focus-contracts-143134http://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows8/windows-8-release-preview-rip-aero-20032012-143133
By Paul Thurrott
Microsoft quietly revealed this week that it will kill off the Aero glass interface in Windows 8 and replace it with a flat, Metro-like Explorer that’s more in line with the company’s current design mantra. But this change isn’t just about obfuscation. It’s about the Windows team abandoning the very market that drove Windows’s success for over 25 years in order to chase a coming and potentially illusory market for tablet devices.]]>Paul ThurrottSat, 19 May 2012 09:32:06 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows8/windows-8-release-preview-rip-aero-20032012-143133http://www.sqlmag.com/article/windowsphone75/pauls-picks-htc-titan-ii-skydrive-app-beta-143128
By Paul Thurrott
HTC Titan II offers features such as a good camera that Windows smartphone users would have clamored for--before Nokia Lumia 900. SkyDrive maps cloud-based storage to the PC--but what about its sync capabilities?]]>Paul ThurrottFri, 18 May 2012 14:00:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/windowsphone75/pauls-picks-htc-titan-ii-skydrive-app-beta-143128