This week on the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley and I discuss a bird kidnapping, Microsoft's declaration that the iPad is a PC, a Windows 8.1 "first look," whether Microsoft should break off Bing and Xbox, IDC's new take on PC sales, mini-tablets, the truth about phablets, Office 365 Home Premium hits 1 million users, and Xbox One, a week later.
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Picks
Software pick of the week: Windows Phone 8 desktop application for Windows
Now out of beta, the new version of this sync app finally provides non-iTunes-based podcast sync support.
Software pick of the week #2: More Windows Phone 8 apps and games
The hits just keep on coming…
Rayman Jungle Run $2.99
Trivial Pursuit, 3 other classic EA games - NBA JAM!!
Angry Birds Rio $.99
Shazam too
Enterprise pick of the week: Lync (and Skype) federation
Now you can "federate" contacts between Skype and Lync, and use IM and audio chat.
Hitches: Must use Microsoft account with Skype, no video (until 2014)
Codename pick of the week: Double bonus -- two codenames this week
What are Argos and Petra? And what do they have to do with Durango?
Beer pick of the week: In honor of Blue, Dogfish Head Black & Blue
YUM! Blueberries http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/64/32437
PLUS: don't forget about our tweetup at TechEd next week