Windows Weekly 203: The ROMs Are Out There

In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo and I discuss Gartner also claiming that Windows Phone will be the number two smart phone platform by 2015, a long-standing Windows 7 bug that Microsoft seems to be ignoring, a week of Windows 8 feature leaks, Windows Home Server 2011 (and SBS 2011 Essentials and Windows Storage Server 2011 Essentials) head to MSDN and TechNet, mobile devices and IT policies, a Windows Phone 7 software update utility that was pulled by Microsoft, Microsoft's coming gains on Apple in the stock market, Google antitrust heating up just as Eric Schmidt steps down, and some major problems getting the CMS updated on the SuperSite this week.

Not Dead Yet: The Ultimate Guide to RSS in 2011

David Murphy — RSS is dead, they say! They, being all of you who now get your news, information, and various social updates from one of the many online platforms you subscribe to. But let it be said that all the Twitters, Facebooks, and Reddits in the world can't put a stake through the heart of the undying Really Simple Syndication feed. It's a powerful part of the information distribution system that makes up the general Web, and its use on the mobile platform is unquestioned: Tablet PCs plus RSS equals sublime.

Windows Weekly 202: Opera Not Oprah

In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo and I discuss Microsoft's antitrust complaint against Google, Windows Phone 7 software updates in the wild and how you can get yours now, Windows Phone 7 predicted to beat iPhone by 2015, Paul Allen writes a tell-all book and blasts Bill Gates for greed, Amazon Cloud Drive and Cloud Player, and a call for information from IT pros about the consumerization of IT in their businesses.

The world as Yuri Gagarin saw it

On April 12th, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alexseyevich Gagarin became the first human in space. His remotely controlled Vostok 1 spacecraft lofted him to an altitude of 200 miles and carried him once around planet Earth. Commenting on the first view from space he reported, "The sky is very dark; the Earth is bluish. Everything is seen very clearly".

Intel teases 32nm Cloverview tablet processor, 22nm Ivy Bridge CPU

It hasn't even been a week since Intel rolled out Oak Trail, and it's already teasing us with yet another tablet-ready chip called Cloverview. What's more, we're also seeing unofficial details emerging for its next generation Ivy Bridge CPU. Starting from the top: PC World is reporting that Intel's Doug Davis introduced the Atom-based Cloverview at the firm's Developer Forum in Beijing Tuesday, touting its 32nm architecture and low power consumption.

Windows 7 just overtook XP in the United States

It’s finally happened. After a long reign at the top, Microsoft’s Windows XP is no longer the most widely used desktop operating system in the United States, instead turning the crown over to Windows 7.

As of April, Windows 7 has 31.71% of the desktop operating system market, compared to 31.56% for Windows XP.

Why Google Searches the Entire Internet Faster Than They Do Your Gmail?

why is it that Google can return near-instantaneous search results from the entirety of the internet, but takes forever to find that recipe your Aunt Mildred emailed you two months ago? 

New Acer Honeycomb Tablet Landing April 24 for $449.99

Acer will be bringing its first Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) tablet to the U.S. on April 24 at an iPad-busting price of $449.99.

The Acer Iconia Tab A500 is the company’s first Honeycomb-based tablet and it features a 10.1-inch screen, dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor and front- and rear-facing cameras.

Watch YouTube videos without breaks on a slower Internet connection

If you’re on a slower internet connection, then watching YouTube videos can be a pain. Frustration and more frustration. In fact, YouTube realizes that this could be a problem, and have alternate methods for you. YouTube has a Feather tool that lets you watch YouTube videos on slower connections. It doesn’t include those items that eat up bandwidth and make YouTube videos slower.

ASUS refreshes Lamborghini VX7 with Sandy Bridge, mercifully offers a black option

Just in time for Spring, ASUS has refreshed its Lamborghini VX7, a staple in the company's line of premium notebooks (and fugly smartphones) inspired by the storied Italian car maker. Available in orange and a more staid black, this 8.4-pound beast packs a quad-core Sandy Bridge Intel Core i7 processor, Full HD 15.6-inch display, discrete NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M graphics with 3GB of video memory, up to 16GB of RAM, an 8-cell battery, one USB 3.0 port