Tech-Stew Podcast #22: Under the Hood, Recorded on August 31st, 2012

Summary: 

Windows Phone 8 release date details, Windows 8 RT tablets, Facebook gets an iOS revision, Windows 8 Tips and Tricks, new extra solar planetary discoveries, Flight Simulators and more.

While aesthetically there aren't any major changes with the Facebook 5.0 iOS app there are improvements that make the app faster than before.  According to Facebook, the app was "rebuilt from the ground up," and is supposed to be twice as fast as the past version.  Overall the app features smoother and faster scrolling and photos load "instantly" thanks to changes from switching from HTML5 to iOS native programming.  I've complained about the iOS Facebook app being slow on our podcasts in the past, at least on a first impression, it appears there is less to complain about with this version at least in terms of speed.

In the past Microsoft has only offered either a full retail license, retail upgrade and OEM license.  If you build your own PC as it stands today, you are expected to buy a full retail copy of Windows because the fine print states that individual use of the OEM is prohibited.  The OEM has always been the cheaper of the bunch, however.  Now with Windows 8 this all changes.

So you have installed the new SkyDrive client for Windows 7 or Windows 8 and realize that Mesh is no longer supported.  SkyDrive asks you to pick a single folder to sync contents from device to device or onto the SkyDrive website.  Essentially you are forced to copy any files and folders you want synced into the SkyDrive sync folder.  There is a way around this and in this article I will show you how to use a Junction Point to trick the SkyDrive sync tool into synching other folders outside of the sync one.

If you don't feel like waiting till next month for the official RTM version of the Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8 RTM then there is a workaround you can use for now.  The official RTM version of the tools isn't due out till next month because this is the official launch time frame of Windows Server 2012 as well.  If you try to install the Release Preview version of RSAT you are greeted with an error.

Tech-Stew Podcast #21: RTM Happiness, Recorded on August 17th, 2012

Summary: 

OnLive breaking news, no optical drive for the next Xbox, Google demoting pirated sites from search results, RTMs for Windows 8 and Visual Studio, Mars Curiosity and more.

Tech-Stew Podcast #21: RTM Happiness, Recorded on August 17th, 2012

Summary: 

OnLive breaking news, no optical drive for the next Xbox, Google demoting pirated sites from search results, RTMs for Windows 8 and Visual Studio, Mars Curiosity and more.

Tech-Stew Podcast #20: The Hate for 8, Recorded on August 2nd, 2012

Summary: 

Windows 8 hits RTM, we will tell you when it will be on MSDN, more backlash from developers on Windows 8, Microsoft announces outlook.com, the FCC tells Verizon to allow Android hotspots, Antarctic forests and more