Dr. Bill.TV #267 – Video – “The Low Gumption Edition!”

40 Million Windows 8 licenses sold! A Microsoft IE advert aimed at me! Google celebrates my birthday, GSotW: Spybot Search and Destroy 2.0! The Ouya gaming console will ship for Christmas, Geek Wisdom from the Matrix, and a walk-through of Linux Mint!

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Spybot – Search & Destroy 2.0


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Dr. Bill.TV #267 – Audio – “The Low Gumption Edition!”

40 Million Windows 8 licenses sold! A Microsoft IE advert aimed at me! Google celebrates my birthday, GSotW: Spybot Search and Destroy 2.0! The Ouya gaming console will ship for Christmas, Geek Wisdom from the Matrix, and a walk-through of Linux Mint!

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Spybot – Search & Destroy 2.0


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Ouya Open Source Console Will Ship In Time for Christmas!

Looks like the Ouya is on schedule for a Christmas release!

Ouya Development Consoles Shipping In December

“When the team behind the Ouya open source gaming console was soliciting startup funds on Kickstarter, we all took notice, and despite asking for just $950,000 in cash, the group found itself flush with nearly $8.6 million in cash. Apparently the prospect of a $109 gaming console that was built specifically to be hacked and tweaked by basement geniuses everywhere and could maybe someday contend with the industry heavy hitters was just too hard for grassroots donors to resist.

Those donors who forked over enough cash to qualify are getting a slightly belated Christmas present: The Ouya team announced that it will be shipping its advance consoles this month. They’ll leave the factory on December 28th and be in developers’ hands a few days hence.

The team also said in a post on Kickstarter that the Ouya Development Kit (ODK) is currently in the testing phase, and users will be able to create accounts by December 25th.

Ouya still has a long ways to go before it can be considered a success, such as shipping an actual product, building a games library, etc., but it’s a very good sign that the consoles appear to be in the manufacturing process at present.”

Geek Software of the Week: Spybot – Search & Destroy 2.0!

This used to be my favorite malware eliminator, and now that it has reached the 2.0 version level, it is time to look at it again!

Spybot – Search & Destroy 2.0

“Spybot – Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behavior to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven’t intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been ‘hijacked’ (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware. Even if you don’t see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S&D is free, so there’s no harm giving it a try to see if something has invaded your computer.”

40 Million Windows 8 Licenses Sold

So, sounds like they are doing OK. They sold 4 million copies the first day, and in the first month 40 Million… not too shabby.

Windows 8 – 40 Million Licenses Sold

“As we pass the one month anniversary of the general availability of Windows 8, we are pleased to announce that to-date Microsoft has sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses. Tami Reller shared this news with industry and financial analysts, investors and media today at the Credit Suisse 2012 Annual Technology Conference. Windows 8 is outpacing Windows 7 in terms of upgrades. We built Windows 8 to work great on existing Windows 7 PCs. And we also set out to make upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 8 super easy.

From Tami’s presentation:

‘The journey is just beginning, but I am pleased to announce today that we have sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses so far.’

The launch of Windows 8 at the end of October also saw the grand opening of the Windows Store. There were more apps in the Windows Store at launch than any other app store at their launch and since then, the number of apps in the Windows Store has doubled. A number of apps in the Windows Store have crossed the $25,000 revenue mark and the developer keeps 80% of the revenue they make off downloads for the life of their app. A lot of great new apps have been added to the Windows Store since launch such as CBS, ABC News, ABC Family, Engadget, Flixster, OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network), Vimeo and my (current) personal favorite – Top Gear.”

Dr. Bill.TV #266 – Video – “The Santa Claus Envy Edition!”

DreamWorks makes ‘Rise of the Guardians’ special effects tool Open Source! Microsoft adds apps to the Windows 8 Appstore, and the majority are free. GSotW: ZeroPC! British computer users not excited with the Windows 8 upgrade, but may buy Surface tablets.

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ZeroPC – Your Cloud Based Desktop


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Dr. Bill.TV #266 – Audio – “The Santa Claus Envy Edition!”

DreamWorks makes ‘Rise of the Guardians’ special effects tool Open Source! Microsoft adds apps to the Windows 8 Appstore, and the majority are free. GSotW: ZeroPC! British computer users not excited with the Windows 8 upgrade, but may buy Surface tablets.

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ZeroPC – Your Cloud Based Desktop


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Brits Don’t Care Much For Windows 8

Keeping a stiff upper lip, the British vote is in… not so interested in Windows 8! But, they might buy a Windows 8 tablet.

Less than half of British web users want Windows 8

“A new survey of British web users has shown a less than stellar appetite for the new Windows 8 operating system.

Toluna QuickSurveys received 2,000 responses from a broad internet survey of Britons and found that only 13.5 per per cent said they were ‘very likely’ to upgrade to the new Microsoft OS.

25.1 per cent of users said they would be ‘quite likely’ to upgrade to Windows 8. That leaves over 60 per cent of respondents who were either unlikely or very unlikely to upgrade, or just didn’t care either way.

Perhaps more tellingly for the PC industry as a whole, which is banking on Windows 8 to revive its fortunes, almost half of all those surveyed had no intention of buying a new PC in the next year.

Windows 7 still king

The study also asked users of their preferred choice of operating system. 14 per cent of respondents selected Windows 8, while 28 per cent opted for Windows 7.

This is likely down to the continued popularity of Windows 7 among users. Earlier this week we learned that only 1 per cent of PCs are running the new OS almost a month after it went on sale.

However, the report wasn’t all doom and gloom for Microsoft. When asked about tablet purchases, 13 per cent said they’d buy a Windows 8 tablet – the same number who mentioned iOS and Android tablets.”

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