Ping 22: Microsoft & Linux BFF's! Xbox handheld coming, Bing Jingle, Win a Surface (Channel 9)

Ping 22: Microsoft & Linux BFF's! Xbox handheld coming, Bing Jingle, Win a Surface

Posted: Jul 27, 2009 at 11:15 AM

By: Laura Foy

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In the middle of the summer you might think Microsoft would take a break and kick-back but clearly that's not how we roll. In addition to Office 2010 and Windows 7- Microsoft made news in a few other ways...

Microsoft hired the Apple guy?
Linux is my homeboy
Xbox Handheld coming your way
Sue the spammers
Bing Jingle = BINGLE
Win your own Surface

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PaulMest Ping co-host, Founder Mythly Studios

Jul 27, 2009 at 1:36 PM

Here is the website for all sorts of deep technical SQL Server goodness:

http://www.SQLCAT.com
CKurt while( ( !succeed=try() ) ) { }

Jul 27, 2009 at 1:58 PM

Nice show! Small error "Send your guesses to ping.microsoft.com" , i always tought the name of the show was wrong (see episode 1) but this is just playing with it
rhm

Jul 27, 2009 at 2:52 PM

Paul, just a tip, there is a smart phone out there that has tons of great games on it, much better ones than solitare and bubble
PaulMest Ping co-host, Founder Mythly Studios

Jul 27, 2009 at 3:01 PM

Weird... why haven't I ever heard about this device?? Is it new? That company probably needs to invest in some better advertising and PR. I'm usually on top of those trends

p.s. after taping this segment, I was kicking myself for not mentioning Bubble Breaker. I have played that way more than mobile Solitaire.
Laura10

Jul 28, 2009 at 10:42 AM

SOory about the typos this week...we are fixing them right away.
rhm

Jul 28, 2009 at 11:40 AM

heh.

How come you don't have a Microsoft badge on your posts btw.
PaulMest Ping co-host, Founder Mythly Studios

Jul 28, 2009 at 4:56 PM

That's a good question... I guess Laura and Max never bothered to tell me how I could get one. :-/
Harlequin http://twitter.com/TrueHarlequin

Jul 28, 2009 at 5:27 PM

Good show...but does the sound crackle for anyone else?
Laura10

Jul 28, 2009 at 7:50 PM

You have to EARN those stripes
CKurt while( ( !succeed=try() ) ) { }

Jul 29, 2009 at 4:09 AM

Or just ask Duncan they have to do it manually
danamatt

Jul 29, 2009 at 9:56 AM

Yep.
Laura10

Jul 29, 2009 at 7:28 PM

Completely off topic but- danamatt: that's a badass avatar!
Svish

Aug 02, 2009 at 2:32 PM

Hm, is it just me, or is the sound kind of buggy in this episode? I get some kind of annoying crackling sounds all through the episode... don't get it in any of the other ping episodes or in music I play here... just in this one episode...
ad0640

Oct 27, 2010 at 11:43 AM

Great Show