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Rich Hay and the 1909 Windows Update, Surface Hardware and Xbox – HGG423

Rich Hay joins us this week in his regular semi-annual rotation and is back from both the Microsoft Surface Event and Microsoft Ignite! Rich catches us up on the Windows 1909 Update and we get a trick to upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 10 ahead of the January 14th end of support event. We look… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Updates on Travel Tech, Microsoft Surface Announcements and Waze Carpools – HGG418

With all the recruiting travel that Jim has been doing lately, we take a look at what is working and what is not around travel tech. We talk some about all the new hardware that was announced recently from Microsoft and take a look at what Waze is doing around carpooling. We wrap the show… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Microsoft Band, HP Stream 14 and Jim’s New Surface on Surface Geeks 78

Dave McCabe and Jim cover the New Microsoft Band that was just released this month.  Jim also does a review of the HP Stream 14 that he picked up during the MVP Summit in Redmond Washington.  We wrapped up the discussion with Jim’s new Surface.  HP Stream 14 Review: https://theaverageguy.tv/2014/11/05/hands-on-review-of-the-hp-stream-14-z010nr-signature-edition-laptop/ HP Stream 14 Quad Core Laptop with Beats Audio for $299.00 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MVJYK6S?ie=UTF8&camp=213733&creative=393177&creativeASIN=B00MVJYK6S&linkCode=shr&tag=avestufrothea-20&linkId=ZYWU7JAZ3WPPB7X6&qid=1416017981&sr=8-1&keywords=hp+stream+14&pebp=141601798265 Microsoft Surface Pro 3 (64 GB, Intel Core i3) by Microsoft for $785.99 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KHQWPZA?ie=UTF8&camp=213733&creative=393177&creativeASIN=B00KHQWPZA&linkCode=shr&tag=avestufrothea-20&linkId=7HJL4YJ62RVFI7SW&=pc&qid=1416018147&sr=1-3&keywords=surface+pro+3 Get the full show notes at http://surfacegeeks.net/band-geeks-surface-geeks-podcast-78.html This podcast is a member of the geeks network. Check out thegeeksnetwork.com for other great podcasts and

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Gaining Remote Access to Microsoft’s Surface RT and Surface 2 using Windows Remote Assistance

It’s not easy gaining remote access to the new Surface 2 or even the last generation Surface RT.  There are apps like Team Viewer that make it possible to use the device to remote control other more powerful devices like a Windows 8.1 or Mac, but getting access and control of the device the other way around is still a challenge at the time of this writing.  You can use the Remote Assistance feature built into Windows and Window RT to get screen sharing but NOT remote control.  So not exactly what we are looking for and not drop dead

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Microsoft Tech Evangelist David Washington, Surface 2, Type and Touch Cover, Lumia 920, Outtake – HT140

Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Microsoft Tech Evangelist David Washington (@dwcares) and Christian Johnson for Home Tech 140.  David joins the show for the first 30 minutes to talk about the new Surface 2 and Surface 2 Pro, some chat about the new Keyboards, a discussion about pixels on the new Lumia 920… Click for more / Podcast Player>