WW 845: My NAS is Out of Date - End of WordPad, OneDrive album storage, Lenovo Legion Go
Leo, Paul, and Richard discuss issues with the reliability of File Explorer (is XAML the root cause?), Microsoft's decision to retire WordPad, antitrust lawsuits and investigations into Big Tech companies, Microsoft's upcoming Surface(?) event, automatic OneDrive uploads for Xbox captures, the launch of Bethesda's Starfield, digital decluttering tools, and more!
Windows
Canary: some changes to the Dynamic refresh rate feature, no more Power & Battery page in Settings, etc
Dev: Bug fixes
Beta: File Explorer fixes (INTERESTING, given last week's rant)
A moment of silence, please: WordPad will be retired
The secret life of WordPad via its source code release and it being an example for developers (over time) of MFC, open Word document format support, the ribbon, and more
The future is open plain text: embrace Markdown
Notepad and Snipping Tool are getting new features
Microsoft is changing how it counts your OneDrive storage usage
Events
We forgot the Amazon devices event, which is September 20
Microsoft will host a OneDrive/AI event on October 3
Ignite registration just opened up - November 14-17 in Seattle
Antitrust
Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others are all gatekeepers, EU says
Bing: Hold my beer
Zoom would like the FTC to unbundle Teams/M365 in the US
Google is heading into an antitrust trial against the DOJ next week.
Microsoft's approach to antitrust has changed a bit
Margrethe Vestager is stepping aside to bid on a new job
Google has tentatively settled a US Play Store class action antitrust lawsuit brought by over 30 states; the settlement is subject to the court's approval, according to a legal filing
FTC to file antitrust lawsuit against Amazon after firm made no concessions, may seek to break up the company
Xbox
Microsoft to add auto OneDrive upload to Xbox game clips
Xbox September Update is here with Discord game streaming
New Game Pass titles for early September - Starfield among them
Your Xbox Series S has arrived, Mr. Vader
Lenovo has a Steam Deck competitor
Tips & Picks
Tip/app pick of the week: Digital decluttering
RunAs Radio this week: Breach Reporting with Troy Hunt
Brown liquor pick of the week: Old Perth 23
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