Tease: The rebirth of Windows Mobile, PC sales soar, and Google bitch slaps China. - Leo Laporte

CES finale - Leo Laporte

Item 1: PC shipments surge in holiday quarter Biggest year-over-year quarterly gain in over seven years Worldwide PC sales in quarter: Over 90 million, up 22.5 percent US PC sales in quarter: Over 20 million, up 23 percent Analysts cite availability of low-cost PCs. But we had these kinds of PCs last year. I think there is one big difference between late 2009 and late 2008: Windows 7. Top PC makers: HP, Acer, Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba Biggest winners: Acer and Dell Biggest loser: Possibly Apple, which fell to 5th place in US market despite strong sales The netbook--and Windows 7--have contributed to a plateauing of Mac sales that started, go figure, in October. - Leo Laporte

Item 2: Microsoft pulled Office/Word from its electronic stores and services And it started appearing again within hours, depending on which service you're looking at In accordance with injunction in i4i case - Leo Laporte

Item 3: Nexus One fallout The "superphone" not so super according to some reviewers Some complaints about the cost of ending the contract as well But I think it's fantastic This is the first serious iPhone contender I've seen - Leo Laporte

Agreed on the Nexus one. I've been a windows mobile holdout for years becuase I couldn't do everything I needed to do on iphone, but Android 2.1 (plus touchdown for exchange) has finally filled the gap. - Ben Reierson

Item 4: A new outlook for Windows Mobile Microsoft has a plan to save Windows Mobile and it might just make sense First: Support for capacitive touch screens Second: A new generation of Windows Mobile 6.5 (either 6.5.3 or 6.6) devices with touch-friendly UIs Third: Windows Mobile 7 More at Mobile World Congress (February) and MIX'10 (March) - Leo Laporte

Item 5: Google and China Other companies are involved as well No one is saying this for some reason, but attack very clearly came from the Chinese government or its agents Fallout: Gmail finally goes https:// by default - Leo Laporte

Item 6: Funny Mosspuppet skit Nice Thurrott reference http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Leo Laporte

The full article, with transcript http://mosspuppet.com/2010... - Ken Sheppardson

Audible pick of the week: Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion By Gary Vaynerchuk Host of Wine Library TV podcast, which is highly recommended for Wine Lovers - But also for people looking for the ultimate example of guy doing what he loves. http://www.audible.com/adbl... "Do you have a hobby you wish you could indulge in all day? An obsession that keeps you up at night? Now is the perfect time to take that passion and make a living doing what you love. In Crush It! Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion, Gary Vaynerchuk shows you how to use the power of the Internet to turn your real interests into real businesses. Gary spent years building his family business from a local wine shop into a national industry leader. Then one day he turned on a video camera, and by using the secrets revealed here, transformed his entire life and earning potential by building his personal brand. By the end of this book, listeners will have learned how to harness the power of the Internet to make their entrepreneurial dreams come true. Step by step, Crush It! is the ultimate driver's manual for modern business." - Leo Laporte

Tip of the week: Some New Year resolutions - things we can do better this year 1. Backup. Early and often. Locally and offsite (ideally to the cloud). Consider syncing critical data (documents, music, etc.) between PCs as well (or instead, depending on your needs). 2. It's time to say goodbye to "www" in URLs (we already stopped using http://). As a heads-up, Chrome does a superior job of URL prediction when typing. 3. Modernize and simplify. Doing more with less is more relevant than ever. Don't just "upgrade" your system/infrastructure. Do the right thing. - Leo Laporte

oftware pick of the week: Simple AdBlock for IE http://simple-adblock.com/ "A simple browser extension for Internet Explorer designed to make ad blocking easy. Simple Adblock blocks all kinds of advertising from websites including flash ads, banner ads, rich media, slide-ins and fly-ins." Thanks to Mainuddin Ahmad Jonas for the tip. - Leo Laporte

Hey Leo you look great I saw the replay of the Show fr Windows Weekley during the Tease and Promo, you have lost some weight. Keep it up man. - George Mag

HI GOOD SHOW from a drery grey rainy dayin ga - daveccorey

Uh leo, did I hear you correctly? "they were a feudal society 100 years ago so they had to do what they had to do"? so, uh genocide and totalitarianism and nonexistent social and civil liberties is condoned? wow you need a reality check sir. - John A Cook