Summary: <p>The Internet-centric Windows that could have been...</p><ul><li> Heading into 1997, Microsoft planned to replace Windows with an Internet platform that would be open and cross-platform. What happened? And what might the world have been like if it hadn't switched back to a Windows-based strategy?</li></ul><p>IFA News</p><ul> <li> Anything interesting coming out of IFA so far? Acer and Razer</li> <li> Other hardware stuff: USB4 = USB-C + Thunderbolt 3, as expected, and HoloLens 2 could go on sale starting this month</li> </ul><p>Windows 10</p><ul> <li> New 20H1 build adds promised cloud-reset option, new tablet mode</li> <li> 19H2: Still an undecipherable mess. But RTMing "soon" - if only we could test it</li> <li> Microsoft has released ISOs for Insiders for 19H2 and 20H1 this week</li> <li> Windows 10 1903 users: Beware of a CPU spike introduced by an optional Cumulative Update last week</li> <li> Related: Microsoft confirms no more Flash in Chredge towards the end of 2020</li> </ul><p>Tips and picks</p><ul> <li> Tip of the week: It's that time of the month again. Microsoft details Xbox Game Pass and Games with Gold titles for console and PC</li> <li> App pick of the week: Firefox 69</li> <li> Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft starts posting Ignite sessions</li> <li> Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: VMWare and Microsoft make nice</li> <li> Beer pick of the week: Jack's Abby S'mores </li> </ul> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a>, <a href="https://twit.tv/people/mary-jo-foley">Mary Jo Foley</a>, and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/paul-thurrott">Paul Thurrott</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly">https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly</a></p> <p>Check out Paul's blog at <a href="https://www.thurrott.com/" target="_blank">thurrott.com</a></p> <p>Check out Mary Jo's blog at <a href="http://allaboutmicrosoft.com/" target="_blank">AllAboutMicrosoft.com</a></p> <p>The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of <a href="https://twitter.com/carlfranklin" target="_blank">Carl Franklin</a>.</p> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="http://Melissa.com/twit">Melissa.com/twit</a></li> <li><a href="http://WWT.COM/TWIT">WWT.COM/TWIT</a></li> </ul>
