The PC Pro Podcast

On this week's show we find a few words of praise for Internet Explorer 9; scratch our collective heads over Microsoft's decision to drop cut and paste from Windows 7 Phone Series; applaud Spotify's announcement of 320,000 paying subscribers; condemn Facebook's attempts to clamp down on stalker apps; and decide whether Lenovo's ThinkPad Edge has got what it takes to be our Hot Hardware of the Week.

On this week's show we discuss how the net giants are revolting against the Government's file-sharing plans; Microsoft's 64-bit Office warning; the ructions over the Windows browser ballot; the wonders of the book that knows it's being read; and we look at a novel new OLED-equipped device in Hot Hardware of the Week.

On this week's podcast we discuss the latest Google Street View developments, get a little bit excited about apps that take advantage of phones' GPS capabilities, find out why Liberals and Tories are getting upset about the Digital Economy Bill, and explain why Microsoft wants to quarantine infected PCs. Plus, will HP's stylish-yet-cheap ultraportable, the Pavilion DM3, gain enough votes to be the Hot Hardware of the Week?

On this week's podcast we discuss the Government's failure to comprehend its own broadband promise, a user-friendly - but flawed - attempt to bring Linux to computing novices, and Apple's problems with adult iPhone apps. Plus, find out what's nominated for Hot Hardware of the Week.

In this week's podcast we give our verdict on the value or othwerise of Office 2010 now the prices have been released; explain why we're quite excited about Windows Phone 7 Series; put the boot into Google Buzz; and pity the Government workers forced to use Vista. Plus, can the Dell Latitude Z become our hot hardware of the week?

This week we assess Opera's chances of usurping the default browser on the iPhone; wonder if Google's losing its way with Buzz; look at the newest developments from Nvidia and AMD; and gasp in shock at the pan-European database that nobody knew about. Plus, a very unusual digital camera in hot hardware of the week.

In this week's podcast the team (well, Stuart Turton) defends Rupert Murdoch's controversial eBook pricing plans; explains why ARM believes 90% of the PC market will be netbooks; gasps in disbelief at the claim that 75% of people re-use their everyday passwords for their banking password; decides whether the Labour or Conservative party will win the broadband debate; and tries to decide if Apple's iPad is hot or not.

This week's pre-iPad podcast covers a new music download service from HP; the recent very clever attacks on Google; the latest developments in Chrome; how politicians are going head-to-head with BT; the financial news from AMD; and the hot hardware of the week is one of the best ultra-portable laptops we've seen for a long while.

This week we ponder on the wisdom of the UK Government using a web browser from the stone age; take a closer look at Nvidia's new Fermi architecture; stand aghast at the repercussions of an innocent(ish) tweet; gasp at the level of Apple's app dominance; and stare open-mouthed at possibly the most arresting PC case ever designed.

This week’s show sees Barry and Tim relive the highlights of CES 2010, from the new Motorola smartphone to the surprising slew of slates; wild speculation about exactly why Google is (or isn't) pulling out of China; a rousing cry of joy at the arrival of fines for companies that mishandle data; cynicism for the Government's proposal to give 270,000 people laptops and broadband for free; and, to end, the team decides whether to make a webcam that works in the dark its Hot Hardware of the Week.

The first show of 2010 starts with the official unveiling of the winner of PC Pro's Technology of the Decade poll. Then we assess news that mobile broadband networks are groaning under the sheer weight of data; wonder where smartbooks have suddenly popped up from; look at the first Google smartphone; talk about Intel's latest and greatest processor technology; and finally check out a satnav with an interesting twist.

It's a Christmas special this week, with the whole podcast given over to one topic. Yes, this week we attempt to hammer out which of the many developments of the past ten years can rightly be crowned Technology of the Decade. Each of the PC Pro team argues for their favourite technology, and you the reader can vote for your choice at www.pcpro.co.uk.

In this week's pre-Christmas podcast, we discuss the latest government tax wheeze; the lastest government legislature wheeze; the latest developments in authors' e-publishing rights; Google's first foray into phone hardware; and look at our hot hardware of the week, the Nokia N900 smartphone.

This week's show features the latest news of ructions in the world of Intel; an update on Google Android's progress against Symbian in the UK; (probably) the world's first live audio demo of Google Chrome OS in action; news of the recession's effect on lowly ink sales; and some of the most most visually impressive hot hardware of the week we've seen.

In this week’s podcast the team discusses the so-called Windows 7 “black screen of death”, ponders Virgin Internet’s announcement that it’s going to start snooping on file-sharing traffic, and argues about how – and whether – fibre broadband should be extended to the outlying regions of the UK. Hot hardware of the week is the HTC HD2 smartphone – a would-be rival to the iPhone that’s based on the Windows Phone OS.