The PC Pro Podcast

In this week's exciting podcast, we predict an interesting feature for Google Chrome OS, decide that the UK's pathetic mobile broadband speeds could destroy the whole idea of Cloud services anyway, discuss why Apple doesn't want to mend smokers' computers any more, and try and find something positive to say about the HP Envy 13.

In this week's cast, the team discusses a turbulent week for T-Mobile, explain why OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte has claimed the credit for the netbook craze, reveal what Apple's planning to do with future operating systems if its latest patent application comes to fruition and try and work out who's the winner after Intel paid AMD a staggering $1.25 billion to settle antitrust disputes. And finally, Jonathan Bray makes a fleeting appearance in the studio to nominate the Logitech Squeezebox Radio as the Hot Hardware of the Week.

In a packed podcast this week, we gawp at OpenOffice’s 18-button mouse, thumb our noses at Rupert Murdoch’s threats to quit Google and ponder a PC designed especially for the over-50s. Meanwhile, the iPhone falls victim to its first major malware attack, but gains the ability to receive Sky Sports. Our candidate for Hot Hardware of the Week is the Vodafone 360, running the Linux-based LiMo operating system.

Back to human presenters this week, with the latest news of the iPhone's adventures; the astonishing rise of Windows 7 since its launch (as well as the continued dominance of, er, Windows 3.1 for browsing the web); the latest wobble for smartphones with touch screens; and Microsoft being less than charitable with its accounting software. Plus, hot hardware of the week is the latest and greatest data-transfer standard, USB 3.

A (possible) world's first this week as the podcast is introduced by a non-human presence. After that, we discuss whether mobile broadband in on the verge of being brought to its knees; whether Microsoft opening up its Outlook file format is a good thing; the creepiness and/or sense of Facebook's latest initiative; problems with Windows 7 upgrades crippling PCs; and finally we give our new podcast presenter - the Amazon Kindle - a very thorough probing.

Barry Collins takes the reins this week as the team discuss the confusing range of Windows 7 editions, ponder Apple’s new 27-inch iMac and deride Eugene Kaspersky’s idea of disconnecting rogue nations from the internet. Our hot hardware candidate is the Acer Aspire One D250, a new netbook that runs both Windows 7 and Google Android.

In this week's instalment we break the news about Acer's foray into Android netbooks; look at what Microsoft is doing with its new, free security software; sigh, tut and make despairing noises at the state of BT's online backup service; look askance at the Twitter/government/Trafigura affair; and marvel - in both a good and bad way - at Sony's latest high-end laptop.

The seventy-seventh PC Pro podcast brings you news of Amazon's Kindle coming to the UK; a round-up of the flurry of smartphone action that's happened in recent days; talk of the future of Nvidia and its GP-GPUs; an account of Microsoft's head honcho getting a grilling; and the best hot hardware for months.

In this week's packed podcast, we assess the chances of Ubuntu making it on the desktop; the chances of their being any point to Google Chrome Frame; the chances of wireless charging ever taking off; the chances of Light Peak taking over the world; and the chances of any of us ever buying a Ferrari-branded laptop.

In the 75th PC Pro Podcast, we look at the new from the Intel Developer Forum; break a story about Demon Internet's security lapse; expose the 'free' Windows upgrades that cost nearly £30; and wonder what Firefox is up to. Plus we look at the fastest single-GPU graphics card ever, and Sony's newest pocket video camera.

This week, ARM swings its artillery in Intel's direction; AMD goes Eyefinity; news that we can all now buy 802.11n routers; an in-depth debate over Spotify for the iPhone; and the hot hardware of the week comes once again from Apple.

This week's PC Pro podcast sees Barry Collins explain what the Orange and T-Mobile merger will mean to consumers, David Bayon eulogise over the wonders of Spotify on the iPhone, and Darien Graham-Smith attempt to persuade the team that the Mozilla Firefox 4 is worth getting excited about. Plus, lies, damn lies and the Government's claims about illegal file sharers, and can Intel's Core i5 processor win its place as Hot Hardware of the Week?

On this week's PC Pro podcast the team discuss Wikipedia's attempt to colour code edits, Nokia's decision to sideline Symbian on its latest smartphone, eBay's Skype sell off and Sony's decision to ship Google Chrome on its new PCs. Plus Jonathan Bray nominates MiFi as Hot Hardware of the Week.

This week: in the wake of the Government threatening to cut off illegal file sharers, does our panel think it's a bluff to earn Labour money or a real threat to nefarious file sharing? Is Nokia's Booklet 3G really "not a netbook"? What magic goo has Jon Bray brought into the studio? Will Microsoft finally win over its critics now the Family Pack for Windows 7 is officially here? And can it really be true that there will be no female A-Level Computing students by 2014? Can the new Sonos music streamer win the prized Hot Hardware of the Week spot? Don't just sit there, download it!

Among this week's burning questions: can the idea of paying only what you think software is worth ever work? Will the Pirate Party ever make a splash in the UK? Microsoft gets hauled up for patent infringements, but what does it mean? Can a Twitter tsar help labour? Is Sony doing the right thing with its eBook formats? And can a processor with a TDP of 140W ever be considered hot hardware of the week? All this and more is answered in the PC Pro podcast.