The PC Pro Podcast

This week, Darien Graham-Smith reports from the Infosec conference, where figures as diverse as David Blunkett and Eugene Kaspersky have been calling for tougher security legislation. Dave Stevenson shows off a novel little data-sharing device and, just for a change, we all look forward to Windows 7.

Have the Pirate Bay boys been hard done by? The team argues over it this week. Plus we cover the BBC iPlayer revamp, commiserate with AMD over its recent performance and ponder the implication of a 3D web, courtesy of Google. Plus, one of the best-built smartphone we've ever seen.

This week the team sets its sights on Amazon's peculiar removel of certain books from its lists; wonders what eBay was doing when it bought Skype; argues over the pronunication of 'OS' and looks at quite possibly the largest and most unusual laptop ever produced.

On this week's show we discuss whether discounts on broadband connections would make Phorm's behavioural advertising service any more palletable. Plus, Twitter in the classroom, Google vs the newspaper world, and Yahoo's bid to become the new Facebook.

This week we discuss the strange case of the virus meltdown that never was; mourn the passing of Encarta and Wikia Search; debate the philosophical finer points of Chinese music downloads; and decide if Intel has a hit on its hands with its latest server processor.

Google has come in for a kicking this week over StreetView; we look at the reality behind the protests. BT is being uneven with its fibre rollout; Samsung is attempting to take over the netbook market; and the Government is watching you. Plus we take a look at a new gadget aimed to make your TV watching that bit easier.

This week's podcast features a debate over whether the BBC is justified in breaking the law; the emergence of a new beta verstion of Google Chrome and IE8's new features; battery life claims; and hot hardware is Samsung's new netbook - or is it?

This week, Barry Collins hot-foots it back from the Commons to tell us about the latest spat over Phorm; we discuss whether it's really possible to separate Internet Explorer from Windows; The idea of a broadband ISP league table; and check out a tiny computer with more than its fair share of power.

On this week's show we debate whether Ofcom giving BT carte blanche over next-gen broadband prices is really a good idea. And while we're talking about bright ideas, is Skittles brave or stupid to turn its website into a Twitter feed? Plus, find out if Darien's souped-up barebones PC wins Hot Hardware of the Week.

On this week’s show we discuss whether Android is the new threat to Windows, the Gmail blackout, whether British ISPs should be forced to employ child abuse filters and the sparkling new Safari 4. Plus Dell’s latest all-in-one is nominated for our Hot Hardware of the Week.

In this week’s podcast, the gang ponder the furore over Facebook’s claims on user content and weigh up the news from Mobile World Congress, including a new version of the Windows Mobile OS. Other topics include a security suite that runs on your router and Dell’s ropey new download store.

Firefox has been a hot topic of the week; the team takes a look at its upcoming version. Printers have suddenly become a security weakness requiring patches; Windows 7 causes a huge argument; and we look at a teeny-tiny projector from Dell.

With the weather emergency over the team decides if technology has caught up with home working; Windows 7 is still in the news; Intel is gunning for Microsoft's OS crown; Google is tracking our every move; Internet Explorer is in freefall; and there are some quirky new pieces of kit in the hot hardware section of the show.

This week we discuss the pros and cons of the EU forcing Micrsoft to bundle other browsers with Windows; the potential upside of Gmail's new developments; wonder if VoIP has a future; and check out a very shiny new laptop.

Podcast 40 is now here, with the team discussing the bizarre new music download service from Microsoft, the advent of a curious virus, and some cock-ups from both Seagate and Belkin. Dell's latest netbook gets a grilling, and we introduce the £250 Challenge, inviting you the audience to participate.