The PC Pro Podcast

This week’s podcast sees editor Tim Danton and senior news reporter Stuart Turton back in the studio after a hectic week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. They’re joined by David Bayon and Darien Graham-Smith to discuss the future of trade shows, plus news stories including the arrival of the Intel Classmate PC and the ASA’s strange ruling that a 250MB data transfer quota counts as “unlimited”.

For the first podcast of the new year we're looking at the news (or lack of it) from Macworld; taking a quick peek at the Windows 7 beta; mulling over the implications of the rumoured Sony netbook; and taking a look at some hot hardware that boasts some of the technology that's going to take over the world in 2009.

In part two of the PC Pro Podcast Christmas Special it's the turn of Microsoft, Apple, Google and the laptop industry to appear before our panel of judges, who will decide whether they've had a 2008 to remember. Plus, the four remaining staff members nominate their Hot Hardware of the Year.

In the first part of our Christmas special the studio is filled with the entire PC Pro editorial team,  as we each step up to nominate our winners or losers of 2008. Plus, find out what each team member nominates as their hot hardware of 2008.

Podcast 35 is now here, in which the team talks Scrabulous, Internet Explorer issues, wonders why Steve Jobs isn't turning up to MacWorld and assesses the impact of Google Chrome. Plus we have some rugged hot hardware and new HD video recorder.

On this week's show, was the IWF right to censor Wikipedia? The team debates the thorny issue. Plus - file-sharing "bullies", Stephen Fry's Vista outburst, a new beta of Firefox 3.1 and Darien has the inside track on Nvidia's latest graphical goodies. And finally, NEC's mammoth monitor is nominated for Hot Hardware of the Week.

In this week's podcast we're discussing the secrets of 3G, Apple's virus threat, the continuing AMD vs Intel spat and looking at some hot hardware from Samsung.

Podcast 32 sees lively debate around the hot topic of VAT on computers; the even hotter topic of desktop backgrounds; and the hottest topic of all, the shocking state of UK broadband speeds. Plus we look at some ot hardware from Toshiba.

This week those crazy American cousins of ours are in the spotlight for their ligitious nature. The Scots are too, for being rather generous with their IT spending. Plus we look at the hilarious world of Microsoft's internal wrangles and assess some unusual new hardware from Asus.

Intel's Core i7 has blitzed our benchmarks - should AMD be worried? The team give their verdict on this week's show. Plus: the mobile broadband war hots up, Microsoft's Surface adds another layer of touch, and the team lament the passing of Windows 3.1. Finally, the first Google phone is nominated as Hot Hardware of the Week.

This week the big news centres around Microsoft. Members of the PC Pro team give their opinions on whether Windows 7 will be a new dawn, chat about the Live Mesh service and ponder on Office 14. Plus we look at some hot Nikon camera hardware.

This week we reveal why Nvidia could be about to bring 3G gaming - and much more - to mid-range laptops for the first time. Are computers a necessity for today's schoolchildren? The team air their views. Plus we discuss why the credit crunch won't be as bad as the dotcom disaster, Acer's march to the top of the PC hill, and Darien nominates the hot hardware of the week.

How dumb can local government get? Find out in this week's PC Pro podcast, along with analysis of more news stories of the day, some interesting new hardware and a series of bad jokes.

This week, the PC Pro panel gets its hands on the new Google Android G1 phone, argues about Brown's broadband pledge, and gives its verdict on the brand-new Apple iPods.

This week the wisdom of Google Android is discussed, along with the latest news stories and some unusual eco hardware, plus the definition of the word ‘unlimited’ is given a good going-over.