As our weekly podcast flips its sixth bit, we discuss the announcement of Google’s new operating system, ponder Sony’s long-anticipated entry into the cut-price netbook market and reflect on a very bad week for web-snooping service Phorm. Our hot hardware is Sony’s HDR-TG7VE, the first camcorder we’ve seen with a built-in GPS receiver.
PC Pro Podcast 64
July 8, 2009 by pcpromagPC Pro Podcast 63
July 1, 2009 by pcpromagThis week we find out why Brits have been buffeted with the Windows 7 prices, if Wikipedia was right to falsify articles to save a life, and discover why the EC is now a force for good. Plus, the Apple iPhone 3GS vies for the title Hot Hardware of the Week.
PC Pro Podcast 62
June 24, 2009 by pcpromagThis week we panic about the internet killing all the humans, look at the wisdom of Intel and Nokia’s cosy tie-up, marvel at plug-sized PCs, how anyone in their right mind would give their Facebook details to their employer, and look at a super little USB-connected monitor.
PC Pro Podcast 61
June 18, 2009 by pcpromagThis week the UK’s Digital Britain report hits the agenda; we look at the joy of Microsoft’s EU-prompted actions; Opera re-invents the web; Google and Microsoft do some sparring in the playground; and we look at the smallest fully fledged PC we’ve ever seen.
PC Pro Podcast 60
June 10, 2009 by pcpromagThis week, Apple comes in for a bit of stick over its latest stuff; Darien pledges allegiance to the Pirates (or tries to); we ponder how to stop the IT guy reading our email; rumours of Windows 7 pricing appear; and we have some diminutive hot hardware of the week in the shape of an ExpressCard SSD.
PC Pro Podcast 59
June 3, 2009 by pcpromagDiscussion of the week this week is who’s winning: Google or Microsoft? Plus we look at Phorm’s new service launch and argue the finer points of whether speed bumps for filesharers is a good idea. Hot hardware of the week is a very, very fast PC.
PC Pro Podcast 58
May 27, 2009 by pcpromagThis week we ask how Britain’s going to fill its three million broadband notspots, wonder whether the Zune HD will ever land in Blighty and discuss the arrival of Android apps on Ubuntu. Plus, will the Nvidia GeForce 3D Vision make it as our Hot Hardware of the Week?
PC Pro Podcast 57
May 20, 2009 by pcpromagThe big debate of the week is Wolfram Alpha – revolutionary tool or know-nothing toy? The team also discuss the future of tabbed browsing, concerns over the price of Windows 7 and the dangers of being electrocuted by your iPod. Our hot hardware hopeful is the tiny Acer Revo system, the first commercial PC to partner an Atom CPU with discrete graphics.
PC Pro Podcast 56
May 13, 2009 by pcpromagOn this week’s show the team debates the fallout from Intel’s massive fine from the EU competition watchdogs – and whether the PC makers got off lightly. Plus: Carphone takes over Tiscali, Google’s pre-emptive strike on Wolfram Alpha and the Chumby is nominated for Hot Hardware of the Week.
PC Pro Podcast 55
May 6, 2009 by pcpromagThis week, Windows 7 is back in the news with the public availability of the release candidate; Amazon decides to save the newspaper industry single-handed (sort of); botnet hijackers reveal startling web habits; Google Chrome is allegedly doomed; and another absolutely enormous laptop goes through the wringer in hot hardware of the week.
