The PC Pro Podcast

On this week's podcast we discuss Google and Microsoft blocking illegal porn searches; we take a look inside the clean-room of a data recovery firm; and we discuss CryptoLocker, a nasty virus targeting British businesses. Our hot hardware candidate is the Moto G, an affordable but high-quality Android smartphone.

On this week's podcast: we ponder whether fibre broadband can boost the UK economy; Motorola patents a microphone embedded in a neck tattoo; Facebook resets user passwords following the Adobe security breach; and a German ISP offers businesses a hacker-proof 'clean pipe'. In hot hardware of the week, we ogle the Asus Transformer Book T100 - the first Bay Trail Atom hybrid to land at PC Pro.

On this week's podcast: Acer and BlackBerry lose their CEOs as Microsoft starts looking for its own new chief; Windows Phone gains momentum; and Google Helpouts go live. Finally, are iPads being used to bug government meetings? We don't know, but our Hot Hardware candidate is Apple's new iPad Air.

On this week's podcast: Microsoft tries to scare XP users into upgrading; 3D-printed "gun parts" turn out to be printer spares; Apple's profits take a tumble despite record iPhone sales; and F-Secure's Mykko Hypponen worries that the web has become a "US colony". In hot hardware of the week, Toshiba's "detachable business Ultrabook", the Portégé Z10t, tries to convince us to give up our ThinkPads.

On this week's podcast, Apple's autumn keynote serves up a new iPad Air, a Retina-screened iPad Mini, new MacBook Pros, OS X Mavericks and full specifications and pricing for the Mac Pro. Meanwhile, Windows 8.1 arrives amidst a flurry of new features, minor tweaks and show-stopping bugs, and Microsoft's Surface Pro 2 tablet goes for gold in hot hardware of the week.

On this week's podcast: Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth predicts the future of the iPhone; Square Cash lets users send money via email; Windows Phone 8 gets a big-screen update; and WHSmith goes offline due to offensive self-published ebooks. In hot hardware of the week, Samsung's Galaxy Note 3 makes its play for PC Pro's affections.

On this week's podcast: the millionth Raspberry Pi rolls off the UK production line; Google sneaks Chrome OS features into Windows 8; HTC look at dual-booting Android and Windows Phone; and we imagine a world without Windows updates. Finally, the HP Chromebook 11 tries its luck in hot hardware of the week.

On this week's podcast: Microsoft considers a unified app store for desktop and mobile operating systems; MPs slam BT's dominance in the rural broadband roll out; Yahoo offers a $12.50 bug bounty to would-be white hats; and Scribd unveils its Spotify-style service for books. Finally, Tesco's low-cost compact tablet, the Hudl, makes its bid for hot hardware of the week.

In this week's podcast: Microsoft's antivirus engine is imperfect "by design"; web plugins are on their way out; the Surface Pro 2 and Surface 2 are revealed; and Tesco's £119 Android tablet makes its début. Our hot hardware candidate is Apple's colourful iPhone 5c.

On this week's podcast: we discuss the exciting develpoments from IDF 2013; Apple keeps schtum about iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S pre-orders; Microsoft confirms that Windows 8.1 will be available standalone; and Int3.cc unsheathes its "USB condom". This week's hot hardware sees Nokia's 41-megapixel smartphone, the Lumia 1020, take the stage.