The PC Pro Podcast

On this week's podcast we discuss a price war among Android tablets; the BBC’s abandonment of 3D TV; Michael Gove’s plans for kids to learn CAD and coding at school; and the prospect of the government’s broadband targets being missed by a year. Our hot hardware candidate is the Lenovo Miix, a Windows-8 tablet with a folding case.

On this week's podcast: the team discusses the new features of Windows 8.1, customised smartphones, EE's 4G data upgrade, and the government's new broadband targets. Hot hardware of the week is the first compact Windows 8.1 tablet, the Acer Iconia W3.

On this week's podcast: we discuss why superfast broadband is proving slow to reach rural areas; BitTorrent looks to turn over a new leaf; Barnes & Noble takes evasive action with its Nook tablets; and Microsoft readies the public preview of Windows 8.1. Finally, hot hardware of the week sees us get tough on Lifeproof's ruggedised iPhone and iPad cases.

On this week's podcast: the UK government tackles child internet safety; Google's balloons beam broadband to remote areas; Huawei unveils the slimmest smartphone in the world; and Microsoft slashes the price of the Surface RT for schools. Finally, Adobe Photoshop CC makes its bid for hot software of the week.

On this week's podcast: Apple reveals iOS 7 and the new Mac Pro; we discuss the impact of the Prism revelations; Samsung touts a camera-smartphone hybrid, the Galaxy S4 Zoom; and a Microsoft-backed program offers £24 PCs to get poor Brits online. Finally, Sony's Windows 8 hybrid, the VAIO Duo 13, struts its stuff in hot hardware of the week.

On this week's podcast we discuss Intel's Haswell chips; Microsoft's offer to bundle Office free with compact tablets; mobile repeater sites that skirt the law; and Ubuntu declaring an end to Microsoft's dominance. Our Hot Hardware candidate is Samsung Series 7 Chronos laptop, a powerful desktop replacement.

On this week’s podcast we discuss the possibility of larger (or smaller) iPhones, LG's decision not to make another Nexus phone, a scare over the security of Sky's Android apps and Intel's concerns over slowing PC sales. Our hot hardware candidate is the HP Pavilion 14 Chromebook.

On this week’s podcast: Yahoo gives Flickr a lick of paint; Apple is pulled up for tax avoidance; Leap Motion brings gesture control to Windows 8; and Microsoft unveils the Xbox One. Finally, Microsoft's long-awaited tablet, the Surface Pro, makes its bid for hot hardware of the week.

On this week’s podcast we discuss HP’s new Android-based hybrid laptop; we ask why the police have reportedly been browsing through EE’s customer data; we ponder the failure of the Facebook-branded HTC First; and we ask whether YouTube is right to start charging visitors to view certain videos. Our hot hardware candidate is Canon’s petite EOS 100D camera.

On this week's podcast we discuss the latest news on Windows Blue, a Spotify hack that lets users download songs for free, an odd-looking convertible PC from Acer and new details of Intel's forthcoming Haswell chips. Our hot hardware candidate is the BlackBerry Q10.