The PC Pro Podcast

On this week's podcast: Barnes and Noble slashes e-reader prices, Microsoft integrates Skype into Outlook.com, Intel touts $200 Android laptops and Canadian researchers develop a bendy smartphone. Our hot hardware candidate is the eagerly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S4.

On this week's podcast we discuss financial reports that show falling profits for Apple and flatlining revenues for Windows. We also look at government claims that 90% of companies have been affected by "cyber-attacks" in the past twelve months, and track the progress of the taxpayer-sponsored national broadband upgrade. Our hot hardware candidate is the Fuze, a Raspberry Pi-based system aimed at schools.

On this week's podcast we discuss rumours that the Start button might be officially returning to Windows 8, pick apart Virgin and T-Mobile's traffic management policies and ask why no one's buying Chromebooks. Our hot hardware candidate is the Afinia H-Series 3D printer.

On this week's podcast we discuss EE's doubled 4G speeds, Microsoft's latest Windows 8 discounts, the new Facebook Home front-end for Android and the rise and rise of digital currency BitCoin. Our hot hardware candidate is the Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9in, an Android-based tablet in an unusual format.

On the podcast this week, Amazon launches its Cloud Drive service; Office 365 claims a quarter of all Office sales; Apple backs down in the Chinese warranty row; and we ponder whether the world's ready for a Facebook phone. Our hot hardware candidate is the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2.

On this week's podcast we take a first look at the new Windows Blue; weigh up criticism of Microsoft over its use of UEFI Secure Boot; look forward to using Kindles on aeroplanes; and ask why Three seems to be in no rush to roll out 4G. Our hot hardware candidate is Kef's £600 set of PC speakers.

On this week's podcast we discuss Samsung's newly announced Galaxy S IV smartphone, and ask whether it has Apple rattled. We also look at the government's BT broadband decision, pore over a report that finds digital downloads better value than physical purchases and weigh up BlackBerry's hesitance to re-enter the tablet market. Our hot hardware candidate is the HTC One Android smartphone.

On this week's podcast, real-worlder Steve Cassidy joins the gang to discuss the relaxation of Microsoft's Windows 8 Flash ban; the first crop of apps for Google Glass; a technology that claims to recognise fraudsters by sight alone; and a 3D scanner that can be used to copy physical objects. Our hot hardware candidate is the Dell Latitude 10, a Windows 8 tablet that's designed for business.

On this week's podcast we discuss a mammoth fine for Microsoft, soaring share prices for Google, and Sky snapping up two of its broadband rivals. We also look forward to a new eye-tracking feature for the Samsung Galaxy S IV, and reduced prices for compact Windows 8 devices. Our hot hardware candidate is the Sony Xperia Z, a smartphone with a Retina-busting 1080p screen.

On this week's podcast we discuss new devices unveiled at Mobile World Congress, including some low-cost Windows Phone 8 handsets and two phones from Asus that turn into tablets. We also question EE's claim that unlimited mobile data tariffs are "unnecessary", and mull over the new Chromebook Pixel. Our hot hardware candidate is the Wired2Fire HAL 4000 gaming PC.