The PC Pro Podcast

On this week's podcast we give our first impressions of Microsoft's just-unveiled Office 2013 preview, discuss Yahoo!'s new CEO, marvel at the efficacy of the Pirate Bay ban and wonder just what Apple's playing at as it rejoins the EPEAT green certification programme. Our hot hardware candidate is the long-awaited Nexus 7 tablet.

On this week's podcast we look at how ISPs are failing to block online porn; discuss Windows 8's new Time Machine-type backup feature; look forward to the arrival of the new OS in a matter of months; and ponder Apple's abandonment of "green" certification. Our hot hardware candidate is the small but powerful Asus Zenbook Prime.

On this week's podcast we discuss the discounted price of Windows 8 upgrades, HP's preference for x86 over ARM, RIM's "death spiral" denial and the death of Flash. Plus, this week's Hot Hardware is a Windows 8 tablet.

On this week's podcast we discuss IT woes at RBS, Microsoft's surprise Windows Phone 8 announcement, Google and Microsoft's big investments in tablets and how Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has weighed in to support Richard O'Dwyer's fight against extradition. Our hot hardware candidate is the TomTom Start 60, a satnav with a big screen but a small price.

On this week's podcast, Microsoft pulls the covers off its Surface tablet, an MoD-funded report urges the UK to spend less on AV and more on busting online crime, and Barry Collins takes BT to task over its patchy fibre network. Finally, Disgo's budget tablet, the snappily-titled Disgo 9104, delivers Ice Cream Sandwich for less than £200.

On this week's podcast we discuss the newly announced iOS 6, the cost of the ICO's dithering over cookies, the proposed Defamation Bill that could see online bullies named and prosecuted, and the 4G alliance between O2 and Vodafone. Our hot hardware candidate is Apple's new MacBook Pro with Retina display.

This week's podcast is a Windows 8 Release Preview special. We discuss what's new in this latest pre-release, plus what works and what doesn't. We also look over reports of new Windows 8 hardware emanating from the Computex expo in Taipei. Our hot hardware candidate is HP's mighty Z1 all-in-one workstation.

On this week's podcast we discuss Google's new Chromebox; weigh up warnings that office workers will "revolt" if not upgraded to Windows 7; discuss the still-ongoing trial over the Twitter "bomb threat"; and vent our frustration at the ICO's abrupt volte-face over incoming cookie regulations. Our hot hardware candidate is the Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone.

On this week's podcast, Aero Glass goes out the window, Windows 8 proves too fast for the F8 key, UK broadband funding favours BT, Facebook's flotation starts to sink and Mozilla urges everyone to code. Finally, Tiffen's Smoothee brings steadicam shooting to the iPhone.

On this week's podcast we discuss AMD's new "Trinity" processors, cheap Windows 8 upgrades, browser-blocking in WinRT and some over-eager censorship on the mobile web. Our hot hardware candidate is the new Alienware M17x - the first laptop we've seen with an Intel Ivy Bridge processor.