The PC Pro Podcast

On this week's podcast, the UK Government considers porn-blocking proposals, The Pirate Bay urges supporters not to attack ISPs, Dell ushers Ubuntu onto an Ultrabook and Windows Media Center becomes a paid-for add-on in Windows 8. Finally, Booq's Python Pack swallows our laptop, tablet, phone and camera in its bid for Hot Hardware of the Week.

On this week's podcast, the High Court orders ISPs to scupper The Pirate Bay, Everything Everywhere calls for a faster 4G rollout, MP Claire Perry calls for TV-style regulation on the internet, and Ubuntu 12.04 readies itself for business use. Finally, Amazon’s Kindle Touch is up for Hot Hardware of the Week.

On this week's podcast, Intel finally pulls the covers off Ivy Bridge, Windows 8 comes one step closer, Google Drive plays chicken with Dropbox and Barry Collins parks his Gmail account to take the newly-improved Hotmail for a test drive. Finally, Hot Hardware of the Week sees the PC Pro team deliver their verdict on the £30 PC, the Raspberry Pi.

On this week's podcast, Microsoft unveils the four flavours of Windows 8, Apple and Amazon clash over ebook pricing, Intel teases us with affordable Ultrabooks and Google’s Sergey Brin imagines a world where Facebook came first. Finally, Toshiba's AT200 tablet makes its bid for glory in Hot Hardware of the Week.

On this week's podcast, Apple falls prey to the Flashback trojan, Facebook cops Instagram for $1bn, the ASA targets the new iPad's 4G claims and the Lords aim to strike a blow to internet porn. Finally, HTC's One X Smartphone makes its play for Hot Hardware of the week.

On this week's podcast, Apple's warranty policy goes under the spotlight, the UK Government reveals plans to rifle through our email accounts, RIM takes aim at big business and ISPs hush up their claimed broadband speeds after the ASA clampdown. Finally, Archos' 101 G9 Turbo tablet makes its bid for Hot Hardware of the Week.

On this week's podcast, Nicole returns from Scotland to report on BT's white-space broadband; we also discuss online privacy, the stigma (or otherwise) of being accused of downloading porn and whether it's ever right for employers to ask applicants for social networking passwords. Our Hot Hardware candidate is the blazingly fast Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 graphics card.

This week we discuss Google tweaking its algorithms to defeat SEO; Seagate’s 60TB hard disk (in twenty years' time); whether “fragmentation” is harming Android; the BBC’s plan to sell digital downloads; and Chrome overtaking Internet Explorer – but only at weekends. Our hot hardware candidate is, inevitably, the new Apple iPad.

On the show this week: We await the arrival of Apple's new iPad, Chrome gets hacked in five minutes flat, Yahoo sues Facebook and the Lords call for an end to roaming charges. Finally, we kick over the team's experiences with Windows 8 so far, and Samsung's Series 9 makes a bid for Hot Hardware.

On this week's podcast: In our 200th podcast special, Barry Collins, Darien Graham-Smith, Mike Jennings and our special guest – Real World Computing expert Steve Cassidy – chew over the pros and cons of the newly released Windows 8 Consumer Preview. What changes have been made? Does it run any better on desktop PCs? What are the pick of the new applications in the Windows Store? We have all the answers.