The PC Pro Podcast

On the show this week: Government U-turn on site blocking, Google makes the web go faster, Government spending on new PCs, and an Internet Explorer hoax. Plus, there is a pair of low-budget Android tablets in this week’s Hot Hardware.

On a special podcast this week, we discuss the widening gap between advertised broadband speeds and reality, Mozilla's plans for a new web-based operating system and news of a hack that can turn laptop batteries to bricks. Then our special guests, Real-World contributors Jon Honeyball and Steve Cassidy, join the studio for an extended discussion of our hot hardware candidates, the new 11in and 13in Apple MacBook Air.

On the podcast this week: Apple reports staggering profits, while hiking App Store prices. We also discuss the latest LulzSec attacks against News International's websites, Google's plans to warn web surfers of suspected malware infections and Amazon's plans to allow students to rent digital textbooks. Our hot hardware candidate is the LG Optimus 3D, the first glasses-free 3D smartphone.

On this week's podcast: Microsoft resists putting Windows Phone 7 on tablets and promises low system requirements for Windows 8. There is talk of illegal HDMI cables, and of Google+. Our Hot Hardware candidate is the HP TouchPad, the first WebOS-based tablet.

On the podcast this week: is a £4 HDMI cable as good as a £100 one? The broadband map of Britain, OS X virtualisation and more Dropbox woes. Plus, Sony’s sexy ultraportable is up for Hot Hardware of the Week.

On this week’s podcast: we discuss Google’s latest stab at social networking, Mozilla’s decision to snub businesses with Firefox, and Apple’s tactics with Final Cut Pro X. Plus, Darien Graham-Smith nominates the Samsung Chromebook as this week’s Hot Hardware.

On this week's podcast: can AMD's Llano put up a fight against Intel's Sandy Bridge? Plus, Dropbox password blunder, secret deals on web blocking, a deluge of domain names and an Acer all-in-one fights for Hot Hardware.

On the show this week: hackers take over, the software that just stops working, Google Instant search pervades Chrome and more on Mac OS X Lion. Plus, Lenovo's X1 is nominated as this week's Hot Hardware.

On the show this week: Is Apple deserting Mac OS X? Is Microsoft right to focus on tablets in Windows 8? Can an underwater camera win Hot Hardware of the Week? Listen in for the answer to all these and much more.

On the show this week: Intel Ultrabooks, trouble at Mesh Computers, how your graphics card could crack your password in seconds, and the truth behind the Ofcom mobile broadband speedtests. Plus, the smartphone version of the Eye-Fi card is nominated as this week's Hot Hardware.