What's on this week's PC Pro podcast?
Posted on 5 Nov 2009 at 00:00
This PC Pro podcast is available for download every Thursday.
On this week's show:
Orange has finally shattered O2's iPhone exclusivity - but there's little joy for buyers, with mere pence between the two companies' prices. What happened to price competition? The team discuss. (Orange iPhone prices identical to O2's)
Windows 7 has got off to a flying start, turning up on more than 15% of the PCs that are used to access this website, for instance. However, it's failing to convert Mac fans. Is the team surprised? Find out on this week's show. (Mac keeps growing despite Windows 7 surge)
More than half the people who've bought a touchscreen phone wouldn't lay their hands on one again. But what's causing so much resentment? (Touchscreen smartphones given the thumbs down)
Microsoft has infuriated businesses across the land by scrapping its Office Accounting software at short notice. Find out why the team believes Microsoft owes its customers an apology. (Now Microsoft drops Office Accounting)
And finally on this week's show, Darien Graham-Smith nominates the super-fast USB 3 as this week's Hot Hardware of the Week. And for those of you who were paying careful attention to David Fearon's words, he was wrong - USB 3 is indeed backwards compatible with USB 1. (USB 3 first benchmarks - it's here and it's fast)
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"Hot Hardware of the Week" 140W TDP. LOL.
By c6ten on 20 Aug 2009 
The Sonos is cool, but...
I want to pick upon something you mentioned in your HHotW segment of the podcast. You guys should look at some of the iPhone Apps that already exist. If you don't mind using iTunes, the REMOTE app is awesome. I think to give this a mention as a direct competitor to the Sonos is only fair. I have a multi-room iTunes system running through my media centre, NAS and have ported music all over my house with Apple Airport express, http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/
This in tandem with the iPhone app means my girlfriend and I have access to all our music everywhere in the house from our phones. (Without the cost of Sonos gear!) Awesome eh?
S
By urbanaught on 28 Aug 2009 
please speak up
A tongue in cheek suggestion for Hot Hardware of The Week - an amplifier for Mr Fearon's voice. I've listened to the podcast for just over a year now and he is incredibly difficult to hear whereas everyone else comes in loud and clear.
By Fraz_pro on 24 Sep 2009 
Audio
I don't know if you've started using a new encoder, but for the last week or two the podcast has been virtually unseekable on my Sansa mp3 player. Seeking backwards or forwards seems like random access now.
By The_Scrote on 27 Sep 2009 
We did indeed switch encoders. Thanks for the feedback - I should be able to fix this for next week!
By DarienGS on 30 Sep 2009 
Guidelines for linux
There are in fact guidelines for the common linux desktops - GNOME and KDE. The GNOME Human Interface Guidelines are at http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/
And the sign up process to leave a comment is terrible - can you allow openID or something. Horrible form, tell you one thing is wrong and give you the form back with things deleted so you forget them, then refill in things, then get told you can't have spaces in a field ... grrr
By HamishD on 30 Sep 2009 
pure evoke flow
where is podcast # 75? doesn't appear in my Pure generated list.
cheers
By floppyowl on 10 Oct 2009 
PC Pro iPod podcast
Hi, I downloaded the latest podcast (78) on my PC, however the latest download for my iTunes subscription us still showing as 77. Will 78 be available for iTunes soon?
Thank you.
By cooloox on 16 Oct 2009 
iTunes
There does seem to be a problem with the itunes feed as I also still only have last weeks and not the most recent.
By ainsley001 on 16 Oct 2009 
Podcast feed fixed
Apologies all for the problems with iTunes feed. Should be fixed now.
By Barry_Collins on 16 Oct 2009 
Podcast Problems
I'm subscribed to your excellent podcast through Zencast, until last week the cast downloaded no problems. Last weeks dated the 14th didn't appear till later in the week. This weeks has not yet appeared, except by going direct to your web pages. I presume it may be a similar problem to the ITunes problem.
By bloke1960 on 22 Oct 2009 
No podcast so far
Hmm seems to be another problem with the podcast not loading in iTunes
By Moorezo on 22 Oct 2009 
Podcast problems
There's no issue with the feed link this week. We've re-pinged iTunes and can only apologise for the delay, but it's out of our hands, I'm afraid.
Barry Collins
Online Editor
By Barry_Collins on 22 Oct 2009 
"...yes but..."
"...yes but I've seem actual books!!!"
lol
By retpyrc on 30 Oct 2009 
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