CNET UK Podcast 274: Is the Internet killing television? 
When the return of Jar Jar Binks is the best news of the week, you know things are looking bleak. There'll be no more Kodak moments as the legendary brand ends a century of making cameras, while the government warns that this summer's London Olympics could bring the Internet to its knees.
Meanwhile no news is bad news when it comes to the Samsung Galaxy S3. The hotly tipped Android powerhouse is expected to be the world's thinnest smart phone, but when will it arrive? Not in March, sadly.
Another Samsung Galaxy is the most popular story on CNET UK this week, as Sammy mocks Apple with an advert featuring him out of The Darkness and a man being shot out of a cannon. Weren't expecting that, were you? Continue reading...
CNET UK Podcast 273: Has tech ruined real life?
As Samsung Galaxy Tab tablets are installed in the London Eye, are we staring at screens when we should be looking out of windows? As much as we love the latest gadgets, is it time we put down the tech and smelled the roses?
But before we get to that, there's good news from Ofcom: broadband speeds are up! The average British broadband speed is up, anyway, although rural areas are still struggling for decent speeds.
In phone news, thousands are pressuring Apple to take responsibility for workers in the factories where the iPhone and iPad are built. And we look at how Facebook's public offering affects you -- and ask if we can afford to buy shares in Mark Zuckerberg. Continue reading...
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CNET UK Podcast 272: Classic console combat
What's your favourite retro games console? We cast a misty-eyed glance at our formative gaming years to celebrate the Sega Mega Drive being crowned king of the classic consoles.
But it's not just a nostalgia-fest, as we catch up with the cutting-edge of up-to-the-second new technology. We explode with outrage at O2 sharing our phone numbers, meet a new Fujitsu concept that combines laptop, phone and tablet, and take a look at a week of contrasting fortunes for booming Apple and busting Nokia.
What is Apple doing right that Nokia is getting so wrong -- and is it darkest before the dawn for the Finnish phone-fabricaters? Continue reading...
CNET UK Podcast 271: So long SOPA
Fight the power! The Internet has risen against SOPA and PIPA -- but what does it mean to us here in Britain? We discuss how anti-piracy could impact you, ponder what went wrong with Kodak, and get to grips with the Asus Transformer Prime.
We discuss our addiction to Wikipedia, thrown into sharp relief by the 24-hour protest blackout on Wednesday, lament the end of an era that is Kodak going under, and try to puzzle out exactly what the heck is going on with the Transformer Prime, the hotly anticipated Android tablet that's suffering all manner of bugs and delays.
We reveal the most popular stories on CNET UK this week, including news of the new Sony Xperia S and our review of new video-streaming service Netflix. We're also pretty chuffed with our videos of the hottest new gadgets, including our 90-second round-up of the tech to get excited about in 2012 -- and of course, our live video podcast from fabulous Las Vegas. Continue reading...
CNET UK Podcast 270 video edition: CES 2012 in Las Vegas 
Unless you've been lurking in a remote cabin with no Internet access in the Outer Hebrides for the past week (hope you had nice weather), it can't possibly have escaped your notice that an extremely important event in the tech calendar has been occurring over the last few days.
CES in Las Vegas is where all the biggest names in the tech world gather once a year to show off their wares for all to see. As such, it's only right that we head West every January on a tech pilgrimage to bring you the latest news on the hot products for the year ahead. Continue reading...
CNET UK Podcast 270: Best of CES 2012 Live from Las Vegas
This week we have a very special podcast for you. The team are in Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show, and they recorded a very special episode on the CNET stage at the show.
Join Jason, Luke and special guest Bridget Carey, host of the wonderful daily news show Loaded as they take a whistlestop tour through the very best bits of the show.
CES is enormous. There are 2,700 exhibitors and about 140,000 visitors, so it's not easy to pull themes out, but the team has a go.
One of the big talking points is smart TVs. All the big TV manufacturers have announced TVs with new software designed to make it easier to download video, and many of them are voice controlled. Continue reading...
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CNET UK Podcast 269: Back to school
The Commodore 64 is 30, so the podcast team is waxing nostalgic. We look back on the computing and tech knowledge we learnt at school, and ask whether today's schools are equipping kids for the big bad digital world.
Plus we take a look at the news in the first week of 2012, and choose our favourite gadgets that landed in the days since the new year rang in.
Many of our readers are getting increasingly frustrated with the state of Android updates, and we discuss numbers as it's revealed Ice Cream Sandwich is on a tiny fraction of Android phones, and nearly half of Android devices haven't even made it to Gingerbread.
The rumours have started too: we look forward to the arrival of the Samsung Galaxy S3. Finally, in Sweden file sharing has been recognised as a right -- or should that be rite? -- as the church of Kopimism is officially recognised as a religion. And the air turns blue as Siri on the Apple iPhone 4S fires a torrent of abuse at a startled child.
Ringing in the new year with a selection of our favourite gadgets, Andy picks out the Atomic Floyd SuperDarts, Rich gets his hands on the Nikon D4, rival to the Canon EOS-1D X, and Luke comes to the rescue with the PAWS dog camera rescue system.
And we look back at our education in computers and technology in or school days. In the early days of computing for kids, we had the BBC Micro in schools and the Commodore 64 at home, if we were lucky.
But do schools, then and now, teach kids enough about computers? Microsoft, Google and Sony don't think so, as the number of pupils learning advanced computers science skills falls. When every young'un has a smart phone and fistful of social network profiles, what are the basic skills our younglings should be equipped with?
Is a grasp of Word and Excel enough? Are our kids being taught to be safe online?
We asked you to reminisce about your first experiences of computing, which was highly enlightening. And we discuss your questions about camera phones and living in the moment.
Next week there's a special treat for listeners: the podcast is coming to you live from Las Vegas next week! Tune in on Wednesday at 6.15am to see the CNET UK team report live on video from new-tech extravaganza CES at ces.cnet.com, or look out for the finished recording appearing in your iTunes as normal shortly afterwards. Continue reading...
CNET UK Podcast 268: Goodbye 2011, hello 2012
Deck the halls with boughs of holly, it's the Christmas podcast! From Apple and Samsung to ultrabooks and Beats headphones, what's changed our lives in 2011 -- and what's set to rock our world in 2012.
Amie makes her podcast debut this week alongside Rich and Jason as we reminisce by the podcast studio fire, warming our cockles with thoughts of the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S, the Samsung Galaxy S2 and Galaxy Nexus, the Nokia Lumia 800 and all the other great gadgets that came out this year. And we consider the impact of the year's patent warfare, celebrity endorsements and the revolutionary role of social media.
We ask whether Siri and TiVo have changed our lives, and exalt one gadget that literally came from the future: the Nike Air Mag shoes from Back to the Future. Continue reading...
CNET UK Podcast 267: What we Googled in 2011
It had its ups and downs, 2011. We look back at the year when technology proved itself to be a well and truly mainstream interest -- whether it's the iPhone 5 and iPad 3, Battlefield 3 and Minecraft, or the death of Steve Jobs -- as well as taking a look at this week's top tech.
In the news, we ponder a world without Wikipedia as Jimmy Wales threatens to shut down the site in protest against a proposed new draconian US copyright law. We ask whether discount phone network GiffGaff has become too popular for its own good, and cross our fingers for the iPad 3 arriving in March.
And as we count down the shopping days until 25 December, take a quick look at our guide to alternative gadgets for Christmas and our tips for cheap gadget shopping this yuletide. Continue reading...
CNET UK Podcast 266: We talk tech habits with Jon Bentley
What are the daily habits and activities we no longer embark upon thanks to new technology? That's the question we're asking in our feature this week, in a chat with The Gadget Show's Jon Bentley.
But that's not all! Rich, Andy and Luke get their debating faces on to untangle the sinister web that is the week's tech happenings, filling your ears with news that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus volume bug is fixed at last, and that we could be seeing the Amazon Kindle Fire hitting the UK in January.
We also discuss OnLive coming to tablets, and the week's most-read story on the site -- that Orange is hiking its prices.
We talk about the killer videos we've been producing, including iOS vs Android, the top five phones as voted for by you (you'll never guess which mobile didn't make the grade) and a chilling look at what happens to abandoned technology once the lights go out... Continue reading...
CNET UK Podcast 265: Mini-Internets and apps within apps
With the arrival of apps for Spotify, the service has become a kind of mini-Internet for music. Meanwhile Facebook is a kind of layer on top of the web, where you can play games and watch videos as well as poking your friends. Are these portals to online connectedness the future?
As we head into the festive season, the team dons jumpers with reindeer on and rings out the bells ready for the Christmas shopping season. Speaking of which, we discuss Tesco's new free movie cloud storage service, and find out why the government is spending £5bn on a present for broadband users in Britain's cities.
It wouldn't be Christmas without a Scrooge, and this year it's Orange. The citrus-flavoured network is hiking prices -- doesn't it know we've got presents to buy? Continue reading...
CNET UK Podcast 264: Battlecruisers in the boozer
It's time to head for the pub for the big game -- but in true geek style, we're not talking about footerball. We meet the gamers bringing the spaceships and battlecruisers of big-money Starcraft II tournaments to your local boozer.
We dispatched our roving reporter Jerome to Barcraft, to see how video game fans reclaiming their local from the football crowds. Gaming tournaments are huge in Asia and the US, and now gamers around the world can get behind their favourite games over a lovely pint of lager for the gentleman and a glass of white wine or fruit-based drink for the lady.
The debauchery doesn't end there, as the podcast team -- who have been known to enjoy the odd tipple -- kick things off with a foaming round of news.
CNET UK Podcast 263: Future music
Start the music... It's an exciting time for tunes as Apple, Google and BlackBerry all launch online music services -- but a backlash is brewing against digital streaming as some record labels and artists turn against Spotify. What is the future of music?
Plus we look at the rest of the week's technology news, including the revelation that broadband speeds drop by a third in the evening and the welcome news that Ice Cream Sandwich is coming to Sony Ericsson Xperia phones and the Samsung Galaxy S2. And we discuss Nikon 1 J1, a new interchangeable lens camera that's exciting many of our readers. Continue reading...
CNET UK Podcast 262: Game on!
Let's go, gamers! With the big-name games lining up to do battle for your Christmas coppers, we take a look at the future of the gaming world -- and ask if the smart phone has killed the console.
Gamers are going ga-ga for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Battlefield 3, Arkham City, Uncharted 3 -- and Angry Birds. With Steve Jobs named as the most influential man in gaming history, are the days of the console numbered? Why has the current generation of Xbox and PlayStation been around for so long? And is there a creative crisis in video games?
Plus, we insert a cartridge of technology news and fidget through the loading screen with our thoughts on the sale of Comet for just two quid and the death of Flash on your phone. And we ask whether the music industry is in a healthy state, despite reports that one in five 11-year-olds use illegal file-sharing sites. Continue reading...
CNET UK Podcast 261: Cybercrime and punishment
'Ello 'ello 'ello... Government guvnors and business bosses met behind closed doors in London this week for a conference on protecting the Internet. We've recreated that discussion, except with more jokes and less David Cameron.
With hacking, cybercrime and even cyberwarfare on the rise, governments and online businesses are keen to come to an international consensus on the Web. But how far should we go? Should we keep the Internet free, or does it need policing?
We also ask how much the Internet weighs, boggle at Angry Birds' latest milestone, and have our minds blown by Japanese plans for a spare Tokyo. Yes, at a site 300 miles west of Tokyo the Japanese want to build the Integrated Resort, Tourism, Business and Backup City. We know it's always a good idea to back up, but this is ridiculous. Continue reading...
CNET UK Podcast 260: Will Nokia save Windows Phone?
Two titans of the tech world have teamed up -- but can Nokia save Windows Phone, and can Windows Phone save Nokia? And is it safe to buy a Nokia again?
That's just three of the burning questions we confront in the CNET UK podcast. We also take a look at the best tech of the week, including the Nokia Lumia 800,
Dell XPS 14Z and Netflix.
We'll meet a man who loves his Nokia so much he's had it embedded in his arm, ponder where Sony will go now it's bought out the whole of Sony Ericsson for a billion quid, and weigh up the legal action launched over the recent BlackBerry meltdown, and ponder why you just don't get decent toys in cereal any more. Continue reading...
CNET UK Podcast 259: Siri seems to be the hardest word
Phones phones phones! It's been a massive week for mobile phones, with the arrival of the iPhone 4S, Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Motorola Razr. We take a long hard look at Ice Cream Sandwich and the rest of the week's technology news -- and all with a very special guest: Siri.
We've pitted the 4S, Galaxy Nexus and Razr against each other in phone combat. And in other phone news, we look ahead to newly-profitable Nokia's big Windows Phone announcement next week -- will Windows Phone take our favourite Finns back to the top of the mobile phone tree?
We reveal how this week's most popular story on CNET UK frees you from the tyranny of iTunes. And we pick our favourite bits of kit from the past week, including the new 18-megapixel, full-frame Canon EOS 1D X, which much to Luke's dismay costs as much as a car. And speaking of cars, we get excited about an electric DeLorean -- which is presumably charged up by lightning strike, Back to the Future-style. Continue reading...
CNET UK Podcast 258: BlackBerry BlackOut
BlackBerrys are broken, TVs are melting, and hackers are hacking -- it's all going wrong in the world of technology. Join the CNET UK podcast team as we try and figure out why everything is going wrong, and pick out some top technology that actually works.
The big news is the failure of BlackBerry services around the world, affecting millions of users far and wide. Meanwhile certain batches of Sony TVs have been melting -- melllltingggg! -- so we've come up with some important fire-fighting tips. And a new phone is on sale today that you may have heard of; an ePhone 5 or something.
We don't just squirt our tech news and reviews into your ears, we also splash it in your eyes, so look out for our videos on the fascinating history of Nokia and the top five tablets in our videos section or on YouTube. Continue reading...
CNET UK Podcast 257: A tribute to Steve Jobs
We pay tribute to Steve Jobs, the charismatic and visionary mastermind behind Apple. Even if you've never owned an Apple product, you've almost certainly felt the influence of his vision.
It's a special podcast as we look back at the life and times of Steve Jobs, and the gadgets he oversaw in his time at Apple. It's no exaggeration to say the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad shook up the world of technology and transformed the way many of us do things, so we share our memories of how Apple changed the game time and again.
Andy tells of his love for the iPhone 4, Luke describes how the iPad changed his mind, Rich waxes lyrical about his first iMac, and Jason reveals how the iPod helped shape his career. We also take a look at some of Apple's less successful gadgets -- were the hockey puck mouse and the Newton rubbish, or just ahead of their time? Continue reading...
CNET UK Podcast 256: Tinker tailor smart phone spy
You've bought your new gadget -- what's the first thing you do? Take the back off and fiddle about with it, of course. CNET UK columnist Jon Bentley thinks we should, so the podcast team debate the pros and cons of monkeying about.
Plus, we take a look at the headlines and the best tech of the week, and check out what you've been saying about the week's stories.
It's a three-way face-off in the world of the smart phone operating system: Windows Phone Mango is out now, with new versions of iOS 5 and Android also on the way. We're boldly going to Blu-ray when Star Trek: The Next Generation arrives in HD, and we're boldly going to the tech event of the year -- after the annual CNET UK wet t-shirt competition and hog roast, that is. It's the launch of the iPhone 5! iPhone 6, anyone? Continue reading...
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