CNET UK Podcast
CNET UK Podcast 172: Have Internet comments got out of hand? 
This week on the podcast, we took a look at the future of Moon landings, wondered if anything can save Symbian and asked if the Tories are right to push for fibre to the home before 2017. We also questioned the concept that the general public should be allowed to comment on Internet blogs and found the concept of pierced kittens slightly worrying.
News
Symbian goes open source
Tories want fibre to the home funded by TV licence
Obama cancels the Moon. Well, Americans landing on it
Crave
New Sony laptop and eco netbook
Sony Ericsson Vivaz
Feature
This week, we asked if Internet comments have jumped the shark.
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CNET UK Podcast 171: The iPad has landed
There's no point pretending that we didn't talk about Apple's iPad this week. As much as certain members of the team might sneer at such a ludicrous device, it's still the biggest news story this year. Even so, there have been other things happening, so we took the time to have a sniff around the world of tech and discuss its delightful odour.
News
If you have more than 150 friends on Facebook they're not really friends
China denies attacks on Google
Android phones will be allowed into China
Google founders to sell $5.5bn in stock over five years
Crave
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ8 and TZ10: Manual control and GPS take us places
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Forget the cure for cancer. Forget world hunger and natural disasters -- the iPad is here.
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CNET UK Podcast 170: No jail for Oink admin
This week on the CNET UK Podcast we began a new era. With our old buddy Nate munching the grass in pastures new, Flora stepped in to take on the role of our permanent co-host. With Ian and Rory back from the fun and hard work of Las Vegas, now seems like a great time to get back into the swing of regular podcasting. On the agenda this week: Twitter jokes that go wrong, a file-sharing admin getting off scot-free and an exclusive dating site that just makes us cross.
News
Man arrested for airport bomb 'threat' on Twitter
Hysteria for Apple tablet builds
Amazon cuts fees for self-publishers
Crave
Nokia Ovi Maps
Kingston SSD drive with USB enclosure
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CNET UK Podcast 169: Natali Del Conte joins us in Vegas
This week on the CNET UK podcast, we've got a live treat for you. And when we say live, we mean that it was live this Saturday from CES 2010 in Las Vegas and committed to the medium of tape. We had the honour of being joined by the CNET UK Podcast's biggest fan: CNET.com's Natali Del Conte, who shared the CNET Live stage with your regular hosts, Ian Morris and Rich Trenholm.
In a slightly different show from usual, we ran down the interesting things from CES, and discussed which did and didn't have the potential to make it in this technologically cut-throat world. We also tried not to use too many obscure British words, and it seemed to work -- we weren't even booed off stage. Continue reading...
CNET UK Podcast 168: The best of CES 2010
The craving is off the scale in Las Vegas this week, where all the latest tech is being shown off at the Consumer Electronics Show. Regular podcast host Ian Morris is there, along with Cravers Rory Reid and Rich Trenholm, stalking the best of the best on the strip. This week on the podcast, we spoke to Ian over the phone from the CNET lair at the top of the Mandalay Bay Hotel to find out more about the tech that's got everyone talking at this year's CES.
We also talked about sexy times on the Internet thanks to Britain's big freeze, how Europe's answer to GPS is almost not vapourware anymore, and the New Year Honours for British videogame makers. Continue reading...
CNET UK Podcast 167: Best tech of the noughties
You've probably noticed -- it's not just the end of the year, but the end of a decade. Depending how you count your decades. Anyway, it's been ten years since the Millennium Bug panic, so now seems like a good enough time to take a look at the first decade of the 21st century and see what the best tech was.
A decade is a very long time in tech, we discovered -- it's actually hard to believe that for the first half of the decade we didn't have the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and the Wii. It's a period that saw GPS take over everything we do, from finding the M1 to finding the local hostelry. All in all, we're very happy with the first decade of the 21st century, but we are worried about the lack of hoverboards, which we're pretty sure everyone was supposed to have by now.
Once we'd related our stories about the best technology, Rory surprised us with a method of deciding what was the most significant invention. Continue reading...
CNET UK Podcast 166: The best of 2009
In time-honoured Christmas tradition, this week we examined the whole year for all of its most interesting stories. So Flora, Nate and Rich joined Ian to pick through the bones of 2009 and decide what was worth making special note of in this most special of all special podcasts.
We couldn't have a best of the year show without talking about our favourite technology. It's been a smashing year for mobile phones and cameras in particular, as Flora and Rich proved. But Nate was enthusiastic about GPS having a pretty good time of it too -- especially in phones.
With another year in the bag, we're looking forward to a Christmas break, so this will be the last show until the week between Christmas and New Year -- when we'll be glorying in the whole decade of technology. Continue reading...
CNET UK Podcast 165: Shopping online, dropping offline
This week on the show, Nate, Flora and Ian decided to ask questions about traditional retail and how the Internet might not take over the entire world. Aside from groceries, we're fans of walking off the street and plucking a delightful product from the shelves. But our pondering was brought on by Amazon store rumours and the recent collapse of high-street retailers.
As always, we talked about the week's news, got excited about some new competitions on CNET UK and wondered what possible reason there is to pay $1,000 for a single 1m HDMI cable.
News
Tesco announces iPhone pricing
AOL Time Warner has completed its split
Cello has launched iPlayer TV and the freesat iPlayer beta starts
Study finds Americans consume 34GB of information per day
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CNET UK Podcast 164: Can anything save MySpace?
This week, Ian and Nate invited Rory back to the CNET UK Podcast, despite his terrible behaviour and mobile-phone shenanigans last time round. He was very good this time, with his phone causing only very minor interruptions. We discussed the week's news, were pleased to see Microsoft vindicated in the 'black screen of death' scandal, and talked about the future of MySpace.
News
Windows 7 not directly to blame for 'black screen of death'
BSkyB attacks BT over raising prices for third-party access to its telephone network
BBC HD and ITV HD launch on Freeview
Google will 'limit' access to news to placate publishers
Features
With the launch of MySpace Music in the UK, we were forced to wonder if anything can save the site. Our feeling is that the service is of very little use to most people. While it serves some bands well, it fails as a social network and a music source. It seems that most of you agree with us, judging by our poll. No-one really thought there was much that could be done to bring MySpace back from near death.
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CNET UK Podcast 163: Is giffgaff the future of mobile tariffs?
This week on the CNET UK Podcast, Ian, Flora and Rich hunkered down and tackled the nitty-gritty tech issues of the week. We talked about Facebook losing you healthcare benefits, we wondered what would happen in a word with no bankers, and how the LSE downtime affected the world we live in. This week's feature was about cut-priced services in exchange for social marketing.
News
Woman loses benefits after posting Facebook photos of her 'having fun'
LSE grinds to halt because of computer glitch
Tesco to sell the iPhone 3G and 3GS
TiVo comes back to the UK, with Virgin Media
Crave
1,000mph rocket 'car'
Nokia N900 Internet tablet-phone-thingy
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