CNET UK Podcast
CNET UK Podcast 142: What do you do about Internet obscenity? 
This week Ian and Nate asked that most ancient of all questions: is it possible to 'clean up' the Internet and should we even try? It's a debate that's been sparked off by the decision that the author of 'Girls (scream) Aloud' didn't break obscenity laws with his close-to-the-bone work of fiction. With Nate a fan of Cannibal Corpse, it's not hard to guess what his opinion on censorship is -- but is there a solution for everyone else?
There was also the usual look at the week's news and events, we discussed the new universal phone-charger agreement, Twitter trademarking 'tweet' and the Palm Pre's imminent arrival in the UK.
News
Twitter applies for 'tweet' trademark
Author of Girls (scream) Aloud cleared
EU standardise mobile phone chargers -- Apple on-board
The Pirate Bay sold to gaming cafe company
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CNET UK Podcast 141: Living with smart phones
This week on the CNET UK Podcast has a reduced, but very dedicated, team. Flora and Ian discussed the week's news, as well has having quite a healthy debate about the pros and cons of living with a smart phone. Ian is currently rocking the HTC Magic with Android, and Flora is living it large with the iPhone 3GS (and a backup iPhone 3G). But who has the best product, and who spends the fewest minutes yelling at their handset in frustration?
News
HTC Hero is launched
Windows 7 pricing announced
Vodafone launches home cell tower for people with poor coverage
Steve Jobs had a liver transplant
Crave
Flora was loving the LG Viewty Smart and Ian was all about Serif MoviePlus X3 video-editing software for Windows.
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CNET UK Podcast 140: Is Digital Britain going to happen?
This has been a major week for Britain -- at least, digitally speaking. That's right, this week the government proved once and for all that it's not capable of understanding technology, but is a world expert on how to tax the man on the street.
The sceptical among you will probably suggest that if MPs weren't such expense-generating beasts, there'd be enough in the coffers to pay for fibre to every home in the land. And you'd be right, but as it is, we've got the cleanest moats, most delightful duck houses and best-appointed second homes in the world.
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Our Digital Britain coverage has covered new plans for DAB radio, anti-piracy, broadband for all and how we would have tackled the whole thing. We'd love to hear what you think about Digital Britain, so hit the forums and get talking.
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CNET UK Podcast 139: Palm Pre vs iPhone special
In case you've missed it, this has been a pretty big week for mobile phones. The Palm Pre finally got its US launch just two days before the biggest Apple event of the year. And yes, you guessed it, there's a new iPhone on the way. To celebrate these two events, Ian, Nate and Rory got together to talk about the handsets and what's good and bad about each one.
As you can imagine, the debate was heated and there was the occasional bit of shouting, but we covered a lot of points about both. We'd value your input, so head over to the CNET UK Podcast lounge to discuss.
Regular listeners might wonder why the podcast is a day early -- you can thank Mr Bobert Crow and his lovable union for interrupting our week with their charming Tube strike. Continue reading...
CNET UK Podcast 138: A really good year for Microsoft?
This week on the podcast, Ian, Nate and Rich tucked into the tech industry with their cutlery of criticism for a feast of high-tech news. Topics on this show include BT giving customers a nifty speed increase with one hand, and throttling iPlayer with the other.
We also rated Microsoft Bing, after a week of using it for finding things online. We rounded-up the news from E3 and handled some feedback -- and asked if 2009 was the best year yet for Microsoft.
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BT increases ADSL speed to 20mb
BBC claims BT is throttling iPlayer
E3 highlights
Microsoft Natal, the new Xbox 360 controller
PSP Go and new PS3 Motion Controller
Nintendo announces virtually nothing new, apart from a few controllers and more Mario
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CNET UK Podcast 137: E3 preview
This week podcast regulars Ian and Nate are joined by Guy 'co-creator of the stink' Cocker. Happily, Guy didn't bring the usual GameSpot odour with him this time, but he did tell us that listeners to his podcast were talking some smack about the CNET UK posse.
As well as all our usual features, we're taking a special look at the upcoming games from E3, the game industry's most important trade show of the year. Guy told us what to expect, and we're now officially excited about the upcoming year.
News
Zune coming to Europe
Sky TV comes to Xbox 360
Microsoft Kumo now called 'Bing'
Nokia Ovi Store launches
Palm Pre on O2?
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CNET UK Podcast 136: Palm pre, awesome or awful?
This week, Ian, Nate and Flora explored a new search engine, a new statistics-finding search thingy and discuss Three doing an inverse-Vodafone by dropping its excellent 'Three Like Home' roaming package.
News
1.5 TB on a DVD sized disc?
Wolfram Alpha goes live
Microsoft Kumo could launch next week
Three ends "Three like home"
Crave
Google Trike
Samsung i8910 HD
Twitter Poll
This week's poll asked "Considering the US price and rumoured features of the Palm Pre, will you be rushing out to buy one?" The results were very interesting. You can still vote if you want, but it seems clear to us that there is a lot of interest in the Pre, although a lot of people are sticking with their iPhones.
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CNET UK Podcast 135: Are newspapers doomed?
This week on the show Ian, Nate and Flora had a little chat about the week's top news stories, had a little Crave of the newest and coolest gadgets and pondered the purpose of a bra with all sorts of included gadgets.
News
The most pirated music is also the most popular
Craigslist drops adverts for erotic 'services'
France goes ahead with 'three strikes' law against filesharers
Ashton Kutcher is a waste of space.
Crave
This week in Crave Nate told us about a first – Vodafone actually charging less for something. Yes, less! We were amazed too. And as if that wasn't enough, Flora then blew our minds with a one-handed games controller for mobile phones. Continue reading...
CNET UK Podcast 134: Does DAB have a future?
This week on the CNET UK Podcast, Ian, Nate and Rich met up to discuss the latest technology news and pore attentively over your top-notch feedback. We also took the time to talk about some bizarre high-tech language developments and the future of digital radio -- if it has one.
As always, we'd love to hear what you think about the show and the stories we covered. Head over to the Podcast Lounge to get involved.
Crave
Duke Nukem Forever now Duke Nukem Never
Virgin trials 3D TV, 1080p and 200Mbps broadband
New Amazon Kindle DX launched
Apple and Google investigated for "close relationship"
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CNET UK Podcast 133: Will Windows 7 be pure win or utter fail?
This week, Ian was joined by podcast regular Nate Lanxon and mobile phone expert Flora Graham in a studio which smelt very much like something had recently died there. This wonderful odour was thanks to those terrific, but flatulent, chaps at our sister site GameSpot UK.
Still, the team battled through their nausea to discuss the Pirate Party going to the European parliament, AOL getting the boot and yet another trial about DVD piracy. We also answered a question from the forum and discussed what the future holds for Windows 7.
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Sweden's 'Pirate Party' expected to gain a seat in EU parliament.
AOL nearly ready to be spun off
RealDVD trial has started -- is it legal to backup DVDs?
iPhone users spend 9.6 minutes per app
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