In a packed podcast this week, we gawp at OpenOffice’s 18-button mouse, thumb our noses at Rupert Murdoch’s threats to quit Google and ponder a PC designed especially for the over-50s. Meanwhile, the iPhone falls victim to its first major malware attack, but gains the ability to receive Sky Sports. Our candidate for Hot Hardware of the Week is the Vodafone 360, running the Linux-based LiMo operating system.

Back to human presenters this week, with the latest news of the iPhone’s adventures; the astonishing rise of Windows 7 since its launch (as well as the continued dominance of, er, Windows 3.1 for browsing the web); the latest wobble for smartphones with touch screens; and Microsoft being less than charitable with its accounting software. Plus, hot hardware of the week is the latest and greatest data-transfer standard, USB 3.

A (possible) world’s first this week as the podcast is introduced by a non-human presence. After that, we discuss whether mobile broadband in on the verge of being brought to its knees; whether Microsoft opening up its Outlook file format is a good thing; the creepiness and/or sense of Facebook’s latest initiative; problems with Windows 7 upgrades crippling PCs; and finally we give our new podcast presenter – the Amazon Kindle – a very thorough probing.

Barry Collins takes the reins this week as the team discuss the confusing range of Windows 7 editions, ponder Apple’s new 27-inch iMac and deride Eugene Kaspersky’s idea of disconnecting rogue nations from the internet. Our hot hardware candidate is the Acer Aspire One D250, a new netbook that runs both Windows 7 and Google Android.

In this week’s instalment we break the news about Acer’s foray into Android netbooks; look at what Microsoft is doing with its new, free security software; sigh, tut and make despairing noises at the state of BT’s online backup service; look askance at the Twitter/government/Trafigura affair; and marvel – in both a good and bad way – at Sony’s latest high-end laptop.

The seventy-seventh PC Pro podcast brings you news of Amazon’s Kindle coming to the UK; a round-up of the flurry of smartphone action that’s happened in recent days; talk of the future of Nvidia and its GP-GPUs; an account of Microsoft’s head honcho getting a grilling; and the best hot hardware for months.

In this week’s packed podcast, we assess the chances of Ubuntu making it on the desktop; the chances of their being any point to Google Chrome Frame; the chances of wireless charging ever taking off; the chances of Light Peak taking over the world; and the chances of any of us ever buying a Ferrari-branded laptop.

In the 75th PC Pro Podcast, we look at the new from the Intel Developer Forum; break a story about Demon Internet’s security lapse; expose the ‘free’ Windows upgrades that cost nearly £30; and wonder what Firefox is up to. Plus we look at the fastest single-GPU graphics card ever, and Sony’s newest pocket video camera.

This week, ARM swings its artillery in Intel’s direction; AMD goes Eyefinity; news that we can all now buy 802.11n routers; an in-depth debate over Spotify for the iPhone; and the hot hardware of the week comes once again from Apple.

This week’s PC Pro podcast sees Barry Collins explain what the Orange and T-Mobile merger will mean to consumers, David Bayon eulogise over the wonders of Spotify on the iPhone, and Darien Graham-Smith attempt to persuade the team that the Mozilla Firefox 4 is worth getting excited about. Plus, lies, damn lies and the Government’s claims about illegal file sharers, and can Intel’s Core i5 processor win its place as Hot Hardware of the Week?