It’s the end of the world as we know it…. Or not as the CERN team successfully tested the Large Hadron Collider, the device that it hopes will reveal the so-called ‘God particle’. We discuss what the LHC project is all about, as well as reveal the IT implications of the project.

Also in the news, we look at RIM’s new flip phone BlackBerry, the government taking action against PA Consulting after it lost sensitive data and the cost of a potential fibre broadband rollout is shooting up even before a length of fibre has even been laid.

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In this week’s podcast, the team takes a look at Google new Chrome web browser, and discusses Dell’s move into the popular and already-crowded netbook market.

We also talk about the 25th anniversary of GNU and Stephen Fry’s criticism of both Microsoft and Apple, we examine O2’s digital wallet trial and its long-awaited pay-as-you-go pricing for the iPhone 3G.

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In this week’s podcast, we look at Dell’s downbeat financial results, problems with Apple’s latest iPhone build, more problems for Apple as another of its adverts is blasted for making inaccurate claims.

Meanwhile, LG is launching a netbook and Sony’s chief executive has cast doubt – intentionally or otherwise – over the future of its Sony Ericsson mobile phone joint venture.

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In this week’s podcast we ask how data on 84,000 prisoners, as well as details of ex-convicts, found its way on to an unencrypted USB stick, in the latest in what looks like a long series of data breaches. Also on security, we look at facial recognition trials at Manchester Airport: exactly what are the security benefits of this latest biometrics scheme?

Meanwhile, on the hardware front, we cover the latest stories from Intel’s Developer Forum, which has just wrapped up in in San Francisco, and look at Palm’s latest smartphone offering, the Treo Pro. Is it enough to keep the company up there with Apple, RIM, HTC and Nokia?

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In this week’s podcast we take an in-depth look at the decision by TfL to cancel the multi-million pound IT services contract with TranSys to manage the under-fire Oyster card platform. We also take a look at new laptops from Dell, a very disruptive new BlackBerry from RIM, and Chip-and-PIN fraud.

We also discuss the merits of a government proposal to increase its snooping powers and to store copies of your data, in the interests of ‘security’.

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In this week’s podcast, Chris and Benny look at Delta’s introduction of in-flight Wi-Fi, the launch of Microsoft SQL Server 2008, the latest on the TK Maxx data theft case, yet another Asus Eee PC model and how nearly 20,000 deserted cable operator Virgin Media in the last quarter.

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In this week’s podcast we discuss hacker Gary McKinnon’s failed attempt to avoid extradition to the US where he faces charges of tampering with defence computers.

Also, we give you the low-down on Cuil, the new search engine which claims it will give Google a run for its money. We are not so sure…..

We also talk about Nokia’s N96 smartphone, which is due to hit the shops shortly, the Home Office initiative that will allow the public to see crime figures overlaid on a map of where they live, and another increase in malware attacks.

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This week, the IT PRO has a pair of special guests to talk about the top news from the past week, starting with VMware’s move to make its hypervisor free - is it all just a ploy to undercut Microsoft and get us all hooked on virtualisation? Yeah, probably.

We also talk about Apple’s latest iPhone. Is it ready for business? Will CIOs buy them bulk for their staff? Or is nothing more than a fancy phone with an iPod attached… featuring sweet games like ‘lightsabre’? (insert swooshing sound here.)

And also in the news, the ongoing problems with Transport for London’s Oyster card. Is it just a coincidence that the London-wide system has crashed twice since hackers cracked it? And, possibly more importantly, what’s your favourite tube line?

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The long-awaited 3G version of the iPhone has finally gone on sale. There’s been a great deal of hype, but was it justified. We get the iPhone 3G into the IT PRO Podcast studio for a first look and discuss both the consumer and business merits of Apple’s revamped smartphone.

Also in the news, the chief executive of virtualisation giant VMware is replaced suddenly by an ex-Microsoft exec, British businesses are banning IM and DreamWorks drops AMD for Intel.

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Firefox secures the first world record for first day downloads of a computer application, Viacom secures a landmark legal ruling against Google and solid state hard drives are about to get much cheaper for everyone.

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