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Episode 44: Google I/O roundup covering Assistant, Lens, Photos, and more

2017-05-1926:56

PCWorld editors Jon Phillips, Mark Hachman, and Michael Simon go over some of the biggest news out of Google I/O 2017. Starting with Google Assistant's new features, moving to Google Lens and how it is a souped up Google Goggles, and finishing with Google Photos updates. The Right or Wrong segment asks the question: "Is it ok that Google I/O was a quiet event?"

Episode 43: Microsoft Surface Laptop, Windows 10 S, Samsung Galaxy S8, and Twitter shows

2017-05-0340:15

On Episode 43 of the PCWorld Show, the gang talks about Surface Laptop, Windows 10 S, Galaxy S8 and Twitter's new video ambitions.

Episode 42: Windows 10 Creators Update arrives, Samsung unveils the GS8, Intel Optane, and more

2017-03-2935:46

This week, Jon Phillips, Melissa Riofrio and Mark Hachman reveal the coolest features in the new Windows 10 Creators Update; talk about what makes the Samsung Galaxy S8 so appealing; and lament the broken promises of Intel Optane. The gangs ends the show with a debate on whether the Galaxy S8 can help people forget about Samsung's boom-boom battery problems.

Episode 41: The other Ryzen shoe drops, Samsung S8 and Apple squeezes out more iPads.

2017-03-2240:34

This week Jon Phillips, Gordon Mah Ung and Jason Cross talk about AMD's crazy powerful, and crazy cheap Ryzen CPUs, detail the latest on the Samsung S8 and yawn about Apple's new iPad. In this week's Right or Wrong: Can you survive on a 12-hour flight without your laptop and tablet?

Episode 40: Android Apps On Chromebook, EVGA's Radical Card, Intel Coffee Lake, and Pokemon Go.

2017-02-1529:45

This week Jon Phillips, Gordon Mah Ung and Melissas Riofrio show and tell a Samsung Chromebook that runs Android apps out of the box and EVGA's latest GeForce GTX 1080 that goes overboard on the cooling. The PCWorld crew also tells you if Moore's Law is dead. In this week's Right or Wrong: will new Pokemon's reanimate the excitement or not.

Episode 39: Windows 10 Cloud, MacBook Pro Battery Life, 7 nm Chips On Deck, and more.

2017-02-0137:12

This week Jon Phillips, Gordon Mah Ung and Melissa Riofrio talk about Microsoft's alleged Chrome OS killer, why the MacBook Pro's battery life can be whacky and why Moore's Law is alive and well. In this week's Right or Wrong: "You need a $600 tablet."

Episode 38: HP Omen X, Note 7 Hold Outs, Consumer Reports VS MacBook Pro, and a new MacBook Pro 17?

2017-01-2435:38

This week Jon Phillips, Gordon Mah Ung and Melissa Riofrio show off HP's crazy Omen X, try to figure out just why people won't give up their Samsung Note 7 phones and debate whether Consumer Reports did Apple wrong. In this week's Right or Wrong: "Should Apple make a MacBook Pro 17?"

Episode 37: The best and worse of CES and does it even matter anymore?

2017-01-1243:38

This week Jon Phillips, Mark Hachman and Melissa Riofrio tell you what the winners and losers of CES were. These veterans of the show then tell you what it's like to actually attend and then ponder whether CES even matters anymore.

Episode 36: AMD's Zen gets a name, Windows on ARM and Surface outsells Mac?

2017-01-1240:35

This week Jon Phillips, Gordon Mah Ung and Melissa Riofrio tell you what AMD's Zen will be named, tell you why Windows on ARM does and doesn't matter and then question if Surface is really outselling MacBook. On this week's Right or Wrong: Do you want a foldable phone?

Episode 35: MacBook Pro vs. Surface Book, the year's best and worst products and Windows hub

2016-12-0738:33

This week Jon Phillips, Gordon Mah Ung and Melissa Riofrio talk MacBook Pro vs. Surface Book, Microsoft's "famtana" and name the Best and Worst products. On this week's Right or Wrong: Will Intel soon be using AMD graphics?

Episode 34: Game of Thrones CPU style, Intel Inside your car and The Simpson's Did It.

2016-12-0136:20

This week Jon Phillips, Gordon Mah Ung and Mark Hachman try to figure out if AMD's Zen will be House Stark to Intel's House Lannister. Will your car soon have an Intel Inside sticker on it? And yipee! Facebook will soon push games into your news feed too. On this week's Right or Wrong: Did Apple steal the idea for its SSD backup rig from The Simpsons?

Episode 33: Apple's iBook, how thin is too thin and fake news

2016-11-1735:49

This week Jon Phillips, Melissa Riofrio, and Gordon Mah Ung talk about Apple's new $300 navel-gazing book and debate how far is too far when trading performance for a thin profile laptop. Finally, the crew discusses the problems with "fake" news and in this week's Wrong or Right? Jon surprises all with a gigantic device.

Episode 32: PC show and tell, LeEco launch and what's wrong with the MacBook Pro?

2016-10-1938:03

This week Jon Phillips, Melissa Riofrio and Gordon Mah Ung do a hardware show and tell of Lenovo's unique Yoga Book, and HP's updated Spectre X360 and Omen 17. Melissa also fills us in on the latest brand you've probably never heard of: LeEco. Finally, Gordon takes a look a look at almost four years of the MacBook Pro 15 and shakes his head. And Wrong or Right: Paying $769 for a phone is insane.

Episode 31: The Note7 is dead, cylinder PC's and Mac sales dive

2016-10-1435:20

This week Jon Phillips, Melissa Riofrio, and Gordon Mah Ung discuss the premature death of Samsung's Note7 and the sudden influx of new "cylinder PCs." And it turns out even Mac users don't want to buy ancient hardware anymore as Macintosh sales drop like a rock. Finally in this week's Right or Wrong: Will there even be a Samsung Note 8?

Episode 30: Google Pixel phone, Google Home and Intel Kaby Lake

2016-10-0634:02

This week Jon Phillips, Jason Cross and Gordon Mah Ung talk Google Pixel phone and what it's missing. The gang also details Google Home and Gordon gets confused by Hangouts, Assistant, Allo and Google Now. Finally Gordon shows off a pair of Dell XPS 13 laptops one of which has Intel's latest 7th Gen Kaby Lake CPU inside.

Episode 29: Samsung Note7 recall, Google Pixel phones and Tesla car hack

2016-09-2242:22

This week Jon Phillips, Jason Cross and Gordon Mah Ung tell you the latest on Samsung's Note7 fiasco, mull Google's Pixel phone rumors and pass judgement on how serious the Tesla car hack is. And Right or Wrong: Is the Samsung Note7 the new Ford Pinto?

Episode 28: Apple kills the analog port, PlayStation 4 Pro does 4K gaming and "courage."

2016-09-0842:22

Jon, Melissa and Gordon discuss Apple's iPhone 7 moves, Gordon details the Sony PlayStation 4 Pro and Melissa tells us the EU won't make PC vendors sell computers without an OS. Right or Wrong: Did Apple go too far when it used the word "courage" to describe an iPhone feature?

Episode 27: More Kaby Lake, Win10 Mobile, and IFA.

2016-09-0737:17

This week Jon Phillips, Mark Hachman and Melissa Riofrio discuss talk more about Kaby Lake, Windows 10 Mobile and the hot hardware from the big IFA trade show in Berlin. And Right or Wrong: Chromebook's end of life cycle.

Episode 26: IDF, AMD Zen, and Microsoft's Holographic Processing Unit

2016-08-2532:22

This week Jon Phillips, Brad Chacos, and Mark Hachman discuss news from the Intel Developer Forum, whether AMD Zen is competitive against Nvidia, and Microsoft's Holographic Processing Unit. Also Right or Wrong? Was IDF a big deal for PC Enthusiasts?

Episode 25: Samsung Note 7, Facebook ad blocking blocking and MacBook Pro updates

2016-08-1137:31

This week Jon Phillips, Florence Ion and Gordon Mah Ung talk Samsung Note 7 and tell you want happened to the Note 6. Facebook starts blocking ad blockers (who are already blocking the ad blocking blocks). And Gordon tries to get Mac users up in arms over their future. And Right or Wrong: Amazon Prime planes.

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