The Official CNET UK Podcast Episode 113 topic

This week, Nate, Andrew and Ian talk about mobile broadband, widescreen YouTube and we have a very interesting interview with a person who does science for a living.

Should be ready by around 3:30. Sorry for the delay, some meetings and a tech glitch have delayed me getting this show ready.

It's live!

Wow, 109 new podcasts... you lot have been busy! ;-p

Downloading the latest one now

This week I interviewed Dr Pamela Gay, who's a professor of Physics at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. She hosts one of my favourite podcasts -- Astronomy Cast -- as featured in a recent article I wrote, here.

You can check out a few photos from the interview in my Flickr gallery, seen here.

I'm in ur thread, linkin to ur shownotes.

Downloading now.

Edit: What does Froogle actually mean anyway, then?

I was wondering if someone might ask this! It's another Google gimmick. The word is actually spelt 'frugal'. If you're frugal, you're generally economical, thrifty and in terms of shopping you're always looking for a good deal.

Bloody Google and their language hacks!

The Pamela Gay interview was very cool. I actually started listening to AstronomyCast due to Nate's article.

On the topic of the Pamela Gay interview, what is everyones preferred way of the world ending?

Has to be the Milky Way colliding with Andromeda for me. At least I can go "Oooh, purdy" before my impending death.

How are you enjoying it? It's without a doubt my favourite non-tech podcast.

I really appreciate it because of, how Pamela put, they explain, how we know the things we know. It's especially good for me, as being the physics graduate, I'm expected to be know the far end of everything, which is neigh-on impossible. So it helps me retain some science cred in my family

On the subject of Froogle, yes it sucked previously but, as far as I've seen, 'Google Shopping' isn't much better as most of it links to product rip-offs on eBay.

BUT, the price review you guys have on reviews is fantastic! You saved me £50 when I bought my eeePC 901 (yes i FINALLY did it!) over how much I expected to pay!

CNET, if you want some extra money, sell your price comparison system to Google!

Hurrah for comparisons. Now if you enjoyed prices.cnet.co.uk, wait 'til you try downloads.cnet.co.uk!

You guys don't seem to have attributed the any of the rise in mobile broadband usage to the increase in availability of USB modems and the rocket-like ascendancy of netbooks in 2008.

On that note how about a little public rant on the non-availability of contract free - built in 3G - Linux netbooks in the UK, which I think at the moment stands at none.

As far as I was aware, we were only discussing the Internet as access on devices like mobile phones and iPhones.

This is what a general galactic collision would look like.

Here's a simulation of our galaxy hitting Andromeda

(let me know if you can't access the page linked)