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Ever wondered what a microwave oven could do to your wireless access, or what effect a radioactive rock might have on a flash drive?

Probably not, but then hopefully you're slightly more sensible than Rupert Goodwins and Charles McLellan, the presenters of ZDNet UK's weekly magazine show Dialogue Box.

Slipping slyly behind the back of the latest industry headlines, while slapping established thinking firmly around its chubby face, Dialogue Box asks the questions that need asking — and some that don't.

Latest in Dialogue Box

Dialogue Box 7.8: Winners and losers in 2010

Dialogue Box 7.8: Winners and losers in 2010

Video Rupert and Charles examine the form in next year's heavyweight tech industry bouts, and predict who will hit the jackpot and who will hit the canvas Read more

22 December, 2009 by Rupert Goodwins and Charles McLellan Watch
Dialogue Box 7.7: A first look at USB 3.0

Dialogue Box 7.7: A first look at USB 3.0

Video Rupert and Charles get their hands on the first shipping USB 3.0 product, a 1TB external drive from Buffalo Technology Read more

13 November, 2009 by Rupert Goodwins and Charles McLellan Watch
Dialogue Box 7.6: Inside the ultimate desktop PC

Dialogue Box 7.6: Inside the ultimate desktop PC

Video Who says desktops are dull? Rupert and Charles poke and prod one of the most powerful consumer PCs around, and draw some lessons for enterprise IT Read more

9 November, 2009 by Rupert Goodwins and Charles McLellan Watch
Dialogue Box 7.5: Showtime for storage

Dialogue Box 7.5: Showtime for storage

Video Computers of all kinds, from client to cloud, need access to stored data. Rupert and Charles head to Olympia to find out what's hot at Storage Expo Read more

30 October, 2009 by Rupert Goodwins and Charles McLellan Watch
Dialogue Box 7.4: The expanding digital universe

Dialogue Box 7.4: The expanding digital universe

Video How much data will be created and stored in 50 years' time? Rupert and Charles make some extrapolations and come to a startling conclusion Read more

9 October, 2009 by Rupert Goodwins and Charles McLellan Watch
Dialogue Box 7.3: Data, data, everywhere

Dialogue Box 7.3: Data, data, everywhere

Video How big is the 'digital universe', and where does all that data come from? Rupert and Charles talk petabytes, exabytes and zettabytes Read more

2 October, 2009 by Rupert Goodwins and Charles McLellan Watch
Dialogue Box 7.2: From Ramac to SSD

Dialogue Box 7.2: From Ramac to SSD

Video Charles and Rupert outline the development of hard disk and solid-state storage from the 1950s to the present day Read more

25 September, 2009 by Rupert Goodwins and Charles McLellan Watch
Dialogue Box 7.1: How information changed the world

Dialogue Box 7.1: How information changed the world

Video Charles and Rupert look at the three data explosions that shaped history, and set the scene for today’s IT revolution Read more

18 September, 2009 by Rupert Goodwins and Charles McLellan Watch
Dialogue Box 6.8: Top tech trumps

Dialogue Box 6.8: Top tech trumps

Video What are likely to be the most important tech stories over the next few months? Rupert and Charles discuss the contenders over a game of (special) cards Read more

15 June, 2009 by Rupert Goodwins and Charles McLellan Watch
Dialogue Box 6.7: Testing solid-state disks

Dialogue Box 6.7: Testing solid-state disks

Video SSDs are now available with capacities of up to 256GB, but prices remain high enough to make them uneconomic in the datacentre for the foreseeable future. Rupert and Charles outline the solid state of play Read more

8 June, 2009 by Rupert Goodwins and Charles McLellan Watch
Who is really moving to the cloud?

Who is really moving to the cloud?

Video A panel of experts offer their take on what types of organisation are taking up cloud-computing services Read more

5 June, 2009 by Toby Wolpe Watch
Dialogue Box 6.6: A first look at Moblin

Dialogue Box 6.6: A first look at Moblin

Video Those seeking to run Linux on their netbook have a new option: Moblin. Rupert and Charles take the beta for a spin and compare it to Ubuntu's netbook remix Read more

1 June, 2009 by Rupert Goodwins and Charles McLellan Watch
Dialogue Box 6.5: Linux vs Windows boot-off

Dialogue Box 6.5: Linux vs Windows boot-off

Video Microsoft promised quicker boot times with Windows 7, while Linux has always been pretty nippy out of the traps. So which is fastest? Dialogue Box puts Ubuntu 9.04 up against Redmond's latest and wields the stopwatch Read more

26 May, 2009 by Rupert Goodwins and Charles McLellan Watch
Dialogue Box 6.4: Away day at Microsoft Research

Dialogue Box 6.4: Away day at Microsoft Research

Video Ever wondered what goes on inside Microsoft's Cambridge research lab? Dialogue Box went along to a recent open day, to discover what 'Enabling Innovation Through Research' means in practice Read more

18 May, 2009 by Rupert Goodwins and Charles McLellan Watch
Dialogue Box 6.3: Whatever happened to UWB?

Dialogue Box 6.3: Whatever happened to UWB?

Video It should have provided high-speed, low-power wireless connectivity for homes and offices everywhere. But instead of more products you can shake a stick at, all UltraWideBand has to show for itself to date is a French USB stick you can shake. Dialogue Box explains why Read more

14 May, 2009 by Rupert Goodwins and Charles McLellan Watch

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