Apple Context Machine
Summary: The Apple Context Machine is Mac, iPhone, and iPod news and analysis that puts the facts in perspective, brought to you with a sense of humor. Hosts Jeff Gamet and Bryan Chaffin put the Apple world into context.
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- Artist: Bryan Chaffin from The Mac Observer
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Podcasts:
What a year it's been, with a transition to Intel processors and Apple's expanding presence in digital media. In this week's Context Machine, it's 2006 in Review. In the Product Roundup, a quick look at the Behringer Ultravoice XM8500.
Apple gets control of a critical digital distribution patent. Also, BitTorrent goes legit. Whaaah? This week's Context Machine looks at the movie industry's move to digital downloads. In the Product Roundup, hear three condenser mics compared, including the Behringer B-1.
Thanksgiving is over, so let the holiday buying binge begin! Ricky and Jeff give the Context Machine a rest in order to bring you their picks for the best holiday gifts on the market. Along the way, learn about the Shure KSM27.
This week Microsoft launched the Zune portable media player. Ricky and Jeff use the Context Machine to handicap the new MP3 player playing-field. Also, Blue's Snowball USB condenser microphone.
The Context Machine fodder: NVIDIA purchases Portal Player, and Microsoft will start selling TV shows over XBox 360. Also this week, the Shure SM7B in the Product Roundup.
Apple is shipping 802.11n in Macs, even before the standard is finalized. Also, Cingular starts supporting music transfer to phones from computers. That's the Context Machine fodder; Samson's CL8 mic features in the Product Roundup.
This week the Context Machine is back in action! Join Ricky and Jeff for a look at the top two stories of the week: the DVD Jon hack and the unfolding AMD/ATI merger. Shure's SM58 features in the Product Roundup.
This week, a quick look at corporate screw-ups, big and small, from Apple's occasional virus on iPods to Sony's titanic battery recall. Also, a new feature on podcast equipment. We start by looking at Samson's easy-setup C03U, USB condenser microphone.
Mac magazines: do we need 'em? Tune in to this week's Context Machine to find out.
After a quick update on some interesting ongoing stories, Jeff Gamet and Ricky Spero tackle the topic of TV timeshifting. In the Product Roundup: eyeTV vs. TiVo.
Roundup Anchor Ricky Spero phones in from the road to talk with TMO's Jeff Gamet about what's been going on at the Podcast and Portable Media Expo.
This week, amid a mash of news, both Google Video and YouTube made the headlines. In this week's Context Machine: Ricky Spero and Jeff Gamet take a close look at Viral Video's dirty secrets, then discuss where it's headed. Here's a hint: iTV is involved, and your iPod.
It was supposed to be a show about Amazon vs. Apple, but how much of a comparison can you draw when only Apple has the full package? For more on Apple's full package, listen in to TMO's Bryan Chaffin, Jeff Gamet, and Ricky Spero in this week's Context Machine.
Apple off-handedly upgraded its iMacs with 64-Bit processors, and the MacBooks aren't far behind. In this week's Context Machine: how 64-bit Macs today will rocket past Windows Vista tomorrow.
Universal Music is planning to try to make ad money from music sales, and at the Roundup, we're not ready to write it off -- at least, not quite yet. Also, the final round in the iPod sweatshop story, this time with a twist of Chinese politics.
