TechFan #195 – Placement

Extra-long show this week with Tim, David, and Owen discussing the shut down of TUAW and Joystiq by AOL, paid product placement, SEGA pulling out of PC gaming, Dave and Busters, AlienWare Alpha, Comcast, the FCC, Amazon, and more on Carbon Copy Cloner. Plus feedback from Donny, Tom, Erick, and Peter!

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Fired Up – TechFan Podcast #123

Tim gets fired up about the XBOX 180. David gets his hands on a Windows 8 tablet after a horror story about Dell. Tim picks up a new Pioneer car stereo, Downcast is discussed, new shows in the Stoplight Network, iOS 7 and hands on experience, and how Staples ripped off some friends of Tim’s and how he made it right.

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Under the Sea – TechFan Podcast #71

David and Tim host an abbreviated TechFan this week due to technical difficulties and a storm moving in. Topics include Adobe advertising strategy, Dell departing from the cell phone business, the downward spiral of RIM, and Jeff Bezos finding the Apollo 11’s F-1 engine at the bottom of the ocean.

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Can Anyone ELSE Make A Mac? – MyMac Podcast #369

How do you feel about a Mac made by Gateway or Sony or Dell? Guy asks and Gaz shakes his weary head in disbelief. As a matter of fact pretty much EVERYONE asked or that had read the article at MyMac that Guy wrote has said the same. Oh, and by the time you read this or hear this podcast, it will almost be time for unspecified iPhone news! YAY for rumors that can’t be proven but have a logical consistency!

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Apple should (snicker) license to Dell?

A report by Gartner has been floating around the web calling for Apple to leave the hardware business and let someone else, like say…Dell, make their Macs for them. While this is a preposterous proposal, parts of is not so ridiculous.

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