by , 9:00 AM EDT, October 21st, 2006

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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, we introduce a new feature on podcast equipment, starting with what all the fancy gadgets in front of us, and what they do. And for our first product, Samson's easy-setup C03U, USB condenser microphone.

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The Context Machine Fodder
• Apple Acknowledges Windows Virus in Some Video iPods
• Sony Recalls 90,000 Vaio Batteries
• Acer Might Join Laptop Battery Recall
• Hitachi Adds 16,000 Japanese Units to Battery Recall
• Sony Battery Recall Expands
• Wednesday's Late News - Apple's Quarterly Results Recap
• Dell Losing PC Marketshare

The Product Roundup

• The Mac Observer's Weekly Roundup Recording Setup
• Apple - Logic Pro
• M-AUDIO - FireWire 410
• Microphone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Samson Audio - C03U

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