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SAN FRANCISCO, December 20, 2006 (PodTech News) — Researchers have been working with an series of images to reveal what might be some of the oldest matter in the universe. Meanwhile, closer to home, Sony has settled in the case [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, PodTech News, Technology Tags: Stat of the Day
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SAN FRANCISCO, December 16, 2006 (PodTech News) — Predicting extreme weather, like Hurricanes, has come a long way with the help of remote control devices. That same technology, or a version of it, has proven an unprecedented success through NASA’s [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, PodTech News, Technology Tags: Catherine Girardeau, Clark Boyd, Lab on a Chip, Mark Griffiths, Mars Rover, Martin Bazant, MMORPGs, NASA, Nottingham Trent University, Rio Pesino
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SAN FRANCISCO, December 15, 2006 (PodTech News) — Al Gore addressed the American Geophysical Union here Wednesday, on the same day as several recently-published studies on climate change were also in the news. Gore’s comments to the scientific gathering focused [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, PodTech News, Technology Tags: Al Gore, American Geophysical Union, Catherine Girardeau, economic espionage, Silicon Valley, Stat of the Day
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SAN FRANCISCO, December 14, 2006 (PodTech News) — Samsung’s plan to introduce its OneDRAM fusion memory in 2007 could mean much speedier smartphones. The company announced the device this week, amid the year-end predictions from analysts and enthusiasts for everything [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, PodTech News, Technology Tags: Gartner, OneDRAM, Samsung, Stat of the Day
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SAN FRANCISCO, December 13, 2006 (PodTech News) — BlackBerry v. BlackJack – a new lawsuit says Samsung is playing games with names. Also, security patches from Microsoft, a security breach at UCLA, increased Internet controls in China, a long-term threat [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, PodTech News, Technology Tags: BlackBerry, BlackJack, Microsoft, Samsung, Stat of the Day
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SAN FRANCISCO, December 12, 2006 (PodTech News) — In the news today, Nintendo’s Wii surprises the world with its first lawsuit — it’s not an injury! In Vienna, Mozart’s works have been brought into the digital age, and they’re now [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, Gaming, PodTech News, Technology Tags: Mozart, Nintendo, Stat of the Day, Wii
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SAN FRANCISCO, December 9, 2006 (PodTech News) — Recent headlines suggest that it’s getting harder and harder for citizens in Iran to visit Web sites like the open-source online encyclopedia Wikipedia and even the online home of The New York [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, PodTech News, Technology Tags: Bangalore, Cisco, Internet censorship, Los Angeles Auto Show, OpenNet Initiative, Stanford University
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SAN FRANCISCO, December 6, 2006 (PodTech News) — MySpace.com has plans to move further into the wireless space. That — plus plans to move into China — may bolster the value of the site that News Corp. boss Rupert Murdoch [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, PodTech News, Technology Tags: Comcast, MySpace.com, Rupert Murdoch, Stat of the Day
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SAN FRANCISCO, December 5, 2006 (PodTech News) — Search competition may be heating up with Ask.com’s revamped services. Other search firms have pumped some ad revenue into the newspaper industry. How are newspapers reacting? They may be starting to look [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, PodTech News, Technology Tags: Ask.com, newspaper industry, TiVo
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SAN FRANCISCO, December 2, 2006 (PodTech News) — “Clean, flat sheets of bronze.” That’s one way to describe one of your modern PC’s progenitors. Researchers at Hewlett-Packard are in the news this week for the interest they’ve taken in the [See the full post…] |
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SAN FRANCISCO, December 1, 2006 (PodTech News) — At long last, Microsoft has launched its Vista operating system for businesses. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer called it the biggest launch in the company’s history. It could have been even bigger, though [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, PodTech News, Technology Tags: cyber terror, operating system, tech stat, Verisign, Vista
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While YouTube finds its footing with Google, not everyone’s concerns over the site’s reliance on copyrighted material have been settled. In particular, there’s a certain Mouse that might need some special attention. Disney fires a warning shot. Also, today is [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, PodTech News, Technology Tags: Delta, Disney, Google, Nintendo, Wii, YouTube, Zune
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The Nintendo Wii has been proving to be physically demanding for many users. Soreness and pain are two of the system’s reported side effects. The official response so far: get in shape — then you won’t be sore. Also, a [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Apple Voices, Connected Social Media, PodTech News, Technology Tags: Apple, Nintendo Wii, tablet PC
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As Christmas shopping kicks off, the consumer tech world lurches into full gear — this is what months of speculation in the gaming console realm have all been leading up to. Rio Pesino continues his in-depth look at the consoles [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, PodTech News, Technology Tags: Christmas shopping, iPhone
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SAN FRANCISCO, November 22, 2006 (PodTech News) — While both Google and Yahoo have recently made inroads into newspaper ad sales, reports that print and online spending fell for the first time since at least 2004 have sparked a fresh [See the full post…] |
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SAN FRANCISCO, November 21, 2006 (PodTech News) — Speculation kicked into high gear over the prospects of an Apple iPhone — again. Michael Johnson reports on why the rumors have so much traction this time. In news from Yahoo — [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, PodTech News, Technology Tags: Apple, iPhone
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SAN FRANCISCO, November 18, 2006 (PodTech News) — This week saw the highly-anticipated launch of the new Sony Playstation 3. The first few buyers to get their hands on the new system waited for about 40 hours outside of the [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, PodTech News, Technology Tags: IT Information Security, IT security, Jonathan Schwartz, Playstation 3
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SAN FRANCISCO, November 17, 2006 (PodTech News) — Sony’s PS3 went on sale at midnight at stores in the U.S. Many fans began lining up days ago. As the lines in downtown San Francisco grew in anticipation of launch, PodTech’s [See the full post…] |
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Sony’s NBA 07 is one of several launch titles on display at the Sony Store. PodTech’s Rio Pesino went one-on-one with Sony’s Alex Armour to discuss some of the unique features of Sony’s basketball game during the Sony PS3 Launch [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, Gaming, PodTech News, Tech Conferences and Events, Technology Tags: Alex Armour, Sony PS3
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PodTech’s Rio Pesino got his game on with Sony’s Sheila Bryson at the company’s Playstation 3 Launch event at the Metreon in San Francisco. In this podcast, we go hands-on with the PS3 interface and Bryson gives her thoughts on [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, Gaming, PodTech News, Tech Conferences and Events, Technology Tags: Playstation 3, PS3, Sheila Bryson
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Hundreds of people are lined up outside the Sony Metreon in San Francisco, hoping to buy a Sony PS3 gaming console, which will go on sale across the country at midnight. With so many people already in line, even before [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, Gaming, PodTech News, Tech Conferences and Events, Technology Tags: Sony PS3
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Creative solutions to tricky problems are the great appeal of many tech gadgets. What about the tricky problems posed by living a modern life while following ancient (biblical) rules? Old Testament-compliant gadgets are on the way. Also, Google and YouTube [See the full post…] |
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LOS ANGELES, November 13, 2006, (PodTech News)–It’s no myth, the 100 mpg car exists — the rub is, they’re built in your neighbor’s garage, not a giant production plant. One company at the forefront of the technology is the California [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, PodTech News, Tech Conferences and Events, Technology Tags: CalCars, California Cars Initiative, John Davi