Archive for May, 2006

Industry Analysts Look At Recent Internet Portal/E-Commerce Partnerships

Industry Analysts Look At Recent Internet Portal/E-Commerce Partnerships

MENLO PARK, May 30, 2006 (Podtech News) ­- Allen Weiner of Gartner and Shar Van Boskirk of Forrester Research are keeping tabs on the recent spate of Internet portal/E-commerce partnerships. Yahoo announced last week it has teamed up with Ebay [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Categories: Connected Social Media, PodTech News, Technology Tags: , , , , , , ,

Welcome to the podcast channel for Seagate Technology

Welcome to the podcast channel for Seagate Technology, the world’s leading hard disc drive company. Seagate storage solutions allow you to create, store, share, protect and enjoy digital content everywhere…in the home, the hand, the car and the office. From [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Categories: Connected Social Media, Corporate, Seagate, Technology Tags:

Blogging Benefits: How Merchant Circle Uses Blogging to Increase Communications

Blogging Benefits: How Merchant Circle Uses Blogging to Increase Communications

Ben Smith, CEO of Merchant Circle, a company dedicated to helping local businesses get more customers quickly, easily and cost-effectively talks with Jennifer Jones about how his Silicon Valley startup uses blogging to communicate with its customers and ecosystem. Ben [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Categories: Connected Social Media, Marketing Voices, social media, Technology Tags: , ,

What’s Your Power Song? Nike’s is on the iPod Nano

What’s Your Power Song? Nike’s is on the iPod Nano

SAN FRANCISCO, May 26, 2006 (Podtech News) — Nike and Apple have teamed up to give other athletic shoe companies a tuneful run for their money. The companies earlier this week jointly announced the Nike+iPod Sport Kit, a running shoe [See the full post…]

See the full post  

Categories: Apple Voices, Connected Social Media, PodTech News, Technology Tags: , , , , , ,

Symantec: Internet Security Threat Report, Vol. IX: are small and medium-sized businesses becoming larger targets?

This volume of the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report offers an overview of threat activity that took place between July 1 and December 31, 2005. It looks at what types of threats are targeting small and medium-sized businesses.

Featuring Dean [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Categories: Connected Social Media, Corporate, Symantec, Technology Tags: , ,

Symantec: Internet Security Threat Report, Vol. IX: Key Findings

This volume of the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report offers an overview of threat activity that took place between July 1 and December 31, 2005. It covers Internet attacks, vulnerabilities, malicious code, and future trends, and marks an increase in [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Categories: Connected Social Media, Corporate, Symantec, Technology Tags: , , , ,

Symantec: Internet Security Threat Report, Vol. IX: how safe is Instant Messaging in the corporate environment?

This volume of the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report offers an overview of threat activity that took place between July 1 and December 31, 2005. It looks at the risks of Instant Messaging in corporate environments.

Featuring Dean Turner, Executive [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Categories: Connected Social Media, Corporate, Symantec, Technology Tags: , , ,

Symantec Internet Security Threat Report, Vol. IX: the risks of Instant Messaging for consumers

This volume of the Internet Security Threat Report offers an overview of threat activity that took place between July 1 and December 31, 2005. It looks at the risks of Instant Messaging for the consumer.

Featuring Dean Turner, Executive Editor, [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Categories: Connected Social Media, Corporate, Symantec, Technology Tags: , ,

Symantec Security Response: Wireless Security Trends

This podcast from Symantec Security Response focuses on wireless security trends uncovered in a global survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by Symantec. The goal of this podcast is to help enterprises and consumers better understand some of [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Categories: Connected Social Media, Corporate, Symantec, Technology Tags: , ,

Digital Stuffing: The Making of the movie “The Puffy Chair”

Digital Stuffing: The Making of the movie “The Puffy Chair”

Brothers Mark & Jay Duplass admit that they’ve made a lot of bad films, but they said ” …it wasn’t unil we started shooting digitally and we started just taking all the chances that we needed to take to come [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Categories: Connected Social Media, Technology Tags:

Industry Expert Says Google’s New Video Ad Service Doesn’t Guarantee a Market Lead

blankMay 24, 2006 — Google, Inc. announced this week it’s ready to launch video advertising on the web. The move positions Google to compete with television for advertising dollars. Google isn’t the first company to put video ads on the [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Categories: Connected Social Media, PodTech News, Technology Tags: , , , , ,

Gartner Symposium: Martin Reynolds On Innovation and Rise of the User

Gartner Symposium: Martin Reynolds On Innovation and Rise of the User

PodTech’s Jason Lopez sat down with Gartner analyst Martin Reynolds to talk about Sun Microsystems, Apple and the mark of successful companies. [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Categories: Apple Voices, Connected Social Media, Gartner Symposium ITxpo, Tech Conferences and Events, Technology Tags: ,

Providing Brands with Radar: Measuring the Power of Consumer Generated Media

Providing Brands with Radar: Measuring the Power of Consumer Generated Media

Peter Blackshaw Chief Marketing Officer of Nielsen/Buzzmetrics discusses a new global measurement standard for consumer generated media. Consumer generated media includes blogs, podcasts, videoblogs and online news forums. Pete provides marketers with a perspective on why this media is important [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Categories: Connected Social Media, Marketing Voices, social media, Technology Tags: , ,

Winning at JavaOne with Real-Time

Winning at JavaOne with Real-Time

At JavaOne 2006, one challenge to attendees was to write real-time code using Java RTS to control the cars movement around 200 feet of slot car race track embedded with 200 sensors. By detecting whether or not the car was [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Categories: Connected Social Media, JavaOne Conference, Tech Conferences and Events, Technology Tags: , , , ,

IBM Eclipse Team Focuses Talk on Process, Not Content

IBM Eclipse Team Focuses Talk on Process, Not Content

There’s been a lot of talk about method and tools at the JavaOne developers conference presentations so far, but very little about process. How does a successful development team actually get the job done? Managing workflow was the topic of [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Categories: Connected Social Media, JavaOne Conference, Tech Conferences and Events, Technology Tags: , , ,

JavaOne: Sun Drives Innovation With Java-Powered Car

JavaOne: Sun Drives Innovation With Java-Powered Car

In Part 4 of this podcast from the Sun Microsystems Session on the best Java innovations, Sun VP James Gosling held a race-track demo and awards ceremony for the winners of a slot car racing challenge. Contestants had to write [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Categories: Connected Social Media, JavaOne Conference, Tech Conferences and Events, Technology Tags: ,

JavaOne: Java Luminary James Gosling Hosts Demos of Netbeans, JSR 209

JavaOne: Java Luminary James Gosling Hosts Demos of Netbeans, JSR 209

“This is going to be the toy show; it’s all demos, all the time,” said James Gosling during his part of the Sun Microsystems session at the JavaOne developer’s conference. In part three of this podcast, Gosling hosted a series [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Categories: Connected Social Media, JavaOne Conference, Tech Conferences and Events, Technology Tags: , , , , ,

JavaOne: Sun Chairman McNealy is Honored by Colleagues

JavaOne: Sun Chairman McNealy is Honored by Colleagues

In part two of this Sun Microsystems general session podcast from JavaOne, Sun Chairman and former CEO Scott McNealy asked for Java developers’ help on technical solutions to privacy issues. “In my new role, I’m going to be spending an [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Categories: Connected Social Media, PodTech News, Tech Conferences and Events, Technology Tags: , ,

JavaOne: BEA Developers Say Use the Right Tools

JavaOne: BEA Developers Say Use the Right Tools

BEA Workshop Business Unit’s Bill Roth and Patrick Linskey concluded their general session at JavaOne with advice to Java developers: Use the right tools, learn a new language, and join a BEA development community. Part 3 of 3. [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Categories: Connected Social Media, JavaOne Conference, Tech Conferences and Events, Technology Tags: , , ,

JavaOne: BEA Workshop Developers Advocate Blended Development

JavaOne: BEA Workshop Developers Advocate Blended Development

Bill Roth and Patrick Linskey of BEA Workshop Business Unit discussed how standards drive innovation during the BEA general session at JavaOne. In part 2 of this podcast, they make a pitch for blended development: combining tools, platforms and applications. [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Categories: Connected Social Media, JavaOne Conference, Tech Conferences and Events, Technology Tags:

JavaOne: Sun Chairman McNealy Lists Ten Best Things About Not Being CEO

JavaOne: Sun Chairman McNealy Lists Ten Best Things About Not Being CEO

Sun Microsystems’ former CEO, now Chairman, Scott McNealy kicked off a Sun session presenting Java innovations on the final day of the JavaOne developer’s conference. Before making the more serious points of his talk on how the Java community can [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Categories: Connected Social Media, JavaOne Conference, Tech Conferences and Events, Technology Tags: , , ,

JavaOne: Motorola VP Promotes Opportunities for Developers in the Mobile Space

blank“Seamless mobility…is a convergence of technologies that’s going to unleash an entirely new set of possibilities for developers,” said Christy Wyatt, VP for Ecosystem and Market Development at Motorola’s Mobile Devices Business, during a general session at JavaOne. In part [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Categories: Connected Social Media, JavaOne Conference, Tech Conferences and Events, Technology Tags: , , , ,

JavaOne: Motorola Execs Ask Java Developers to Code for Mobile Phone Apps

blank“Convergence is really going to come together in the entertainment space,” said Rob Shaddock, Chief Technology Officer at Motorola, during a general session at JavaOne. He gave an upbeat presentation with Christy Wyatt, Motorola’s VP of Ecosystem and Market Development [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Categories: Connected Social Media, JavaOne Conference, Tech Conferences and Events, Technology Tags: , , , ,

Gartner Symposium: Press Conference with Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz

Press conference of Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo in San Francisco May 17, 2006. [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Categories: Connected Social Media, Gartner Symposium ITxpo, Tech Conferences and Events, Technology Tags: ,

JavaOne: Sun Engineer Graham Hamilton Looks to Future Developments for Java, Part 1

Graham Hamilton concludes the session with demos of Visual Basic used in Java as well as AJAX. [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Categories: Connected Social Media, JavaOne Conference, Tech Conferences and Events, Technology Tags: , , ,