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New Podcast Series from Adobe Systems Incorporated

September 5th, 2006 |

Welcome to the Adobe Systems Incorporated podcasting channel powered by PodTech. Adobe is the world’s leading provider of software solutions to create, manage and deliver high-impact, reliable digital content. This entertaining and informative series of podcasts which is powered by [See the full post…]

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Xbox Helps Stroke Patients Through Rehabilitation

September 1st, 2006 |
Xbox Helps Stroke Patients Through Rehabilitation

Engineers at Rutgers University have come together to create a modified Xbox to help stroke patients through their rehabilitation. The Rutgers Virtual Rehabilitation System consists of a modded Xbox and Essential Reality’s P5 gaming glove. Kira Morrow is an undergraduate [See the full post…]

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Managing Your Children’s Media Use and Homework

September 1st, 2006 |

With school back in session, many parents will find that they have a difficult time pulling their kids away from the computer or television to focus on school work. Common Sense Media CEO Jim Steyer offers advice about how to [See the full post…]

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German Engineering Tackles Wikipedia

September 1st, 2006 |

BOSTON, September 1, 2006 (PodTech News) — Recent headlines claim that Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, is broken. Critics point out that Wikipedia articles are often fraught with inaccuracies or bias. Vandals sometimes deface entries. Now, the [See the full post…]

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Intel Chief Strategist Chris Thomas: Generational Shift Speeds Development

Chris Thomas, chief strategist at Intel, recognizes that a new generation of users is pushing the pace of change in the marketplace — even developing products they want themselves. Thomas predicts that community innovation will intersect with development best practices [See the full post…]

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AOL Unveils Updated Online Audio Site

MENLO PARK, August 29, 2006 (PodTech News) — AOL’s parent company Time Warner is betting that a library of more than 2.5 million audio tracks will entice users to fork over $9.95 per month for unlimited on-demand streaming and downloading [See the full post…]

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Google CEO Schmidt Joins Apple Board

Google CEO Schmidt Joins Apple Board

MENLO PARK, August 29, 2006 (PodTech News) — Apple announced this afternoon that Eric Schmidt, chief executive officer of Google, was elected to Apple’s board of directors. In a statement, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said that Schmidt was tapped in [See the full post…]

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Intellectual Property Online: Legal Issues Blogger Denise Howell Talks With PodTech’s John Furrier

Denise Howell’s blog, Bag and Baggage, highlights legal and policy issues affecting podcasting and Internet governance in general. An appellate, intellectual property and technology lawyer, she takes this podcast opportunity to discuss net neutrality, Creative Commons, copyright issues, and her [See the full post…]

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Phishing

A Symantec Security Response Podcast focusing on phishing and some of the new trends Symantec has identified in this all too popular online scam. This podcast also provides advice on how consumers can protect themselves and prevent from becoming a [See the full post…]

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New Models for the Recording Industry: Terry McBride, CEO Nettwerk Music

New Models for the Recording Industry: Terry McBride, CEO Nettwerk Music

According to Terry McBride, CEO of Nettwerk Music, recording artists are forming new relationships with their fans, turning away from the traditional “push” media like radio and television, and making use of new technologies to reframe their business relationships. Nettwerk, [See the full post…]

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Health Innovations: New Cures, New Capital

Many exciting biomed startups have found a home in the venture capital market. “Public investors are risk averse these days,” says VentureWire’s Tom Salemi. “They only want to bet on as sure a thing as possible. That’s not usually the [See the full post…]

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Are You Ready for Some Fantasy Football?

Are You Ready for Some Fantasy Football?

MENLO PARK, August 28, 2006 (PodTech News) — With the 2006 NFL season set to kickoff September 7, fantasy football geeks are doing their research, hoping to draft the perfect fantasy team and lead their virtual team to victory. PodTech’s [See the full post…]

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Building Corporate Brands Through Podcasts: “MASTER OF IT” series is successful

Building Corporate Brands Through Podcasts: “MASTER OF IT” series is successful

Podcasts are perfect as marketing tools used to increase awareness for a company. Jennifer speaks with Greg Ness, vice president of corporate marketing of Blue Lane Technologies, who created Juniper’s well known Master of IT podcast series in his previous [See the full post…]

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I thought Coke and the World Cup was pretty cool as well. It really showed innovation and perspective on how to market today and work with the bloggers. Jennifer Jones

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HI…this is jennifer jones. Thanks for your thoughts. Robert Scoble is going to be talking about blogging in two weeks on the show. Regarding Debbie’s interview, we wanted to give others a chance to talk about corporate blogging and her [See the full post…]

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Do sexy lyrics influence teens’ behavior?

Common Sense Media CEO and founder Jim Steyer discusses the results of a major new study that finds the music teens listen to can influence the decisions they make about sexual behavior. More info: CommonSenseMedia.org

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Scandinavia Asks iTunes to Open Up

Scandinavia Asks iTunes to Open Up

BOSTON, August 25, 2006 (PodTech News) — Government representatives from Denmark, Norway and Sweden are meeting this week to discuss possible legal action against Apple. Consumer advocates say that Apple’s iTunes music store is unnecessarily restrictive, in that music and [See the full post…]

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You Too Can Prevent Laptop Fires, Says Consumer Safety Agency

MENLO PARK, August 24, 2006 (PodTech News) — Apple Computer Inc. today recalled 1.8 million lithium-ion laptop computer batteries built by Sony. The announcement came just 10 days after PC-maker Dell Inc.’s recall of over 4 million Sony-made notebook computer [See the full post…]

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This American (Second) Life: Community Conference in San Francisco

This American (Second) Life: Community Conference in San Francisco

Four hundred members of the Linden Lab’s MMORPG Second Life got together for a community conference in San Francisco. With badges bearing their avatar names, participants flew in from as far away as Italy, Germany and Japan to hear panels [See the full post…]

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IMS Interoperability – Getting Ahead of the Deployment Curve

IMS Interoperability – Getting Ahead of the Deployment Curve

IMS is often presented as the “Holy Grail” of network architectures that will enable carriers to choose best of breed components from multiple vendors. In reality, vendors and service providers must jointly invest significant effort to achieve interoperability based on [See the full post…]

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Friendster Steps Back Into the Ring With $10 Million

Friendster Steps Back Into the Ring With $10 Million

SAN FRANCISCO, August 23, 2006 (PodTech News) – Friendster Inc. announced Monday that it has received $10 million in new funding. The money will support a renewed effort to refocus on its original mission to be a “real-world” social network. [See the full post…]

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Web 2.0, Creativity, and the 8-Month-Old Baby Who Didn’t Crawl

Web 2.0, Creativity, and the 8-Month-Old Baby Who Didn’t Crawl

Watch Video | Download Video “There are some really weird, creative companies that are succeeding now in Web 2.0.” With Web 2.0’s recent explosion of creativity, Halley Suitt, prominent blogger, CEO and publisher of Top 10 Sources observes that how [See the full post…]

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Dow Jones VentureWire Health Care Innovations Conference

Change is coming fast for health care investors, executives and entrepreneurs. Public investors have rejected companies built on once-surefire models. Big Pharma, after years of nibbling, is acquiring private drug companies to boost internal pipelines. IT may finally be making [See the full post…]

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YouTube Launches Paris Hilton Channel

LOS ANGELES, August 22, 2006, (PodTech News) — The online video sharing site YouTube sees dollar signs in Paris Hilton, launching it’s first brand channel featuring the hotel heiress. The new advertising revenue model will try to integrate advertiser brand [See the full post…]

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Symantec: New Computer

A Symantec Security Response Podcast focusing on the top security measures a consumer should take when setting up a new personal computer. Additionally, this podcast outlines the critical steps new personal computer owners need to take to protect their valuable [See the full post…]

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