Visitors share their first impressions at the opening reception for “IDEO Prototypes the Future,” at the Palo Alto Art Center June 21st. The exhibition is up through September 10th.

“You can’t live in this community without having this grand curiosity about IDEO,” said Palo Alto Art Center Curator Signe Mayfield. She talked with PodTech’s Catherine Girardeau about putting together the exhibition “IDEO Prototypes the Future”.

The legendary Steve Wozniak participated in the final session at this year’s AlwaysOn Innovation Summit in Palo Alto, CA. The Woz shared his wisdom with the audience, touching on topics including the creation of Apple DOS, open-source and the Apple [See the full post…]

A Symantec Security Response podcast focusing on how consumers can protect themselves from identity theft in a world of exploding antivirus options, by examining technologies, solutions and real world situations. More information at: Symantec.com

NEW YORK, August 1, 2006 (PodTech News) — In a press conference in New York this morning, IBM, the world’s largest technology services company, announced five new business servers based on a new version of the Opteron microprocessor from Advanced [See the full post…]

At the July 27th launch of Core 2 Duo chips, Intel’s highest exec (mingling after the press announcement) promoted the virtues of Core Duo technology. PodTech’s Jason Lopez chatted with Chairman Craig Barrett about the world’s largest chip maker’s ability [See the full post…]

Over 1,000 gamers converged on this recent tournament in Edmonton to compete for cash, prizes, and bragging rights. Intel attended Fragapalooza and celebrated the launch of its latest and most powerful processor, the Core 2 Extreme processor. The new Core [See the full post…]

MENLO PARK, July 31, 2006 (PodTech News) — In the market for a computer, but don’t need the latest, fastest, and newest? You may be able to find some bargains, thanks to Intel’s release last Thursday of a new generation [See the full post…]

Joerg Student of IDEO designed the Ha-Ori Shelter as a Master’s thesis for his degree from the Royal College of Art in London. The Ha-Ori shelter is the centerpiece of the exhibition, “IDEO Prototypes the Future,” at the Palo Alto [See the full post…]

SAN JOSE, July 31, 2006 (PodTech News) – More than 700 people attended BlogHer 2006, the second annual conference of women bloggers, held this past weekend in San Jose. According to a recent study published by the Pew Internet and [See the full post…]

Meet the professional girl gamers, the Frag Dolls and others, as Eddie Codel wanders the floor of the Intel Core 2 Duo launch party at Intel’s headquarters in Santa Clara, California. See demos of Intel’s new processor in action and [See the full post…]

   Watch Video | Download Video Dot connectors Kabir Shahani and Mohit Srivasta officially launch Bluedot, a social discovery-inspired service that allows people to share digital information and interesting web content globally. Bluedot attempts to find a balance between social [See the full post…]

“There are different concepts here, which are created by the designers in order to illustrate the opportunities of a new material,” said IDEO Co-Founder Bill Moggridge. He took PodTech’s Catherine Girardeau on a walk through the exhibition “IDEO Prototypes the [See the full post…]

Intel launched its family of Core 2 Duo processors at its headquarters in Santa Clara, California. PodTech’s Michael Johnson was there and gather a few moments from the event floor.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 28, 2006 (PodTech News) – AMD announced this week it’s acquiring Canadian graphics firm ATI for $5.4 billion. PodTech News talked with semiconductor analyst Shane Rau of IDC at Intel’s Core 2 Duo press event yesterday about [See the full post…]

The trio discusses the history of Palm, the challenges of building the company and the worldwide market for mobile computing and communications.

SANTA CLARA, July 27, 2006 (PodTech News) – Intel Corporation showed off its new Core 2 Duo processors today at a press event at the company’s Santa Clara headquarters. The Core 2 Duo processors will power desktop and laptop PCs [See the full post…]

Eddie Codel shows you what it’s like inside Intel’s Performance Benchmarking Lab by interviewing Matt Dunford, Intel Worldwide Chief Benchmarking Manager, and Regina Wu, Performance Engineer & Mad Gamer. Related Stories: IntelGaming

At Gnomedex, blogging, RSS, and podcasting pioneer looks back on the past and ahead to the future, given the evolution of Internet, computing, and the new economics of decentralization. In a world shifting towards user-driven ideation, Winer envisions creativity as [See the full post…]

At AlwaysOn 2006 in Palo Alto, CA, Hjalmar Windbladh, CEO of RebTel.com tells PodTech’s Michael Johnson about the new decentralized method of calling international long distance on your mobile phone. See: RebTel.com Photos on Flickr

“The Future of Pinball” is a film that documents Williams’ plan to recreate the pinball machine and revive a dying industry. PodTech’s Rio Pesino spoke with Greg Maletic, who is the producer, writer and director of the documentary, about the [See the full post…]

“The Future of Pinball” is a film that documents Williams’ plan to recreate the pinball machine and revive a dying industry. Hear Rio Pesino’s interview with Greg Maletic, who is the producer, writer and director of the documentary. Official film [See the full post…]

MENLO PARK, July 26, 2006 (PodTech News) –“It’s going to be advertising,” said YouTube CEO Chad Hurley said, when asked how he was going to make his company profitable, though he stressed any additional ads on YouTube will not disrupt [See the full post…]

The focus of this podcast is to help consumers and enterprise understand some of the issues surrounding Phishing and Symantec’s latest efforts at combating online fraud. More information at: Symantec.com

MENLO PARK, July 25, 2006 (PodTech News) — We’re having a heat wave here in Silicon Valley, and the heat is also on in the world of silicon chip-making. Number-two chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices put the pedal to rival Intel’s [See the full post…]