Author Archive

IDF Preview: Quad Core Microprocessors

September 20th, 2006 |

Intel says its new quad core technology — the result of a four-year development cycle — will be one of the major themes of its upcoming Intel Developer Forum, next week at San Francisco’s Moscone Center West. PodTech’s Jason Lopez [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Intel Invests in Wireless-enabled Amazon… River That Is

September 20th, 2006 |
Intel Invests in Wireless-enabled Amazon… River That Is

SANTA CLARA, Calif., September 20, 2006 (PodTech News) — Intel has chosen to help develop the the IT infrastructure of the Amazon — not the online seller but a portion of the actual river. The initiative is a part of [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Intel’s Laser-enabled Chips Could be Silver Bullet

September 19th, 2006 |
Intel’s Laser-enabled Chips Could be Silver Bullet

SANTA CLARA, CA, September 19, 2006 (PodTech News) — Intel says its new experimental semiconductors could be the breakthrough the chip industry has been looking for — the one that will allow chips to keep pace with Moore’s Law. They’ll [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Andy Kessler: End of Health Care as We Know It

September 13th, 2006 |
Andy Kessler: End of Health Care as We Know It

Venture capitalist Andy Kessler says silicon is going to do to the health care industry what it has done to portable devices and the Internet. Where will it start? With diagnostics, according to Kessler, who delivered the lunch keynote at [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

The Gate Keeper Speaks: The FDA at the VentureWire Health Care Innovations Conference

September 12th, 2006 |

Patients desire improved treatments, voters call for safety, biomed startups want drug approval to continue in business and big pharma is after big profits. The Food and Drug Administration must grapple with these issues, which are only getting more complex. [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

FDA: No Such Thing as No Drug Risk

September 12th, 2006 |
FDA: No Such Thing as No Drug Risk

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it is a constant balancing act to determine how much risk to consumers is acceptable in the drug approval process. No risk would result in few drugs coming to market. Some risk allows [See the full post…]

Download Audio FileListen/download audio  

Can You See Me Now? How About Now?

August 16th, 2006 |

Audio and video content is coming to mobile phones — although a new L.A. Times/Bloomberg Poll that Dennis Haarsager points to in his Technology360 blog suggests that the always-on generation isn’t so enthusiastic about getting audio and video content on [See the full post…]

See the full post  

PodTech News: Intel’s WiMax Vision

January 26th, 2006 |

At Sundance Intel’s Joe English spoke with John Furrier about the company’s WiMax strategy and the roadmap for a new powerful wireless user experience.

See the full post