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Driving Two Brands: Seagate’s Diana Cartwright on Seagate and Maxtor

January 8th, 2007 |
Driving Two Brands: Seagate’s Diana Cartwright on Seagate and Maxtor

At the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Seagate‘s Senior Director of Marketing, Diana Cartwright, explains that Seagate is managing two well known brands: their own and Maxtor. Each, she says, serves in a very different and important capacity [See the full post…]

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The New Times, The New Drives – Seagate’s Rob Pait

January 7th, 2007 |
The New Times, The New Drives – Seagate’s Rob Pait

Rob Pait, Seagate’s marketing manager for global consumer hard disc drive took a break at the PodTech Bloghaus during the start of the International CES to talk about the new line of small form factor drives unveiled by Seagate at [See the full post…]

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David Zatz, NETGEAR’s Official Blogger-in-Residence for CES 2007

January 2nd, 2007 |
David Zatz, NETGEAR’s Official Blogger-in-Residence for CES 2007

Meet David Zatz, winner of the NETGEAR 2007 CES Blogger-in-Residence competition, out of 65 entranrants and 4 finalists. David’s tech blog ZatzNotFunny.com, and he talks about what it takes to run a great tech review site, while keeping it current, [See the full post…]

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EMC Developers Speak Out

December 29th, 2006 |
EMC Developers Speak Out

At the 6th Annual EMC Software Developer Conference in San Francisco, attendees immersed themselves in the Documentum software platform to learn inside tips on EMC products and services, from overviews and hands-on tech labs to architectural and developer best practices. [See the full post…]

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Considering the Apple iPhone

December 28th, 2006 |
Considering the Apple iPhone

In the flurry of Apple iPhone rumours, we take a moment to talk with two long time Mac watchers about the possibility and philosophy of the “iPhone” (not the new Cisco device, but the long-rumored and name-unknown phone that may [See the full post…]

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The Power of Acrobat with Adobe’s Tom Hale

December 22nd, 2006 |
The Power of Acrobat with Adobe’s Tom Hale

Tom Hale is senior vice president of Adobe‘s Knowledge Worker Solutions Business Unit, and in this podcast, he explains the new features of Acrobat 8 and Adobe Connect, including web conferencing, document creation, control, security and much more. He speaks [See the full post…]

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From the Customer’s Perspective: The Adobe Acrobat Family on Tour

December 22nd, 2006 |
From the Customer’s Perspective: The Adobe Acrobat Family on Tour

The Acrobat family of products went to the public in a series of live events presented across the country. In this podcast, we talk to individuals across various industries and functions who got a chance to experience the new features [See the full post…]

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Seagate’s Jim Druckrey: Designing Drives, Saving Your Digital Life

December 22nd, 2006 |
Seagate’s Jim Druckrey: Designing Drives, Saving Your Digital Life

Jim Druckrey, senior vice president and general manager, Seagate Branded Solutions, talks about the thinking behind shaping the new generation of portable user-friendly hard drives coming from Seagate. Formerly with the Gibson Music company, Druckrey shares his enthusiasm for fulfilling [See the full post…]

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Seagate’s Sherman Black: Dense Drives for Enterprise

December 20th, 2006 |
Seagate’s Sherman Black: Dense Drives for Enterprise

Sherman Black, senior vice president and general manager, Enterprise Compute Business at Seagate, talks about market forces and technical challenges in designing smaller, cooler, high performance drives for enterprise data centers. Click here for transcript.

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Seagate’s Rob Pait: The Hard Drive Made Easy

December 16th, 2006 |
Seagate’s Rob Pait: The Hard Drive Made Easy

Rob Pait, Seagate’s marketing manager for global consumer hard disc drives, talks about the latest generation of Seagate hard drives for mobile and personal applications. This is a Seagate Podcast. Additional images Click here for transcript.

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The Myth of Bandwidth and Application Performance

November 29th, 2006 |
The Myth of Bandwidth and Application Performance

PodTech’s Michael Johnson speaks with F5’s Ameet Dhillon, director of product management for secure remote access and WAN optimization. For more information visit www.f5.com/products/optimization. Click here for transcript.

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NVIDIA’s Scott Vouri: GPUs and Windows Vista

November 14th, 2006 |
NVIDIA’s Scott Vouri: GPUs and Windows Vista

On this NVIDIA podcast, Scott Vouri, NVIDIA’s general manager of multimedia, explains the what and why of graphics processing units and how having a high quality GPU will help take advantage of Windows Vista’s 3D graphic environment. Vouri spoke at [See the full post…]

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Graphics Processing Units and Immersive Visuals

November 13th, 2006 |
Graphics Processing Units and Immersive Visuals

On this NVIDIA podcast, we meet David McConville of Elumenati.com, a company specializing in immersive projection experiences for museums and private companies. McConville says that in large projection systems, what used to require several computers and projectors for large dome [See the full post…]

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This is your VOIP on POTS, Any Questions?

November 9th, 2006 |
This is your VOIP on POTS, Any Questions?

The folks at Televolution.com have figured out a way for you to access VoIP services on a regular telephone line. It’s called the PhoneGnome and it’s about the size of your average paperback book. Televolution President David Beckemeyer showed PodTech [See the full post…]

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Doc Searls: Internet Services, The Fifth Utility?

November 9th, 2006 |
Doc Searls: Internet Services, The Fifth Utility?

Doc Searls is the senior editor of Linux Journal, and he runs the new online journal Doc Searls’ IT Garage. His conversation with Tucows CEO Elliot Noss explores the challenges, opportunities and pratfalls for service-oriented ISP businesses. The discussion took [See the full post…]

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$12? Talk is Cheap: Chat Cable’s Paul Helmick

November 9th, 2006 |
$12? Talk is Cheap: Chat Cable’s Paul Helmick

With millions using Internet talk services daily, more and more companies are finding a niche market making headset devices. ChatCable’s device converts your cell phone headset for use with Skype, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Chat, AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, and more. [See the full post…]

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Dash911’s Scott Navratil on VOIP and 911

November 9th, 2006 |
Dash911’s Scott Navratil on VOIP and 911

If you you dial 911 from a VoIP phone, does the system know to locate you right away? There are a number of companies behind the scenes that ensure your location is immediately apparent to emergency services. Scott Navratil is [See the full post…]

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Overclocking and SLI Technology with Craig “Tech Daddy” Tate (Part 2 of 2)

November 7th, 2006 |

In part two of this podcast series, Craig “Tech Daddy” Tate explains why he uses NVIDIA SLI Technology for his modding projects. Craig also details his upcoming modding project for the Dallas Stars NHL Hockey team as well as his [See the full post…]

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Intel’s Doug Cooper: Preventing Cybercrime

November 7th, 2006 |
Intel’s Doug Cooper: Preventing Cybercrime

Doug Cooper of Intel and Michelle Boykins of the National Crime Prevention Council talk about what companies and individuals can do to deter computer crimes, and McGruff the Crime Dog makes a cameo at Digital Life in New York City. [See the full post…]

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Modding PC’s with Craig “Tech Daddy” Tate (Part 1 of 2)

November 6th, 2006 |
Modding PC’s with Craig “Tech Daddy” Tate (Part 1 of 2)

Craig “Tech Daddy” Tate, a well known PC modder, talks with NVIDIA to discuss his experiences with modding computers. In the first in a two-part podcast series, Craig introduces modding basics, reveals techniques for new modders, and provides recommendations for [See the full post…]

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Forrester’s Michaela Ion: Asia’s Technology Use

November 6th, 2006 |
Forrester’s Michaela Ion: Asia’s Technology Use

At the Forrester Consumer Forum Conference 2006 in Chicago, Forrester Researcher Michaela Ion spoke with PodTech’s Michael Johnson. Ion studies patterns in the adoption and use of technology in Asian/Pacific consumers. Click here for transcript.

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Forrester Analyst Josh Bernoff: Future Video

November 3rd, 2006 |
Forrester Analyst Josh Bernoff: Future Video

Forrester Analyst Josh Bernoff speaks with PodTech’s Michael Johnson at the Forrester Consumer Forum Conference 2006 in Chicago. He discusses the future of online video and the caveats for broadcast networks that now want to have a share of the [See the full post…]

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Forrester’s Ted Schadler on Changing Habits in Consumer Technology

November 3rd, 2006 |
Forrester’s Ted Schadler on Changing Habits in Consumer Technology

Forrester Principal Analyst Ted Schadler specializes in research on consumer technology. He talks about the changing trends in consumer behavior given the growth in mobile and digital channel content delivery, at the Forrester Consumer Forum Conference 2006 in Chicago. Click [See the full post…]

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UMPC and Yahoo! Go

November 3rd, 2006 |
UMPC and Yahoo! Go

Marco Boerries, Yahoo!’s senior vice president of connected life, chats with PodTech’s Michael Johnson about Yahoo! Go and the company’s vision of the UMPC category.

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Analyst Paul Jackson: Social Gadgetry

November 3rd, 2006 |
Analyst Paul Jackson: Social Gadgetry

Forrester analyst Paul Jackson comments on some of the latest devices and trends in social computing. He spoke at the Forrester Consumer Forum Conference 2006 in Chicago. Click here for transcript.

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