Synergy and convergence were just two of the themes echoed today during the CTIA expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center as RealNetworks announced a deal to acquire WiderThan for $350 million, or $17.05 per share. The tender offer, which [See the full post…]

This is a sneak audio preview of what surely will be on Robert Scoble‘s upcoming video show on PodTech. Scoble gets up close and personal with SAP’s Shai Agassi at SAP TechEd 2006 in Las Vegas.

Wireless IT and entertainment intersect for the next three days at the 22nd CTIA expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center. It’s appropriate that its being held for the first time in L.A., the entertainment capital of the world, as [See the full post…]

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…]

Shai Agassi addresses the value of SDN and announced Business Process Expert Community and its place in the construction of coherent business software models. Part 2 of 2.

Shai Agassi, president of the product and technology group and member of the executive board of SAP, addressed the crowd at SAP TechEd today in Las Vegas. He spoke and demonstrated principles involved in building modernized cores for business. This [See the full post…]

Part 2 of 2 of Apple’s announcement of new iPods, games, movies, and the upcoming iTV. Listen to part 1 of 2 Photos on Flickr

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…]

SAN JOSE, September 12, 2006 (PodTech News) — Hewlett-Packard said today Board Chair Patricia Dunn will step down from her post in January, to be replaced by CEO Mark Hurd. The move was prompted by a scandal involving an investigation [See the full post…]

Sun continues to achieve innovation excellence as demonstrated by its SunFire X4500 Server that combines a powerful four-way x64 server with up 24 TB of storage. PodTech’s Michael Johnson sits down with Sun’s Hanxi Chen and discovers there are countless [See the full post…]

Steve Jobs delivered a special announcement at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco this morning. Major points: – New iPods. – iPod games can be purchased from iTMS. – Movies are available from iTMS. – [See the full post…]

LOS ANGELES, September 11, 2006 (PodTech News) — Mobile entertainment industry executives met Monday in Los Angeles at iHollywood Forum’s Mobile Entertainment Summit. On the agenda: discussions over the prospects of reaching 200 million United States mobile subscribers with content, [See the full post…]

MENLO PARK, September 11, 2006 (PodTech News) – Gartner, Inc. Vice President Martin Reynolds said he thinks Hewlett-Packard Board Chair Patricia Dunn did the right thing to investigate leaks of proprietary HP information to the news media, and that he [See the full post…]

LOS ANGELES, September 11, 2006 (PodTech News) — Wireless technologies and the content companies transforming the mobile entertainment marketplace were the focus today at the Mobile Entertainment Summit in Los Angeles. Over 600 attendees participated in panel discussions, keynote addresses, [See the full post…]

Common Sense Media CEO Jim Steyer offers advice on how to talk to kids about the death of Steve Irwin, television’s beloved “Crocodile Hunter”. More info: CommonSenseMedia.org

SAN FRANCISCO, September 9, 2006 (PodTech News) — Anyone who calls his company Pioneers of the Inevitable has got to be either deluded or a visionary. Rob Lord is clearly the latter. He’s worked on projects and started companies, including [See the full post…]

San Francisco Chronicle radio columnist, Rolling Stone writer, and author Ben Fong-Torres says community and local emphasis is the key to the survival of terrestrial radio, as the market penetration of satellite radio increases. PodTech’s Michael Johnson talked to him [See the full post…]

BOSTON, September 8, 2006 (PodTech News) — After the 9/11 attacks, there was talk of a cyber Pearl Harbor, in which trained terrorist groups would use computers and the Internet to attack critical infrastructure in the United States. Five years [See the full post…]

LOS ANGELES, September 8, 2006 (PodTech News) — Amazon officially entered the movie download space with Thursday night’s unveiling of Unbox. The new service offers television shows, films and other videos for download from more than 30 studios and TV [See the full post…]

MENLO PARK, September 8, 2006 (PodTech News) — Nintendo has received its first batch of CPU’s for the Wii gaming console. Named “Broadway,” the chips are manufactured by IBM and are key to Wii’s architecture. IDC Senior Industry Analyst IdaRose [See the full post…]

Do you find filing a daily challenge? ShortCuts email expert Alan Lepofsky shows how to automate your email archive. This week’s link: Alan’s blog, IBM Lotus Notes/Domino Hints and Tips, dishes out handy tips for getting the most out of [See the full post…]

After Napster, Sean Fanning founded SNOCAP, in hopes of promoting peer-to-peer networking, but the company has since evolved into a provider of digital licensing and copyright management services for artists exploring the new digital music marketplace. Rusty Rueff is the [See the full post…]

MENLO PARK, September 7, 2006 (PodTech News) — Intel Corporation director Will Swope said today that his company’s new vPro technology package will make life for IT managers a whole lot easier. Swope, who directs Intel’s digital enterprise management division, [See the full post…]

LOS ANGELES, September 7, 2006 (PodTech News) — In a sure sign of things to come, television and movie studios are starting to create original short-form programming for broadband and wireless devices. Warner Brothers Television Group just announced the creation [See the full post…]

MENLO PARK, September 6, 2006 (PodTech News) — AOL and the Associated Press this week released a survey on online video usage. The survey, conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs, polled about 3000 adults, almost half of whom were online video [See the full post…]