Green Car Journal‘s 2nd Annual Green Car of the Year was awarded to the Toyota Camry Hybrid at the L.A. Auto Show. Voted on by a panel of judges including Carroll Shelby, Carl Pope, Francis Beinecke, Jean-Michel Cousteau and others, [See the full post…]

The design studios of seven automakers competed in a Design Challenge at the L.A. Auto Show. The competition combined wood, alloys, glass, rubber and other materials to create 100 percent recyclable roadsters of the future. The eco-friendly vehicles were designed [See the full post…]

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger promoted alternative fuel vehicles with a speech at the 100th annual Los Angeles Auto Show. Flanked by alternative fuel cars and the automakers that produced them, the governor touted California as the leader in environmental protection [See the full post…]

Julie Beamer, GM‘s director of fuel cell commercialization, expands on GM’s Project Driveway, the company’s comprehensive testing of its fourth-generation fuel cell system, Chevrolet Equinox. Speaking with PodTech’s Matt Kelly at the L.A. Auto Show, she also discussed GM’s electrification [See the full post…]

“You don’t have to go broke to go green,” said Jill Lajdziak, general manager of Saturn. I spoke with her after GM Chairman Rick Wagoner delivered the L.A. Auto Show keynote, announcing the company’s plans for a diverse portfolio of [See the full post…]

Design and technology were the themes as Troy Clarke, president of GM North America unveiled some of GM’s 2008 lineup during the L.A. Auto Show, including the company’s first mid-size hybrid vehicle, the Saturn Aura Green Line, as well as [See the full post…]

“The technical hurdles are real but we believe they are surmountable.” During his keynote address at the L.A. Auto Show, General Motors Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner announced that the company has begun work on a Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid [See the full post…]

The PRSA Silicon Valley chapter of PRSA (Public Relations Society of America) announces a Tech Media Influencer event, “Media Predictions 2007.” Listen to the all-star media panel that met in the heart of Silicon Valley on December 1, 2006, looked [See the full post…]

NVIDIA officially announces the release of its new NForce motherboard and GForce graphics cards in this podcast. Click here for transcript.

At NVIDIA‘s Reality Redefined event, gamer Chad “DJ Gooky” Dutcher spoke with PodTech’s Rio Pesino. Dutcher gave his thoughts on the new GForce 8800 graphics card, his plans on becoming a pro gamer and where he sees PC gaming headed [See the full post…]

Gaming clan Team Hot came out victorious in a Battlefield 2142 tournament at NVIDIA‘s GForce LAN party, which was held during the company’s Reality Redefined event in San Jose, Calif. PodTech’s Rio Pesino spoke with the team about their victory [See the full post…]

Sony’s NBA 07 is one of several launch titles on display at the Sony Store. PodTech’s Rio Pesino went one-on-one with Sony’s Alex Armour to discuss some of the unique features of Sony’s basketball game during the Sony PS3 Launch [See the full post…]

PodTech’s Rio Pesino got his game on with Sony’s Sheila Bryson at the company’s Playstation 3 Launch event at the Metreon in San Francisco. In this podcast, we go hands-on with the PS3 interface and Bryson gives her thoughts on [See the full post…]

Hundreds of people are lined up outside the Sony Metreon in San Francisco, hoping to buy a Sony PS3 gaming console, which will go on sale across the country at midnight. With so many people already in line, even before [See the full post…]

At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Barry Diller, chairman and CEO of IAC/InterActiveCorp, and chairman of Expedia Inc., and Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., chairman of the New York Times Company, hold forth on how the media landscape is changing [See the full post…]

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…]

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…]

LOS ANGELES, November 13, 2006, (PodTech News)–It’s no myth, the 100 mpg car exists — the rub is, they’re built in your neighbor’s garage, not a giant production plant. One company at the forefront of the technology is the California [See the full post…]

SAN JOSE, November 13, 2006, (PodTech News)–Are the Starz aligned for downloading movies? At last week’s Dow Jones VentureWire Consumer Technology Conference is San Jose, Bob Clasen, Starz‘ president and CEO, spoke with PodTech’s Matt Kelly about the company’s acquisition [See the full post…]

Gary Flake, distinguished engineer at Microsoft, gives us a tour around a new 3D photo experience that amazed attendees at the O’Reilly Web 2.0 Summit yesterday when it was demonstrated. Several people came up to me afterward and said it [See the full post…]

What happens when you get a bunch of experts in a room and ask them all sorts of questions, like: when will I be able to watch shows over the Internet? You realize how complex things are, how little you [See the full post…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]