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.

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…]

Stephen Smith, Intel Corporation’s VP & Director of Desktop Platform Operations speaks with PodTech’s Michael Johnson, about the development of the new line of Intel Core 2 Duo processors, at Intel’s “proving ground”, the Benchmark Lab in Santa Clara, California.

Steve Jobs, former Atari employee? Atari co-founder Al Alcorn tells PodTech’s Rio Pesino about Jobs’ role with Atari, his involvement in some of the historic meetings with the Apple CEO and how the video game manufacturer rejected Jobs’ concept of [See the full post…]

Pinball Photographer Kevin Tiell displayed a series of pinball-eye-view photographs at California Extreme 2006 in San Jose, CA. PodTech’s Rio Pesino asked Tiell about his approach to creating these enhanced photos. More info: kevin.tiell.com

After a speech covering net neutrality and other topics at Gnomedex 2006 in Seattle, Marc Canter (Founder of Macromedia) and Senator John Edwards have a hilarious exchange on out what it means to be a red diaper baby and what [See the full post…]

Legends of the videogame industry share their thoughts on working for Atari during the early years. Al Alcorn, Eugene Jarvis, Steve Ritchie, Ed Rotberg and Dave Sheppard discuss the stories behind the creation of some of the classic Atari coin-op [See the full post…]

Looking at social networking at Mashup Camp in Mountain View, California, with PodTech’s Michael Johnson. More from Mashup Camp Photos on Flickr

So many great ideas at Mashup Camp, so llittle time. PodTech’s Michael Johnson spoke with a few of the folks who attended the “summer camp” session. Photos on Flickr

Eugene Jarvis, creator of breakthrough arcade games such as Defender, Robotron, NARC and Cruis’n USA, tells PodTech’s Rio Pesino about how he got into the video game business and what he thought about games during the golden age of gaming [See the full post…]

    “…the people that move the nuts and bolts, that are reinventing technology as we speak; reinventing how applications are run on your desktop, reinventing how different websites and different services on the web are woven together, integrated, and [See the full post…]

Al Alcorn, former Vice President of Engineering at Atari, spoke with PodTech’s Rio Pesino about designing the classic video game PONG, the early days of gaming, game emulation and his prediction on where coin-op arcades will be in five to [See the full post…]

Mike Fridgen, vice president of marketing and product management at FareCast is creating a better shopping experience for airfare with price prediction and direct-to-carrier booking. A web service competing with Orbitz, Travelocity, and Expedia by letting users know where and [See the full post…]

Kabir Shahani, Dot Connector for Blue Dot talks about the launch of their social discovery web service that connects people with their friends’ knowledge, information, and content experience. Automation tools for sharing of content–‘dotting’ in Blue Dot-speak–in the context of [See the full post…]

Eugene Jarvis, part of the “Vid Kidz” team responsible for some of the most popular video arcade games of all time, talked about the making of Robotron. Jarvis reveals how the concept of the game came about, how the Robotron [See the full post…]

IDEO’s Diego Rodriguez shares his thoughts on working at the intersection of design and business with PodTech’s Catherine Girardeau. “It’s a logical evolution of designing for people,” Rodriguez said. More podcasts from IDEO

Bob Ellingson, a California Extreme staff member and exhibitor, tells PodTech’s Rio Pesino about the Arcade Classic Game show, it’s history and where he thinks retro gaming is headed in the future. For more information see: www.caextreme.org See photos on [See the full post…]

“This notion of designing ecosystems of things which interact with each other is a lot of what we’re doing today,” said Tim Brown, IDEO‘s CEO and President. Brown walked PodTech’s Catherine Girardeau through the exhibition, “IDEO Prototypes the Future,” during [See the full post…]

Retro arcade games, pinball machines and other novelties are celebrated annually at the California Extreme Classic Arcade Games Show in San Jose, CA. Hundreds of classic coin-op arcades will be on display, including Pac-Man, Asteroids, Robotron and Star Wars. PodTech.net [See the full post…]

“I don’t think people prototype anywhere near enough,” said Geoffrey Moore, Managing Director of TCG Advisors. He talked with PodTech’s Catherine Girardeau about where the art of prototyping is headed during the opening reception for “IDEO Prototypes the Future,” at [See the full post…]

In the halls of Gnomedex 6.0 Robert Scoble podcasts with Beth from Linden Lab to speak about the rules around Second Life and why kids under 13 can’t participate. Beth goes into detail with Robert, a Second Life lawbreaker, about [See the full post…]