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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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Edwards Campaign: Big Easy Come, Big Easy Go

December 27th, 2006 |

People go to New Orleans to make memories that will last. So it turns out that’s at least one thing Robert and Maryam have in common with Senator Edwards. It isn’t surprising that Edwards would choose the city to kick [See the full post…]

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Edwards Campaign: PodTech’s Picking Up the Tab

December 27th, 2006 |

People are justifiably curious who’s paying for Robert’s trip — journalists are usually free to write critically, at least in part, because they aren’t also being fed by the candidate they’re covering. It’s no different this time, as Robert pointed [See the full post…]

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Three Girl Geeks at the Online Information Conference

December 27th, 2006 |
Three Girl Geeks at the Online Information Conference

The Online Information conference is more than 30 years old. It is one of the top Library Science conferences in the world and we caught up with three speakers who are some serious Computer Science geeks. Dr. Hazel Hall, senior [See the full post…]

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UEV Corp Unveils the Electrum Spyder

December 27th, 2006 |
UEV Corp Unveils the Electrum Spyder

The Universal Electric Vehicle Corporation unveiled its Electrum Spyder during the Alternative Car & Transportation Expo in Santa Monica, Calif. The company combines design and engineering to develop high quality, innovative, zero-emission, all electric transportation for consumers and municipalities that [See the full post…]

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Getting businesses into Web and phone advertising

December 27th, 2006 |
Getting businesses into Web and phone advertising

AdBasix is a new company that helps companies — especially small ones that aren’t very Web-savvy — learn how to use Web advertising. Here, two founders of AdBasix show off how their service will let businesses track their advertising using [See the full post…]

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Acrobat 8 Forms

December 27th, 2006 |
Acrobat 8 Forms

Acrobat 8 Professional has new forms capabilities. Forms may not be new, but they are now much easier to deal with. The feature lets the Acrobat do the work of finding common fields and formatting them to save the user [See the full post…]

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Walking around Wales with funny blogger

December 27th, 2006 |
Walking around Wales with funny blogger

Have you subscribed to A Welsh View? We have, and Robert Gale, who writes that blog, finds the weirdest and funniest stuff. Recently I had a chance to walk around his hometown of Newport, Wales with him and I think [See the full post…]

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Zero Emission. No Noise. It’s ZENN.

December 27th, 2006 |
Zero Emission. No Noise. It’s ZENN.

Enlightened mobility is the mission statement of the ZENN Car, an electric car from Feel Good Cars of Toronto. ZENN stands for Zero Emissions No Noise. It’s a Low Speed Vehicle, but the company is in partnership with EEStor, Inc, [See the full post…]

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When Content Matters: Elsevier on their ECM deployment, part 2

December 27th, 2006 |
When Content Matters: Elsevier on their ECM deployment, part 2

Part II of our EMC interview with Elsevier focuses on the business drivers for their use of content management. Paul Leland talks about walking the halls, asking people across the business how they currently find and manage content; and how [See the full post…]

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Gaming’s Best and Worst of 2006

December 27th, 2006 |
Gaming’s Best and Worst of 2006

SAN FRANCISCO, December 27, 2006 (PodTech News) — The past year saw significant changes in the world of video gaming. In recent months, both Sony and Nintendo released new consoles (the Playstation 3 and the Wii), while earlier on, Microsoft’s [See the full post…]

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Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional

December 26th, 2006 |
Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional

A broad look at some of the features in the new Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional and the Creative Suite Premium 2.3 upgrade, which includes Acrobat 8 Professional.

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Talking about Seagate’s Brand

December 26th, 2006 |
Talking about Seagate’s Brand

Another in a series of interviews with Seagate‘s executives as it prepares for the big CES show in Las Vegas, January 8-10. Here you meet James Druckrey, senior vice president and general manager of Seagate’s branded solutions. Here he hints [See the full post…]

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AC Propulsion’s E-Box

December 26th, 2006 |
AC Propulsion’s E-Box

$70,000 might be a little much to pay for a new car for the average consumer, but with AC Propulsion’s modification to a non-emission electrical vehicle, the Toyota XB may be worth it to the environment. The company modifies the [See the full post…]

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2007: The End of the PC?

December 26th, 2006 |
2007: The End of the PC?

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26, 2006 (PodTech News) — 2007 Predictions — everybody’s doing it, and analysts do it for a living. Rob Enderle, founder and principal analyst with San Jose-based The Enderle Group, looks into his crystal ball to see [See the full post…]

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When Content Matters: Elsevier on their ECM deployment, part 1

December 26th, 2006 |
When Content Matters: Elsevier on their ECM deployment, part 1

If you’re a Content Management Architect or just want to hear a Content Management Architect talk about their planning and deployments of EMC Documentum across multiple applications, listen to this interview with Geoffrey McCaleb. McCaleb talks about what went well [See the full post…]

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Plug-In Partners National PHEV Initiative

December 26th, 2006 |
Plug-In Partners National PHEV Initiative

Plug-In Partners is a national, grass-roots initiative to demonstrate to automakers that a market for flexible-fuel, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) exists today. The mission of the organization’s national campaign is to garner support in the form of online petitions [See the full post…]

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Multiply Yourself On Times Square

December 24th, 2006 |
Multiply Yourself On Times Square

Thom Campbell, Intel’s senior media manager, sought pictures for the company’s multiply promotion, which ended on New Year’s Eve. This national promotion allowed users to upload their photos and then see their pictures on the NASDAQ OR Rueters Times Square [See the full post…]

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CIO Dilemmas – The Challenge of Bridging Between Opposites

December 24th, 2006 |
CIO Dilemmas – The Challenge of Bridging Between Opposites

In this series, “CIO Dilemmas,” Frank Buytendijk, Vice President for Corporate Strategy at Hyperion, examines the changing demands on the CIO.  He concludes that in an environment where “if you’re not part of the solution you’re part of the problem,” [See the full post…]

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PodTech Weekly: Al Gore on Science Censorship, and More

December 24th, 2006 |
PodTech Weekly: Al Gore on Science Censorship, and More

SAN FRANCISCO, December 24, 2006 (PodTech News) — Former Vice President Al Gore addressed a large crowd of earth scientists and journalists gathered in San Francisco for the American Geophysical Union‘s fall conference on December 14th. Perhaps because he was [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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Safety Ratings for Mini-Cars Released

December 22nd, 2006 |
Safety Ratings for Mini-Cars Released

While many Americans are thinking about going green by buying smaller cars, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety cautions motorists that real-life crash test results show any car that’s very small and light isn’t the best safety choice when there [See the full post…]

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Demo of Tablane’s TClipper, Web Research Tool

December 22nd, 2006 |
Demo of Tablane’s TClipper, Web Research Tool

Here we get a demo of Tablane‘s TClipper, a Windows application, that lets you keep track of Web sites and manage them.

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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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