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PodTech News Brief: Help Wanted

November 22nd, 2006 |
PodTech News Brief: Help Wanted

SAN FRANCISCO, November 22, 2006 (PodTech News) — While both Google and Yahoo have recently made inroads into newspaper ad sales, reports that print and online spending fell for the first time since at least 2004 have sparked a fresh [See the full post…]

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Photowalking with Thomas Hawk: the Photoshop Lessons, Part II

November 21st, 2006 |
Photowalking with Thomas Hawk: the Photoshop Lessons, Part II

Jan Kabili, who does Photoshop Online TV, continues her lessons of how to make your photos look better with Adobe Photoshop. In Part II, she goes into sharpening and other Photoshop techniques that you should know to make your photos [See the full post…]

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Photowalking with Thomas Hawk: the Photoshop Lessons, Part I

November 21st, 2006 |
Photowalking with Thomas Hawk: the Photoshop Lessons, Part I

Jan Kabili, who does Photoshop Online TV, comes over to my house to teach Thomas Hawk a bunch of Adobe Photoshop tips and tricks. In Part I he gets schooled on Adobe Bridge, which is a great program to bring [See the full post…]

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SOASTA, visual tool to automate Web testing

November 21st, 2006 |
SOASTA, visual tool to automate Web testing

Robert Holcomb, director of product management at SOASTA, gives me a demo of their automated Web testing tool and its unique, Apple Garage Band-like interface. Click here for transcript.

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A look into startup SOASTA, automated web testing tool maker

November 21st, 2006 |
A look into startup SOASTA, automated web testing tool maker

Ken Gardner, founder and executive chairman of SOASTA, explains what’s behind his new startup which builds visual tools to automate web testing. Ken’s an interesting guy, believes that enterprise software needs a user interface that looks more like Apple’s Garage [See the full post…]

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Seagate’s CEO talks about hard drive business

November 21st, 2006 |
Seagate’s CEO talks about hard drive business

Bill Watkins, the CEO of Seagate, sits down with me for a half hour conversation that covers everything from why Seagate is sponsoring my show to the technology behind its largest hard drives (Seagate makes the largest single hard drives [See the full post…]

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NVIDIA Reality Redefined: New GForce and NForce Technology Unveiled

November 21st, 2006 |
NVIDIA Reality Redefined: New GForce and NForce Technology Unveiled

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

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PodTech News Brief: iPhones?

November 21st, 2006 |
PodTech News Brief: iPhones?

SAN FRANCISCO, November 21, 2006 (PodTech News) — Speculation kicked into high gear over the prospects of an Apple iPhone — again. Michael Johnson reports on why the rumors have so much traction this time. In news from Yahoo — [See the full post…]

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Video: Intel’s Web 2.0 Suite for Enterprise

November 20th, 2006 |
Video: Intel’s Web 2.0 Suite for Enterprise

At the recent announcement from Intel on their new Web 2.0 Enterprise Suite, PodTech Founder and CEO John Furrier spoke with Ross Mayfield, CEO of SocialText to talk about the new offering from Intel. Click here for transcript.

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Introducing Norton Confidential

November 20th, 2006 |

This podcast provides an introduction and overview to Symantec’s new transaction security product, Norton Confidential. More information at: Symantec.com Click here for transcript.

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NVIDIA Reality Redefined: Gaming with DJ Gooky

November 20th, 2006 |
NVIDIA Reality Redefined: Gaming with DJ Gooky

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…]

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Team Hot Burns the Competition at NVIDIA’s GForce LAN Party

November 20th, 2006 |
Team Hot Burns the Competition at NVIDIA’s GForce LAN Party

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…]

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Microsoft’s Betsy Aoki

November 20th, 2006 |
Microsoft’s Betsy Aoki

She’s Microsoft’s “BlogQueen” and used to run the site that holds most of Microsoft’s employee blogs, blogs.msdn.com, but now she’s working on Windows Live QnA site, which is a place where you can ask questions and get answers (or answer [See the full post…]

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Demo of Axosoft’s OnTime System

November 20th, 2006 |
Demo of Axosoft’s OnTime System

Hamid Shojaee, CEO of Axosoft, shows off Axosoft’s OnTime software management system. The system lets your development team track issues through either a Web interface or one built into Visual Studio. Click here for transcript.

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Hamid Shojaee, CEO of Axosoft

November 20th, 2006 |
Hamid Shojaee, CEO of Axosoft

I meet Hamid Shojaee, CEO of Axosoft, and we talk about his tool, which helps software development teams ship on time (software development process manager). It’s a remarkable application (our engineers checked it out) that tracks bugs, issues, and keeps [See the full post…]

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Demo of Salesforce.com

November 20th, 2006 |
Demo of Salesforce.com

Here Adam Gross, vice president of developer marketing at Salesforce.com, demonstrates the latest developer-centric version of the site. Click here for transcript.

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Interview with Salesforce.com’s Adam Gross

November 20th, 2006 |
Interview with Salesforce.com’s Adam Gross

Adam Gross, vice president of developer marketing at Salesforce.com, sat down with us at the recent Salesforce.com conference, named “Dreamforce.” He talks about how Salesforce.com isn’t just for salespeople anymore and goes into the new development methodology, they call “Apex,” [See the full post…]

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Inside Engadget: Insights Into the Popular Web Magazine

November 20th, 2006 |
Inside Engadget: Insights Into the Popular Web Magazine

Peter Rojas, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Engadget tells Jennifer Jones all about his publication — why he started it, what makes it unique in the blogosphere and what the best way is to contact him and his reporters. Engadget offers [See the full post…]

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Protect Yourself From Pharming Websites

November 18th, 2006 |

Learn about pharming and tips to protecting yourself against pharming websites. More information at: Symantec.com Click here for transcript.

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PodTech Weekly

November 18th, 2006 |
PodTech Weekly

SAN FRANCISCO, November 18, 2006 (PodTech News) — This week saw the highly-anticipated launch of the new Sony Playstation 3. The first few buyers to get their hands on the new system waited for about 40 hours outside of the [See the full post…]

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PodTech News Brief: Sony Launches PS3

November 17th, 2006 |
PodTech News Brief: Sony Launches PS3

SAN FRANCISCO, November 17, 2006 (PodTech News) — Sony’s PS3 went on sale at midnight at stores in the U.S. Many fans began lining up days ago. As the lines in downtown San Francisco grew in anticipation of launch, PodTech’s [See the full post…]

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Take the Court with Sony PS3’s NBA 07

November 16th, 2006 |
Take the Court with Sony PS3’s NBA 07

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…]

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CA: Because Your Business Can’t Wait

November 16th, 2006 |

CA is in the business of helping IT organizations develop and deliver on a clear vision for the management of their complex IT environments. CA is hosting a podcast series targeted to the IT executive called Because Your Business Can’t [See the full post…]

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Sony Playstation 3: Hands-On

November 16th, 2006 |
Sony Playstation 3: Hands-On

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…]

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Bob Pepper Ex-FCC exec discusses net neutrality

November 16th, 2006 |
Bob Pepper Ex-FCC exec discusses net neutrality

Bob Pepper was the chief policy guru at the Federal Communications Commission for three presidential administrations (and six FCC chairmen). He speaks with PodTech Founder and CEO John Furrier about net neutrality, what it means and who it would benefit. [See the full post…]

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