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…]

LOS ANGELES, September 6, 2006 (PodTech News) — For the second time in as many weeks, SpiralFrog, the new ad-supported online music service debuting in beta in December, announced an agreement with a major music label. This time, it’s with [See the full post…]

The release of Sony’s next-gen gaming console, Playstation 3, has been pushed back to March 2007 in Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Africa and Australasia. The PS3 was previously scheduled to launch worldwide in November. PodTech’s Rio Pesino talked with [See the full post…]

Many corporations working with older business models and an outmoded vocabulary are being challenged and changed by new technologies. In Part 2 of his conversation with PodTech founder John Furrier, Intel’s Chris Thomas discusses an important change taking place in [See the full post…]

Who’s looking in when you send an instant message? ShortCuts web etiquette expert Penny Scharfman explains when, where and how IM can be seen and searched by others – and offers some tips on smart IM usage. This week’s links: [See the full post…]

Federal laws governing licensing fees still have to catch up with the reality of internet technology, according to Mark Lam, CEO of Live365.com, which streams music and more — from local football and neighborhood churches to the likes of music [See the full post…]

Mobile device companies are lining up for their take on mobile music players. PodTech’s Michael Johnson reports on some of the contenders.

MENLO PARK, September 5, 2006 (PodTech News) — An announcement today that Apple will be holding an invitation-only press event in San Francisco on September 12th is providing plenty of grist for the rumor mill, with the fringes dreaming of [See the full post…]