Archive for November, 2006

Sony Playstation 3 Launch is Near

November 16th, 2006 |
Sony Playstation 3 Launch is Near

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…]

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Blendtec’s George Wright on Being the #3 Video on YouTube and Getting 5M Hits in 3 Days

November 16th, 2006 |
Blendtec’s George Wright on Being the #3 Video on YouTube and Getting 5M Hits in 3 Days

George Wright, marketing director at Blendtec, invited us back stage for the filming of Blendtec’s next Will it Blend? video. Currently YouTube’s #3 most watched video producer, Blendtec has found an amazing ROI for their $50 marketing spend. [See the full post…]

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PodTech News Brief

November 16th, 2006 |
PodTech News Brief

Creative solutions to tricky problems are the great appeal of many tech gadgets. What about the tricky problems posed by living a modern life while following ancient (biblical) rules? Old Testament-compliant gadgets are on the way. Also, Google and YouTube [See the full post…]

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Web 2.0 Summit – Media Moguls Tell All

November 15th, 2006 |
Web 2.0 Summit – Media Moguls Tell All

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 [See the full post…]

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The team that works to make Microsoft Windows crash less

November 14th, 2006 |
The team that works to make Microsoft Windows crash less

What happens when Microsoft Windows, or something on it, crashes? Well, this team knows and, in this conversation, goes in depth about what happens once you click “send” on the error report.

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A look inside real-estate Web 2.0 site Trulia

November 14th, 2006 |

Demo of Trulia, a Web 2.0 site for real-estate buyers and sellers

November 14th, 2006 |
Demo of Trulia, a Web 2.0 site for real-estate buyers and sellers

Trulia‘s CEO, Pete Flint, demos Trulia.com, a site aimed at people interested in real estate and why you’ll want to check Trulia before buying your next home.

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NVIDIA’s Scott Vouri: GPUs and Windows Vista

November 14th, 2006 |
NVIDIA’s Scott Vouri: GPUs and Windows Vista

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…]

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“Tech Momma” of Greensboro, North Carolina, talks about bootstrapping your community

November 14th, 2006 |
“Tech Momma” of Greensboro, North Carolina, talks about bootstrapping your community

Maryam Scoble interviews Sue Polinsky, the “tech momma” of Greensboro, North Carolina. She helped plan the Converge South conference where Elizabeth Edwards spoke this year, but she’s had her hands in a ton of community projects, including helping set [See the full post…]

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Graphics Processing Units and Immersive Visuals

November 13th, 2006 |
Graphics Processing Units and Immersive Visuals

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 [See the full post…]

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Demo of Adobe Connect

November 13th, 2006 |
Demo of Adobe Connect

Adobe Connect is a service you can use to give presentations to other people. Here we sit down with Peter Ryce, evangelist from Adobe, to learn more about what the Connect team is doing and get a demo of what [See the full post…]

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The 100 mpg Engine is Coming

November 13th, 2006 |
The 100 mpg Engine is Coming

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…]

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Demo of Confabb, a Web 2.0 site for conference attendees and planners

November 13th, 2006 |
Demo of Confabb, a Web 2.0 site for conference attendees and planners

Confabb just opened today — it’s a new Web 2.0 site that is tracking more than 16,000 real-world conferences like CES, Demo and Pop!Tech. See Salim Ismail, CEO, demo the top features of the new site.

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Behind the scenes of “zero cost” new startup: Confabb

November 13th, 2006 |
Behind the scenes of “zero cost” new startup: Confabb

Listen to Salim Ismail, CEO of Confabb, discuss the Web’s newest business — built without a single investment dollar being spent. It’s a site that conference attendees, speakers, and planners will find useful.

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A (New) Starz is Born

November 13th, 2006 |
A (New) Starz is Born

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 [See the full post…]

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Venture Capitalist’s Success Using Social Media

November 12th, 2006 |
Venture Capitalist’s Success Using Social Media

Pascal Levensohn, founder and managing director of Levensohn Venture Partners, discusses with Jennifer Jones how his firm uses blogging and podcasting to educate its audiences. Blogging at www.pascalsview.com since January 2005, Pascal finds that he has built deeper, stronger [See the full post…]

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PodTech Weekly

November 11th, 2006 |
PodTech Weekly

Two big events in the San Francisco Bay Area kept the tech industry abuzz this week. PodTech has reports from the Web 2.0 Summit and the Dow Jones Consumer Electronics conference. Also, a look at a new way high-tech criminals [See the full post…]

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IBM ShortCut #15: How to use wikis at work (part two)

November 10th, 2006 |
IBM ShortCut #15: How to use wikis at work (part two)

How do you motivate co-workers to use wikis in the workplace? ShortCuts knowledge management expert Luis Suarez offers his tips on encouraging wiki-based collaboration in the enterprise. [See the full post…]

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Disk Based Back-up for Small Businesses

November 10th, 2006 |

Learn about disk based backup and how to protect your business’ information.

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Symantec.com

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The best demo at Web 2.0 Summit: Microsoft’s Photosynth

November 10th, 2006 |
The best demo at Web 2.0 Summit: Microsoft’s Photosynth

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…]

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PodTech News Brief

November 10th, 2006 |
PodTech News Brief

Microsoft has been accused of playing catch-up with Apple’s iPod for years. After its deal with Universal Music Group this week, Microsoft may be ahead of the mp3 curve for the first time. But in a good way? Also, a [See the full post…]

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Panel: You Want to Hear Me and See Me — Right?

November 9th, 2006 |

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…]

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America’s Top “Virtual” Model

November 9th, 2006 |
America’s Top “Virtual” Model

NVIDIA partnered up with America’s Top Model Adrianne Curry to show off the power of its new GeForce 8800 graphics cards. During NVIDIA’s Reality Redefined Event, in San Jose, Calif., a virtual version of Curry was on display on PC’s [See the full post…]

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NVIDIA Redefines Reality with new Graphics Cards

November 9th, 2006 |
NVIDIA Redefines Reality with new Graphics Cards

NVIDIA showcased its new GeForce 8800 graphics processors at its Reality Redefined event in San Jose, Calif. Ujesh Desai is the general manager of NVIDIA’s GForce Graphics. He spoke with PodTech’s Rio Pesino about the highly-anticipated product release and what [See the full post…]

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This is your VOIP on POTS, Any Questions?

November 9th, 2006 |
This is your VOIP on POTS, Any Questions?

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…]

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