This podcast previews a new Symantec blog and webcast series titled “Building Confidence in Enterprise Security.” Andre Gold head of technology risk management at ING U.S. Financial Services, and Samir Kapuria, distinguished principal at Symantec Corp., will embark on a [See the full post…]

Common Sense Media CEO Jim Steyer discusses “Bully”, the newest release from the company that produced Grand Theft Auto. “Bully” for the Sony Playstation (PS2) was controversial months before it hit shelves. Now that it’s here, what do parents need [See the full post…]

I thought this was an interesting service: they teach Spanish speaking people how to speak English through the use of some unique video games that work on any cell phones. Larry Upton, principal at Edioma, shows me the service.

Dave McClure, kicks off the recent Graphing Social Patterns FaceBook Developer Conference. He is followed by Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn, a business oriented social network site. Mr Hoffman thinks that FaceBook will be one of many social networking sites [See the full post…]

Your flight is delayed which throws off your connecting flights. What do you do? If you had WorldMate it would send you a message giving you alternative flights and other info. Eyran Blumberg, VP of enterprise business at Worldmate, gives [See the full post…]

This is a cool service with a weird name: Utterz. At the CTIA show (mobile phone gadget show) I met Randy Corke, co-founder of the company making Utterz and we have a brief talk about it. It’s a microblogging tool [See the full post…]

This Podcast features Charlie Northend, President and CEO of DMNA Advertising Agency, discussing how the marketing, publishing and advertising industry is changing and how DMNA is adapting to those changes. Eric Vidal, advertising and new media leader at WebEx, moderates [See the full post…]

After Jay Bean launched and sold his former company ah-ha (now Enhance Interactive) to Marchex, he put his experience in local search, web marketing, and company building to work at OrangeSoda. OrangeSoda’s primary focus is on helping small and medium-sized [See the full post…]

This episode, I have something really special. It’s a performance from the Show-me Blowout by the 60’s garage rocker Craig Moore. Craig Moore was one of the original members of the 1960’s band Gonn from Keokuk, Iowa. Now I don’t [See the full post…]

What’s new in security? In this podcast Intel’s Malcolm Harkins and HP’s Manny Novoa chat about the latest issues in security technologies, notably the emergence of hardware assisted virtualization. They also discuss, with PodTech’s Jason Lopez, coping with zero-day threats [See the full post…]

Y Fray has been a limo driver for over 20 years. Passionate about the environment, she decided to do her part and started EcoLimo, a company offering ecological chauffeured transportation in Loas Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, DC. During the [See the full post…]

Photographers, don’t miss this one! It’s an interview with Thomas Hawk and Marc Levoy, Stanford University Professor, who is jointly appointed in computer science and electrical engineering. But that’s the geeky way of explaining this dude is doing some radical [See the full post…]

Editor’s Choice. Here my editor, Rocky (The Rocman) pulled out some highlights of the interview we did with Marc Levoy, Stanford University Professor who is doing exceptional photographic research.

Broadband, connectivity, Wi-Fi, accessibility and education efforts are all priorities for the ongoing efforts in developing nations and regions around the globe. Intel, along with the United Nations and International Telecommunication Union (ITU), among others, is participating this month in [See the full post…]

Join BearingPoint‘s Senior Manager Diane Jennings and Senior Practice Director Joe Franco of Oracle, as they explore Oracle Lease Management (OLM) and why the time is right for OLM. Oracle Lease Management is a powerful data management tool that offers [See the full post…]

Home entertainment is switching to digital. Even movie rental places like Netflix are delivering their goods via bits that’ll be stored on a hard drive. So, how do you manage all your music and entertainment stuff? Media Master has a [See the full post…]

The Comedy stylings of Andrew Keen and Steve Gillmor, still bantar on who is more in love with Hillary Clinton. I think Andrew Keen wins hands down! Facebook, 1000 Billion? Are these guys serious?

Actor and activist Ed Begley, Jr. has been an ardent advocate for the environment for nearly 40 years, long before it was politically correct. During the Alt Car Expo in Santa Monica, I spoke with him about his passion and [See the full post…]

The Alley Cat Revue at Rue 13 is on the vanguard of fine Burlesque entertainment in the Mid-west. I spoke to the lovely and talented Lola Van Ella about the history of the current state of the “neo-burlesque” movement. Also [See the full post…]

One of the most unique social networks I’ve seen lately is the one from BluePulse. It’s for mobile phones only and is gaining a lot of fans. Last week I headed over to see what Ben Keighran, founder and CEO [See the full post…]

CRM is migrating from desktop applications to Software as a Service (Saas). COMPLETExRM is a new company based in Salt Lake City that offers a highly customizable CxRM foundation based on a SaaS platform. This allowed COMPLETExRM to create PlanPlus [See the full post…]

Jennifer Ellard and Dan Lamorena discuss strategies for High Availability and Disaster Recovery and IT organizations can determine the right solutions(s) for their critical applications. For more information, visit: www.symantec.com/datacenter

For this weeks ConnectCast we attended the inaugural event of the Women Tech Council “Women Advancing in Technology” event. Over 100 women attended and listen to Teri Sundh CEO of Podfitness.com and Carol Fineagan CIO of Energy Solutions. Teri eloquently [See the full post…]

Large business and government customers seeking satellite-based broadband access now have a new option from Verizon Business. The company is offering a commercial broadband satellite service — Verizon Global Broadband Satellite Access, powered by Thrane & Thrane. The new service [See the full post…]

This podcast is the final part of a discussion with Jan Sysmans, Director of Marketing for WebEx, on the topic of business disruptions. Jan says that traditionally, many obstacles to productivity have been written off as a cost of doing [See the full post…]