Tim Ferriss wrote a New York Times best seller. Why is it so hot? Because it lays out how you can work less and enjoy life more. Here, I sit down with Tim and talk about some of the ideas [See the full post…]

In this podcast, Sr. Director of Product Mgmt. for NetBackup at Symantec, Matt Kixmoeller, give a preview of his session on the NetBackup family of products for the Symantec Vision 2007 conference. For more information visit: www.symantec.com/vision

FTI International Group, Inc., is an Ontario, Canada-based company specializing in dispensing systems for CNG, LNG, Hydrogen, Hythane as well as compressor systems and conversion kits. Their markets are primarliy in Asia, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh (and, perhaps surprisingly, not [See the full post…]

The Shondes (shonde is a Yiddish term meaning disgrace) are from Brooklyn, they’re Mets fans, and they’re Jewish political activists who work for issues like Palestinian justice, Queer/transgender rights and other causes. They also rock — Hard. Also here are [See the full post…]

Here are the highlights of the new RealPlayer that Jeff Chasen, vice president at Real Networks, showed me. Highlights? It lets you download YouTube videos (and other online videos) for offline viewing so you can watch your favorite videos while [See the full post…]

Jeff Chasen, vice president of Real Networks, gave me an exclusive look at the new Real Networks’ RealPlayer, which will let you download YouTube videos (and other online videos) and store them for offline viewing. We also catch up on [See the full post…]

This past weekend we checked out out the smart Fortwo, during the 2007 street smart road show at Urban Outfitters on Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood, Calif. Audience reaction to the event and the car was mostly positive, as consumers, [See the full post…]

In this Editor’s Choice, we show you the highlights of an interview and demo that Brad Cohen, director of Applied Research at GroupScope did to show how it can present information in new, more graphical, ways so you can more [See the full post…]

Brad Cohen, director of applied research at GroupScope, shows me his new system that presents information in more graphical ways so you can more easily visualize networks.

CDNLive! EMEA recently concluded in Munich, Germany. It’s part of the Cadence Design Systems series of worldwide conferences designed to bring technology users together to share ideas and tackle complex issues, both with peers and with Cadence technologists – and [See the full post…]

Printing has moved from mass production into low-cost, individual customization. Now, print automation technology like that developed by Alexander’s Print Advantage, a single, personalized book is created for an individual buyer. Examples of this technology include a national home builder [See the full post…]

Here, David Sacks, co-founder and CEO of Geni, demonstrates a new kind of genealogy software that lets you stay in touch with your family tree in a new way.

David Sacks, co-founder & CEO of Geni, talks with me about genealogy and how software is enabling a new (and more social) way of keeping in touch with your family members and learning about your family’s past. Don’t know who [See the full post…]

Dave Grannan CEO, and Mike Phillips, CTO, of a new company that’ll come out this fall give us a sneak peak at technology that’ll come to cell phones that’ll let you talk with them. The company is code-named Mobeus (they [See the full post…]

Fabrik is an interesting Web 2.0 company because of its business strategy: it has combined a Web 2.0 consumer/small business service called MyFabrik, which organizes and stores digital media online — with physical storage such as hard drives and flash [See the full post…]

I love Goowy’s YourMini‘s customized start page, which gives you tons of widgets that make your life better. Here, Gary Benitt, COO, demonstrates YourMinis.

Customized start pages with tons of widgets are hot and Goowy’s yourminis is one of the best. Here we talk with Alex Bard, Goowy’s CEO and Gary Benitt, COO about yourminis.

The term ROI means one thing to CFOs where the concern is return on investment, but takes on a whole different meaning for CIOs where ROI is more about return on innovation. Both are needed. Learn more about HP’s Business [See the full post…]

IMPCO Technologies says it’s dedicated to a better world through cleaner fuels. Rob Mercer, IMPCO business manager, discusses the company’s systems specializing in natural gas, LNG and dual fuel applications for mobile and stationary engine uses.

On this podcast from Futurenet 2007, Alla Reznik, group manager for IP & Ethernet Services at Verizon Business, discusses their recently launched Ethernet VPLS, which delivers new Wide Area Network options that are robust, flexible and feature-rich, and how companies [See the full post…]

Susie Wee has a great job — she’s the director of the HP Labs Mobile and Media Systems Lab, which means she works on gaming and entertainment systems. I spoke with Ms. Wee in San Francisco, at an HP Gaming [See the full post…]

In this podcast, Mike Marcellin, VP Product Marketing at Verizon Business, and Stuart Elby, VP Network Architecture at Verizon, talk about MPLS (Multi Protocol Label Switching) and its place in converged data networks for enterprise. This is a Verizon Business [See the full post…]

In a podcast from the floor of Interop 2007 in Las Vegas, John Grady, Netgear‘s senior director of product marketing for SMB, outlines Netgear’s upcoming strategy for SMB products, and talks about the ProSafe line of products with a lifetime [See the full post…]

Michael Taylor is the editor of the San Francisco Chronicle’s car section. He is also the son of screenwriter Samuel Taylor, who wrote plays and movies (including Sabrina and Vertigo, which was made in San Francisco fifty years ago).

This spring, several local breweries got together to celebrate the rich brewing heritage in St. Louis. As a birthplace of the modern brewing industry, we have quite a heritage to celebrate. Brewers of all types were there to enjoy beer [See the full post…]