Mobile technology isn’t just cool; it’s essential for today’s small business. Our experts separate the hype from the hard truth when it comes to getting business done securely on the road. Join Anita Campbell, founder of Small Business Trends and [See the full post…]

Here it is, as promised a second song by The Bloody Hollies. This song is from their new album available on Alive Records “Who to Trust, Who to Kill, Who to Love” (here’s a bonus — you can get a [See the full post…]

I sit down with Dan Cohen, CEO of Pageflakes, who tells me about his company’s efforts to become your startup page.

Here Dan Cohen, CEO of Pageflakes, demonstrates his new service, which makes a killer start page.

Here at the NextGear we normally don’t cover auto racing, but when two legends met at the Chicago Auto Show, we couldn’t let the opportunity pass by. Ron Fellows is a racing legend, having begun his professioanl racing career in [See the full post…]

Dean Haglund has always been a geek, even before it was cool. So maybe it was art, imitating life, when for 9 years he played ‘Langly’ on the X-Files. Today, in addition to being an actor, he’s also an inventor [See the full post…]

Here you can see Reena Jadhav, chief marketing officer at Conduit, demonstrate how to build your own community toolbar.

Conduit‘s Chief Marketing Officer, Reena Jadhav, talks to me about how you can use Conduit to build a custom toolbar that’s something like the Google or Yahoo toolbars, but for your own community.

I sat down with Juan Carlos Soto, vice president, marketing, at Sun Microsystems, and he talks to me about trends that Sun Microsystems is seeing, and we talk about a new program that Sun announced to help startup companies out.

Suzuki created the Flix concept vehicle, based on the all-new 2007 XL7, as the ultimate mobile movie experience for film and entertainment enthusiasts. Once parked, the Flix’s clamshell roof can be opened, revealing a maximum-size moonroof that serves as a [See the full post…]

Every once in a while I see a band and wonder why they aren’t huge yet. I saw one of these bands last weekend: The Bloddy Hollies, from San Diego, by way of Buffalo, New York. These guys play what [See the full post…]

It’s not often you get to pick the brain of a Dow Jones and Company Executive Vice President (they own the Wall Street Journal, among many other important media properties) but here we sit down with Clare Hart who has [See the full post…]

Inspired by an Oakley backpack, the Hyundai Hellion inspires passion in a 3-door, AWD, crossover SUV with its aggressive exterior, wide stance, piercing headlights angled towards its dominant grille, prominent scoop on the clamshell hood, and customizable, removable canvas roof [See the full post…]

Intel Chairman Craig Barrett says Silicon Valley IT companies are in the right place at the right time to help the United Nations address the world’s health, education, and economic problems. Barrett, who has been appointed the chairman of the [See the full post…]

The United Nations is embarking on something new: a partnership with the private sector to address some of the developing world’s most vexing issues in areas such as education, health care, economic development and government. Craig Barret, the chairman of [See the full post…]

This podcast highlights some of the threats and dangers Symantec reported on in January 2007 and offers suggestions on how to stay protected. More information at: Symantec.com

ClipMarks is shipping a new version today and it’s an innovative service that lets you bookmark and link to information deep inside a page. You can choose a paragraph, a sentence or a picture — or other items — and [See the full post…]

I sit down with Eric Goldstein, co-founder of ClipMarks, to talk about his new company and service (shipping a new version this morning). It’s a cool way to annotate or bookmark pieces of content on Web pages. Very useful.

What has 400 horsepower, a supercharged 4.6-liter V-8 and 400-pound feet of torque to the full-time all wheel drive system? Here’s a clue: It’s made by Kia. While at the Chicago Auto Show, I spoke with Kia public relations manager [See the full post…]

Here Ning co-founder Gina Bianchini, shows off the new Ning social media creation platform. We get an in-depth demo of how Ning (version 2 just released today) enables you to build your own social network.

Ning just released version 2.0 of its social networking platform this morning and here we talk with Marc Andreessen (yeah, the Marc who started Netscape) and co-founder Gina Bianchini, about a whole raft of things from what this new release [See the full post…]

Convenience. That’s the big benefit of having all your music and video entertainment at your fingertips. Control4‘s Ed Ryan and Jeff Thomas discuss the benefits of every-room entertainment with Brad Baldwin. Using something called “scenes,” Control4 allows you to integrate [See the full post…]

Businesses are dealing with compliance and reporting from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in many ways. Allegiance CEO and Founder Adam Edmunds saw a niche three years ago and entered the market to provide confidential communication with his Silent Whistle product. Today, [See the full post…]

Attensa has a range of services aimed at large companies who need to keep up to date and share information via RSS and Atom feeds. Here you’ll see Scott Niesen, director of marketing at Attensa, demonstrate Attensa’s latest RSS aggregators [See the full post…]

Scott Niesen, marketing director for Attensa, talks to us about his company’s role in the RSS aggregator and service space. Attensa has a range of feed-reading services aimed at enterprises and it’s interesting to get his view of how companies [See the full post…]