Video game company Activision unveiled a playable version of Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360 at CES 2007. The popular guitar rhythm game is only available in a version released a few months ago for the Sony Playstation 2, [See the full post…]

Skullcandy hosted Supernatural as a booth attraction at CES. Supernatural holds the world’s record for the longest a freestyle rap at over nine hours. In this video, in addition to the impressive skill of Supernatural, you’ll spot Skullcandy CEO Alden [See the full post…]

Rick Alden, CEO and founder of Skullcandy, created a lifestlye technology brand that integrates cell phone and audio switching so the active lifestyle can easily switch from tunes to voice calls. The patented Skullcandy Link is available in Skullcandy-branded products [See the full post…]

Sony’s Playstation 3 was not the only gaming console making an appearance at CES 2007. The Playstation Portable was on display as well, with Sony showing off the PSP’s new “Remote Play” function with the PS3 and the PSP’s compatibility [See the full post…]

Part 2 of Dell Chairman Michael Dell’s keynote from CES 2007 in Las Vegas. Dell laid out plans for his company to offset its carbon impact, and called on other technology firms to do the same. Part 1 here. Click [See the full post…]

In his keynote address at CES 2007 in Las Vegas, Dell Computer Chairman Michael Dell announced that the company has joined forces with The Conservation Fund and the Carbonfund.org to create a carbon neutral initiative. Dell also unveiled several new [See the full post…]

When Deer Valley Resort wanted to reach the Gen Xer’s and Y’s to market the Freestyle FIS World Cup, they turned to social networking and new media distribution like YouTube. Erin Grady, Deer Valley’s communications manager, worked with the Park [See the full post…]

So how much does it cost to convert a Prius into a PHEV? I spoke with Greg Hanssen, partner in Monrovia, Calif.’s EnergyCS and president of its offshoot, EDrive Systems, to find out. Along with his company, he has done [See the full post…]

A star-studded cast joined Walt Disney President and CEO Robert Iger on stage to tout new media during his keynote address at CES 2007 in Las Vegas. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer, “Lost” stars Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly and ESPN’s Mike [See the full post…]

NETGEAR made a big splash at CES with its line of products, including wireless networking, HD multimedia, and Skype phones. PodTech’s Paul Lancour spoke with Doug Hagan, director of Americas marketing for NETGEAR, about his impressions of CES this year.

ShieldZone Founder Phillip Chipping and CEO Robert Pedersen speak with Brad Baldwin about the benefits of protected, “naked” gadgets. Industrial designers are working hard to create the sexiest and sleekest products. Why hide the design behind a bulky, unattractive case? [See the full post…]

At the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Seagate‘s Senior Director of Marketing, Diana Cartwright, together with Microsoft Product Manager Dennis Moulton, talk about Microsoft Vista’s new easy backup feature. This is a Seagate podcast. Click here for transcript.

The world’s largest chipmaker and Microsoft teamed up at CES to sponsor the World Series of Video Games, a gaming competition on various platforms, open to the public. On display: PCs powered by the Intel Core2 Extreme Dual and Quad [See the full post…]

The challenges facing your organization’s contact center are greater and more complex than ever. In this podcast we talk with Elizabeth Herrell of Forrester Research and Chuck Weston of Qwest about how to apply effective planning and management to optimize [See the full post…]

Ed Ryan and Fred Geiger from Control4 talk about their 4Sight service. 4Sight enables remote access to your home via the Web so it’s easier to interact with the automated features of your home. They talked to us about how [See the full post…]

In this first of two podcasts we talk with Susan Andersen, director of product marketing for voice management solutions at CA. As more organizations migrate to IP telephony and Voice Over IP, they need to manage the convergence of voice [See the full post…]

Just got back to the BlogHaus, and there are a few Dell folks here. I was telling them how the roundtable went with Michael Dell. Reaching out to the community is key, both as goodwill and strategically. Overall it was [See the full post…]

Gary Kennedy, one of the first 10 employees at Oracle, has a new home as CEO of RemedyMD, a health care informatics and decision support sevice for practitioners, researchers, and patients. Kennedy says it’s crazy that retailers can tell you [See the full post…]

Mary Hodder grants us a demo of Dabble, which is an internet video search engine of sorts, yet something beyond the usual search engines. Dabble self-labels itself as a place to ‘describe, discover and organize’ video, wherever it’s found. Dabble [See the full post…]

Mary Hodder, CEO of Dabble.com, gives Maryam Scoble pointers on how to prepare for a meeting with VCs, and talks about the challenges of being a female CEO. Mary also tells us how best to search for videos online, and [See the full post…]

In his CES 2007 Keynote, Motorola’s CEO Ed Zander unveiled what’s new for the mobile communications company, with new phone models, new partnerships, and new services for the digital home, as well as the mobile consumer. More images on Flickr

The crowds at the NETGEAR booth have been large and enthusiastic. PodTech’s Paul Lancour grabbed Prasad Shroff for a few minutes to talk about the Skype phone that NETGEAR introduced at this year’s CES. Click here for transcript.

John Plaza is head of Seattle BioDiesel, a division of Imperium Renewables. The company is in the process of building Imperium Gray’s Harbor, a biodeisel refinery which will be able to produce 100 million gallons of biodiesel a year — [See the full post…]

It wasn’t highly anticipated. We all knew it. But if Apple’s new “Apple TV” appliance works as advertised, the company–now known simply as Apple and no longer Apple Computer–might have quite a juggernaut on its hands. With movie deals that [See the full post…]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs suggested in his MacWorld 2007 keynote that the new iPhone can connect to the Internet via WiFi. Really? And Cingular is okay with that? A reading of the description on Apple’s Web site seems to confirm [See the full post…]