What is SPIM, and why can it be so dangerous? ShortCuts IM expert Akiba Saeedi explains how to keep your instant messaging spam-free, both inside and outside the office. This week’s link: Wikipedia’s guide to messaging spam.

Roman Scharf, Jajah‘s CEO, talks about what Jajah is trying to accomplish – they are one of a handful of companies that let you call overseas for free, or a very low price, with your regular phone. Sorta like Skype, [See the full post…]

Roman Scharf, Jajah‘s CEO, demonstrates how Jajah works to make low-cost – even free – phone calls around the world with a regular phone. On the other line is Guy Kawasaki, famous evangelist and blogger.

Paul O’Brien is manager of interactive marketing at Hewlett-Packard’s direct-to-home and consumer home office store. He talked with us about trends HP Direct has seen in online consumer behavior. We spoke at the CEA Industry Forum, a gathering of consumer [See the full post…]

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are a growing threat for Internet-enabled businesses. Cindy Bellefeuille and Chris Hunsaker, security experts at Verizon Business, discuss DDoS attacks and alternatives to traditional security services such as firewalls and IDS/IPS solutions.

Mark Cuban, chaiman and president of HDNet, gave his thoughts on the YouTube/Google deal during his keynote address at the 2006 CEA Industry Forum in San Francisco. The owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks also gave talked about the future [See the full post…]

“Understanding How Consumers Use the Internet to Research and Shop for Consumer Electronics” was the topic of a CEA forum panel October 17th at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco.

Driving in Karachi is an exercise in confusion, damped-out road rage and sheer fun. The roads are mostly quite wide, but the combination of a large variety of vehicles and quaint driving styles makes for what the ancient Chinese legendarily [See the full post…]

Common Sense Media CEO Jim Steyer gives parents the information they need to know about YouTube, the popular video sharing website that was bought by Google this week. More info: CommonSenseMedia.org

Yesterday, Mark Cuban spoke at the Consumer Electronics Association luncheon. Before he spoke I had lunch with him and asked him for a quick comment on his hopes for the Dallas Mavericks basketball team (he’s the owner) and his thoughts [See the full post…]

As mobile devices rush to keep up with consumers’ lifestyles, Intel is watching how people around the world have been adapting to their changing technologies. Mobile computing was the topic when PodTech’s Michael Johnson caught up with Intel Senior Researcher [See the full post…]

Richard Wirt, vice president and general manager of Intel’s software and solutions group, delivered his insights on software threading during his keynote address at the Intel Developer Forum.

Ryan Block is managing editor of Engadget.com and he invited me over to get a tour of his San Francisco “crib.” We see, and talk about, dozens of gadgets from cameras to cell phones to HDTVs.

Tony Conrad, Sphere’s CEO (they make a nice blog search engine) shows me a cool new bookmarklet for bloggers that can help you figure out who is talking about a specific topic.

James Snell, a developer with IBM’s WebAhead development lab, comes on to talk about his new developerWorks article series on the Atom publishing protocol. For more info see: IBM’s developerWorks

Anand Chandrasekher is senior vice president and general manager of Intel Corporation’s Ultra Mobile Group. He spoke with PodTech’s Michael Johnson at Digital Life 2006 in New York City about updates in VIIV home entertainment platforms, and the shrinking computer. [See the full post…]

At Demo in Los Angeles, PodTech CEO and Founder John Furrier had a chance to speak with Howard Lee Morgan and Joshua Kopelman, two prominent early-stage venture capitalists from First Round Capital. Although Josh is now deeply involved in the [See the full post…]

When deploying a wireless LAN, businesses can use a managed service provider to help ensure non-intrusive deployment, comprehensive security policies, mitigation against unauthorized access and investment protection. Verizon Business’s Program Manager for Managed Services Andy Boyer talks about how Verizon [See the full post…]

Last Monday, Veer Bothra (seen here on the left) asked me to join in the monthly mixer he organises, called Mobile Monday. It’s loosely tied in with an eponymous event held around the world, an opportunity for mobile platform stakeholders [See the full post…]

What are social bookmarks and why would you want to use them? ShortCuts knowledge management expert Luis Suarez explains how del.icio.us and other social bookmarking services can help you organize, track and share information and expertise. This week’s links: Wikipedia’s [See the full post…]

Go Shopping! Here we interview Michael Yang, CEO of Become.com, which is a new shopping search engine. They claim that it works better than Google for when you’re looking for products to buy. Hear what he sees as his advantages [See the full post…]

This Christmas, Michael Yang hopes you’ll use his search engine to find things to buy for your friends and family. Here, the CEO of Become.com demos what he says makes his service better for shopping than other search engines.

Learn about Instant Messaging (IM) threats and what you can do to protect your working environment. More information at: Symantec.com

Application-aware VPN tools enable private IP enterprises to achieve high levels of performance for applications such as VoIP, enterprise resource planning (ERP) and video. With the proper network assessment, reporting, dynamic bandwidth and packet-marking tools, enterprises can more closely monitor [See the full post…]

A discussion on the next evolution of Sun‘s CoolThreads processor (code-named Niagara 2) with Rick Hetherington, chief architect for the Niagara program, and Gary Peterson, director for the Niagara program.