Mike Fister, President and CEO of Cadence Design Systems, gave a keynote address to kick off CDNLive Silicon Valley on September 12th . “How do we help unlock that creative element and allow all of us as humans to continue [See the full post…]

Venture capitalist Andy Kessler says silicon is going to do to the health care industry what it has done to portable devices and the Internet. Where will it start? With diagnostics, according to Kessler, who delivered the lunch keynote at [See the full post…]

At BlogCamp India in Chennai this past weekend, Robert Scoble spoke to a spirited crowd of Indian bloggers, who came from all over India to converge upon a weekend-long hub of activity, ideas and passionate people. After a few initial [See the full post…]

News Corporation President and Chief Operation Officer Peter Chernin opened the second day of CTIA Wireless 2006 in Los Angeles with this keynote address. In it, he discusses the evolution of mobile content so far, discusses News Corp.’s recent purchase [See the full post…]

Getting money for a Series B round in health care deals results in a “down round” at least 50 percent of the time. Ralph (Chris) Christoffersen, a general partner at Morgenthaler Ventures, tells PodTech’s Jennifer Jones how his firm helps [See the full post…]

Synergy and convergence were just two of the themes echoed today during the CTIA expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center as RealNetworks announced a deal to acquire WiderThan for $350 million, or $17.05 per share. The tender offer, which [See the full post…]

This is a sneak audio preview of what surely will be on Robert Scoble‘s upcoming video show on PodTech. Scoble gets up close and personal with SAP’s Shai Agassi at SAP TechEd 2006 in Las Vegas.

Wireless IT and entertainment intersect for the next three days at the 22nd CTIA expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center. It’s appropriate that its being held for the first time in L.A., the entertainment capital of the world, as [See the full post…]

Patients desire improved treatments, voters call for safety, biomed startups want drug approval to continue in business and big pharma is after big profits. The Food and Drug Administration must grapple with these issues, which are only getting more complex. [See the full post…]

Shai Agassi addresses the value of SDN and announced Business Process Expert Community and its place in the construction of coherent business software models. Part 2 of 2.

Shai Agassi, president of the product and technology group and member of the executive board of SAP, addressed the crowd at SAP TechEd today in Las Vegas. He spoke and demonstrated principles involved in building modernized cores for business. This [See the full post…]

Part 2 of 2 of Apple’s announcement of new iPods, games, movies, and the upcoming iTV. Listen to part 1 of 2 Photos on Flickr

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it is a constant balancing act to determine how much risk to consumers is acceptable in the drug approval process. No risk would result in few drugs coming to market. Some risk allows [See the full post…]

SAN JOSE, September 12, 2006 (PodTech News) — Hewlett-Packard said today Board Chair Patricia Dunn will step down from her post in January, to be replaced by CEO Mark Hurd. The move was prompted by a scandal involving an investigation [See the full post…]

Sun continues to achieve innovation excellence as demonstrated by its SunFire X4500 Server that combines a powerful four-way x64 server with up 24 TB of storage. PodTech’s Michael Johnson sits down with Sun’s Hanxi Chen and discovers there are countless [See the full post…]

Steve Jobs delivered a special announcement at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco this morning. Major points: – New iPods. – iPod games can be purchased from iTMS. – Movies are available from iTMS. – [See the full post…]

LOS ANGELES, September 11, 2006 (PodTech News) — Mobile entertainment industry executives met Monday in Los Angeles at iHollywood Forum’s Mobile Entertainment Summit. On the agenda: discussions over the prospects of reaching 200 million United States mobile subscribers with content, [See the full post…]

MENLO PARK, September 11, 2006 (PodTech News) – Gartner, Inc. Vice President Martin Reynolds said he thinks Hewlett-Packard Board Chair Patricia Dunn did the right thing to investigate leaks of proprietary HP information to the news media, and that he [See the full post…]

LOS ANGELES, September 11, 2006 (PodTech News) — Wireless technologies and the content companies transforming the mobile entertainment marketplace were the focus today at the Mobile Entertainment Summit in Los Angeles. Over 600 attendees participated in panel discussions, keynote addresses, [See the full post…]

Common Sense Media CEO Jim Steyer offers advice on how to talk to kids about the death of Steve Irwin, television’s beloved “Crocodile Hunter”. More info: CommonSenseMedia.org

SAN FRANCISCO, September 9, 2006 (PodTech News) — Anyone who calls his company Pioneers of the Inevitable has got to be either deluded or a visionary. Rob Lord is clearly the latter. He’s worked on projects and started companies, including [See the full post…]

Here is your chance to preview some of the content for the soon-to-be-launched PodTech India channel. PodTech India is dedicated to on-the-ground coverage of ideas, trends, and people involved in the Indian technology industry. PodTech India gives you direct access [See the full post…]

Back in February this year at Robert Scoble and Shel Israel’s book launch of “Naked Conversations”, John Furrier engaged Kaboodle CEO Manish Chandra in a fascinating discussion about the history of the entrepreneurial culture in India, and how that culture [See the full post…]

The senior police officer, currently director, cybersecurity, at NASSCOM, India’s IT industry heavyweight association, talks about bringing about awareness on security issues to various stakeholders, including law enforcement, commerce and industry, users and foreign organisations outsourcing work into India.

San Francisco Chronicle radio columnist, Rolling Stone writer, and author Ben Fong-Torres says community and local emphasis is the key to the survival of terrestrial radio, as the market penetration of satellite radio increases. PodTech’s Michael Johnson talked to him [See the full post…]