Analyst Says Google Wants Microsoft’s Desktop Users

MENLO PARK, June 6, 2006 (Podtech News) — Google, Inc. on Tuesday announced it’s releasing an online spreadsheet program, Google Spreadsheets. The move is being interpreted by some as another step in a systematic assault on Microsoft’s core market, office [See the full post…]

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Seagate CEO Bill Watkins sounds off on why the on-demand world is just getting started

Seagate CEO Bill Watkins sounds off on why the on-demand world is just getting started

The world of on-demand content is sparking a rise in storage needs across all markets. From the creators of commercial and personal content to the content aggregators and distributors delivering media-rich content to homes and hands worldwide, storage is at [See the full post…]

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Using the TV as a Nanny

Using the TV as a Nanny

Jim Steyer, Founder/CEO of Common Sense Media, and Ted Lempert, President of Children Now, discuss the implications of a new study that finds parents are increasingly turning to the television as a babysitter for young kids. Related links: CommonSenseMedia.org ChildrenNow.org

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Yahoo, Inc.’s Jeff Karnes Touts New Video Publishing Tools

Yahoo, Inc.’s Jeff Karnes Touts New Video Publishing Tools

SANTA CLARA, June 6, 2006 (Podtech News) – Video is currently the fastest-growing segment of the online market, in terms of popularity with consumers, according to Hitwise and other Internet research firms. Recent upstart YouTube is gobbling up market share, [See the full post…]

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Seagate’s Ben Castro and PodTech.net’s Michael Johnson Hit the Streets of San Jose, California, Interviewing Consumers on Backup Best Practices (or not!)

If you had to put a price tag on your digital content such as photos, documents, music, movies, stored on your computer, how much would that be? Amazingly, our street interviews revealed that most people classify their data as priceless, [See the full post…]

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Apple Computer Loses Case Against Bloggers Providing New Rights To Online Community

Apple Computer Loses Case Against Bloggers Providing New Rights To Online Community

Lauren Gelman, Assistant Director of Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society talks to Jennifer Jones about the First Amendment court ruling on May 26, 2006. The landmark decision offers online bloggers and news sites the same legal protections [See the full post…]

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Rallying & Rebuilding in New Orleans: A Model for the entire USA

Rallying & Rebuilding in New Orleans: A Model for the entire USA

At the Belle Chase Primary School in Plaquemines Parish, just across the river from New Orleans, Enterprise, Education, and Empathy were the keys to helping a shattered school district pull together. PodTech’s Michael Johnson speaks with Terry Smithson, Intel’s Education [See the full post…]

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Sounding the Alarm on America’s Education

Sounding the Alarm on America’s Education

In New Orleans, PodTech’s Michael Johnson speaks with Richard Whitmire, Education Op-ed writer for USA Today and Secretary of the Educational Writer’s Association. He talks about educational journalism, and the seeming lack of awareness in the US of slipping educational [See the full post…]

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Retooling Schools in New Orleans, Post-Katrina

Retooling Schools in New Orleans, Post-Katrina

PodTech’s Michael Johnson speaks with Carol Roberts, Asst. Superintendent of Curriculum & Instruction for Plaquemines Parish School District, about rebuilding educational infrastructure in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. More info at: ppsb.org Related Stories: IntelWorldAhead

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PodTech Interview with Intel Chairman Craig Barrett

PodTech Interview with Intel Chairman Craig Barrett

PodTech’s Jason Lopez and Intel Chairman Craig Barrett chatted about education reform in the U.S. and his push for marked improvement in American schools. More info at: ewa.org Related Stories: IntelWorldAhead

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Intel Chairman Says Computers are Important in Schools But Good Teachers Are the Magic

Intel Chairman Says Computers are Important in Schools But Good Teachers Are the Magic

Intel’s Craig Barrett says K-12 schools in the U.S. must measure themselves against the world and not just against each other. The chairman of the world’s largest chip company spoke about improving America’s economic competitiveness before writers and journalists at [See the full post…]

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Q&A Session Intel Chairman at the Education Writers Association conference in New Orleans

Q&A Session Intel Chairman at the Education Writers Association conference in New Orleans

Intel Chairman Craig Barrett took questions from education writers and journalists after his speech on ways to think about and improve U.S. schools. More info at: ewa.org Related Stories: IntelWorldAhead

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Security Analyst Series: Apple’s OS X operating system

A podcast from Symantec Security Response – Security Analyst Series – discussing Apple’s OS X operating system and potential security issues. The focus of this podcast is to help consumers better understand some of the potential security issues in Apple’s [See the full post…]

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Podcast of Bloglines New Blog and Feed Search

Podcast of Bloglines New Blog and Feed Search

Here is a podcast on how the blog and feed search works on BlogLines. This is part two of this report focuses on how blog and feed search works on the blog search engine, Bloglines.OAKLAND, CA, June 1, 2006 (Podtech [See the full post…]

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Ask.com Podcasts Launch of New Blog Search Capability

Ask.com Podcasts Launch of  New Blog Search Capability

OAKLAND, CA, June 1, 2006 (Podtech News) – Search engine Ask.com, formerly known as Ask Jeeves, announced today it has teamed up with web blog search engine Bloglines to launch a new blog and feed search capability. Doug Leeds, VP [See the full post…]

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Diana Cartwright Discusses Seagate’s Second-Annual June Backup Awareness Month Campaign

Diana Cartwright Discusses Seagate’s Second-Annual June Backup Awareness  Month Campaign

According to a recent Harris Poll, nearly half of adult U.S. computer users who have digital content stored on their computers run the risk of losing their digital files forever because they don’t back them up! Evangelizing the importance of [See the full post…]

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Industry Analysts Look At Recent Internet Portal/E-Commerce Partnerships

Industry Analysts Look At Recent Internet Portal/E-Commerce Partnerships

MENLO PARK, May 30, 2006 (Podtech News) ­- Allen Weiner of Gartner and Shar Van Boskirk of Forrester Research are keeping tabs on the recent spate of Internet portal/E-commerce partnerships. Yahoo announced last week it has teamed up with Ebay [See the full post…]

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Welcome to the podcast channel for Seagate Technology

Welcome to the podcast channel for Seagate Technology, the world’s leading hard disc drive company. Seagate storage solutions allow you to create, store, share, protect and enjoy digital content everywhere…in the home, the hand, the car and the office. From [See the full post…]

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Blogging Benefits: How Merchant Circle Uses Blogging to Increase Communications

Blogging Benefits: How Merchant Circle Uses Blogging to Increase Communications

Ben Smith, CEO of Merchant Circle, a company dedicated to helping local businesses get more customers quickly, easily and cost-effectively talks with Jennifer Jones about how his Silicon Valley startup uses blogging to communicate with its customers and ecosystem. Ben [See the full post…]

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What’s Your Power Song? Nike’s is on the iPod Nano

What’s Your Power Song? Nike’s is on the iPod Nano

SAN FRANCISCO, May 26, 2006 (Podtech News) — Nike and Apple have teamed up to give other athletic shoe companies a tuneful run for their money. The companies earlier this week jointly announced the Nike+iPod Sport Kit, a running shoe [See the full post…]

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Symantec: Internet Security Threat Report, Vol. IX: are small and medium-sized businesses becoming larger targets?

This volume of the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report offers an overview of threat activity that took place between July 1 and December 31, 2005. It looks at what types of threats are targeting small and medium-sized businesses. Featuring Dean [See the full post…]

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Symantec: Internet Security Threat Report, Vol. IX: Key Findings

This volume of the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report offers an overview of threat activity that took place between July 1 and December 31, 2005. It covers Internet attacks, vulnerabilities, malicious code, and future trends, and marks an increase in [See the full post…]

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Symantec: Internet Security Threat Report, Vol. IX: how safe is Instant Messaging in the corporate environment?

This volume of the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report offers an overview of threat activity that took place between July 1 and December 31, 2005. It looks at the risks of Instant Messaging in corporate environments. Featuring Dean Turner, Executive [See the full post…]

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Symantec Internet Security Threat Report, Vol. IX: the risks of Instant Messaging for consumers

This volume of the Internet Security Threat Report offers an overview of threat activity that took place between July 1 and December 31, 2005. It looks at the risks of Instant Messaging for the consumer. Featuring Dean Turner, Executive Editor, [See the full post…]

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Symantec Security Response: Wireless Security Trends

This podcast from Symantec Security Response focuses on wireless security trends uncovered in a global survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by Symantec. The goal of this podcast is to help enterprises and consumers better understand some of [See the full post…]

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