For most of us, connecting technology systems is a bit outside our normal capacity. That’s why there are home automation dealers and integrators who can connect separate technologies in the home into a single automated system. Like other tech specialists, the home automation dealer can also share a vision ...

The Magic Box is actually two units: a fully functioning computer that detaches from the media server base featuring a 2.5-inch HDD bay, two-way speakers and a USB port for connecting it to other PCs. A high performing, energy-efficient Intel Core 2 Duo processor allows for a compact design that ...

NETGEAR has announced its new Digital Entertainer HD. It’s the next step in bridging the barrier between your television and the digital media on your computer. Listen to this conversation with Jamison Ching of NETGEAR, as he outlines all the cool features of this wireless device, which allows you to use your TV to watch movies in high-def, listen to music, stream Internet content, and more.

Smart lighting makes that “old” light switch cool again. It also saves you money as you conserve power.

Ed Ryan and Scott Moulton at Control4 talk about how little, everyday tasks can become conveniences with Smart Lighting. With Control4 “scenes,” you can wake up to lights that come up ...

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 audio and video with your lighting and more to create moods and sound in different rooms in your home. And with all your music available with a quick tap on your visual remote that shows album art, allows for playlists, and offers searching, finding the right song is more fun than ever.

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While at the Chicago Auto Show, I had the opportunity to speak with Pontiac’s General Manager, John Larson, who asked me what he had to do to get me into the new Solstice. As a roadster lover and owner of a 2-seater myself, I thought it was great ...

In San Francisco, Intel, with Motion Computing and the University of California at San Francisco Medical Center, announced the launch of the Motion C5 mobile clinical assistant, a lightweight tablet computer specifically designed for use in hospitals, for nurse patient care. It features a camera, barcode scanner, ...

Marrone Organic Innovations is the creator of natural, environmentally responsible products for weed and pest management. PodTech’s Rio Pesino spoke with MOI Founder Pam Marrone at the Cleantech Venture Forum in New York.

The Cleantech Forum is right around the corner, February 19-22, in San Francisco. The San Francisco ...

This is a video of Intel engineers talking about their research into 80-core chip technology. PodTech’s interview with Intel CTO Justin Rattner about the company’s 80-core announcement can be found here.

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Platforms are validated as partners develop solutions. Control4 invited a number of their key partners to display and show their solutions at CES. The solutions enhance and extend the lighting, climate, audio/visual, and security benefits. From Somfy’s solutions to manage window coverings and lighting, to iPort’s ...

Control4 Co-Founder and CTO Eric Smith speaks with Dennis Wood about how Control4 is bringing home automation to the masses. Smith is a member of vSpring’s v100 - a peer-nominated group of the top 100 venture entrepreneurs in the Rocky Mountain region.

Control4 manufactures a complete line ...

For a highly reliable and secure automated home, networking devices and systems is a core requirement. Eric Smith, a co-founder and CTO at Control4, talks with 3Com Founder Bob Metcalfe. Metcalfe has a well-established reputation as a gifted technologist, as “Mr. Ethernet” (here’s why), as a ...

The Home Depot discusses standardizing on the EMC Documentum content management platform. In this podcast, you’ll learn what criteria The Home Depot used when choosing EMC Documentum as their Enterprise Content Management platform. In this episode, you will hear Lee Dallas, systems architect at The Home Depot, discuss his experience ...

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 to meet and talk about change … and more of the same.

Veer wanted me to talk about podcasting, not the nuts and bolts, but where it’s at and its relevance to the radio paradigm. That’s a juicy opportunity, I thought to myself, and so found myself making the difficult journey to North Mumbai (needs planning and a sort of instinctive feel for which combination of segments and modes of transport make it the least painful overall).

LOS ANGELES, September 27, 2006 (PodTech News) — Control Room, formerly Network Live and MSN, Microsoft’s web portal, yesterday announced a multi-year content agreement to distribute live concert performances online. The deal gives Control Room, producer of last year’s Live 8, several global distribution platforms, including the nearly 465 million monthly MSN visitors

SAN FRANCISCO, September 21, 2006 (PodTech News) — HP said this afternoon that its President and CEO Mark Hurd has volunteered to appear at the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Thursday, Sept. 28. PodTech’s Catherine Girardeau spoke with HP spokesman Ryan Donovan to get the details.