SAN FRANCISCO, November 18, 2006 (PodTech News) — This week saw the highly-anticipated launch of the new Sony Playstation 3. The first few buyers to get their hands on the new system waited for about 40 hours outside of the Sony store in San Francisco. Rio Pesino spoke with them ...

Did you know that Oct 17th is an important day? On this day six years ago, e-commerce in India was redefined. We talk about this as well as cyber laws when we hear from Na.Vijayashankar, popularly known as Naavi, an e-business consultant based in Chennai and an acknowledged expert in the field of Cyber Laws.

How do you figure out if legitimate-looking email is attempting to steal your personal information? ShortCuts security expert Rocky Oliver explains how to intercept a phishing attack. This week’s links: Snopes.com, a site for researching and reporting internet hoaxes, and the Symantec Antivirus Research Center.

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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 to ideas, influencers, and issues originating from the ecosystem of Indian entrepreneurs, thought leaders, companies, and startups. The PodTech India Channel also capitalizes on a shared connection between technology epicenters in India and technologically-attuned Indian diasporas worldwide, including the Silicon Valley.

LOS ANGELES, August 31, 2006 (PodTech News) — It seems a day doesn’t go by without another cyber attack from hackers, spammers, phishers or those seeking to steal your identity. But are we under attack more than ever before? PodTech’s Matt Kelly put that and other questions to Lauren Weinstein, co-founder of People for Internet Responsibility.

May 24, 2006 — Google, Inc. announced this week it’s ready to launch video advertising on the web. The move positions Google to compete with television for advertising dollars. Google isn’t the first company to put video ads on the Internet, but the search giant’s approach has some unique aspects. For one thing, users are given control over whether to watch, or not. The video ads appear on the screen as static images, and it’s not until a consumer clicks on the image that the video starts playing. But what’s in it for advertisers? And how does this affect Google’s positioning in the Internet advertising marketplace? Podtech’s Catherine Girardeau called Andrew Frank, a media analyst with Gartner, in his New York office, to get his perspective.

Next week there is a cutting edge conference at Stanford that is free for journalism and innovation professionals to attend. Registration: http://scil.stanford.edu/InJo-2006/signup.fft. Vint Cerf, PodTech, Google, CNet, Tony Perkins, Ross Mayfield, Dan Gillmor, USVP’s Paul Mateucci, and other great folks like Harry McCracken, Michael Kanellos.

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Another PodTech Exclusive Podcast Announcement. Network Appliance Podcast Announcement: Network Appliance Exclusive InfoTalk on their “Uncompromised Security Initiative”. I sat down with Kevin Brown, Vice President of Marketing, of Decru, a NetApp company. Kevin talks about this new initiative and the new ...