Think of Central Valley, California — an incredibly large agricultural area in the middle of a state, which is vital to the Calif. economy, but not exactly known for its regular and heavy rainfall. Our crops and our cattle require enormous volumes of water to be transported to this area ...

In our startups in Bangalore series, we bring you a video interview with Professor Tom Binfod and Ione Binford, co-founders of Read-Ink Technologies. The moved to Bangalore more than five years ago to work on their handwriting recognition and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) products.

What is it like to ...

A short talk on computer science enrollment trends with Mehran Sahami, associate chairman of undergraduate education at Stanford University.

Mehran Sahami is the associate chairman of undergraduate education. What does that mean? He runs probably the most important computer science undergraduate department in the world. This is the department that gave birth to Google, after all (and a bunch of other companies). This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for ...

Mike Montemerlo is the artificial intelligence guy on Stanford University’s DARPA challenge team. Basically, they are building a robotic car that’ll be able to negotiate a course without humans being involved. He also thinks about the act of driving in a much different way than you or I do. ...

This conversation about casting for movies is with Davia Nelson, who has worked with Francis Coppola, Phil Kaufman, Barbet Shroeder and she has become a Peabody Award-winning radio creator of Hidden Kitchens on NPR. One of those shows is now the basis of a Broadway ...

For my last birthday, I received a big, old box of fancy handmade soaps and lotions as a present from my mom. She lives in New Bedford, Mass., and is big into the local arts and crafts scene, as she was a crafter herself my whole childhood. This luscious ...

It’s Day 11, and Roz Savage is dealing with 40 knot Pacific winds on her rowing journey across the Pacific, singing the theme song to Hawaii Five-O. More videos from the Roz Savage Voyage:
- Roz’s launch party
- Naturally Powered by Roz: Roz gives Stanford Professor, Margot ...

Burton Richter is professor emeritus at Stanford University, a 1976 Nobel Prize winner and an expert on nuclear energy. This is the last in our five-part series with Richter.

VC are investing more money than ever before. But is it a good time to investment? There is a dearth of good exit strategies. The IPO market is still moribund and there are fewer large companies that are interested in acquiring startups. Paul Deninger, vice chairman at Jefferies & Company ...

Part four of our interview with nuclear energy expert, Stanford University Professor Emeritus and 1976 Nobel Prize Winner Burton Richter.

The third installment of our interview with Burton Richter, professor emeritus at Stanford University, 1976 Nobel Prize winner and an expert on nuclear energy.

A BladeSystem is a cost-savvy, consolidated storage solution designed to save more money than a traditional infrastructure. Learn how and how much.

Listen to the second part of the interview with Burton Richter, Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, 1976 Nobel Prize winner and an expert on nuclear energy.

Scott Klemmer is an assistant professor in the computer science department at Stanford University. We spend an hour talking about a variety of topics. Modern software development trends that Scott is seeing from companies like Google and Yahoo (both of which started at Stanford). Mobile development. What his students ...

David Orenstein, Communications and PR Manager, and Ian Hsu, director of Internet Media Outreach at Stanford University, greet me and show me around the “Gates building,” aka the Computer Science building. We were there to interview Scott Klemmer, assistant professor in the computer science department.

Motorola is aggressively adopting mobile linux as the key operating system for its cell phones. It is launching its first North American cell phone with Linux, the new Razr V8. Tom Foremski talks with Christy Wyatt, VP Ecosystem and Market Development at Motorola about the move to Linux and if ...

Grieg Coppe (managing partner, Accenture) continues his moderation of the discussion about the future of the Internet with Nick McKeown (professor, Stanford University), Andy Bechtolsheim and Phil McKinney (VP & CTO, Personal Systems Group, HP) during the AlwaysOn Stanford Summit07. In part two, the topics ...

From AlwaysOn Stanford Summit07, Grieg Coppe (managing partner, Accenture) asks Andy Bechtolsheim about the future of the Internet. After a brief recap of the Internet’s early days, we are quickly brought into Andy Bechtolsheim’s perspective of the larger picture.

Is non-service provider connectivity to wireless access tomorrow’s Internet? ...

Lauren Casey recently graduated from Stanford with a major in Earth Sciences. She is a wonderful example of young talent determined to make a positive contribution to the preservation of our environment. Listen to this phone interview with Lauren conducted by my students to find out how she found her ...

I know: nuclear energy has long had a bad name in the US. I believe, however, that it is an essential part of our future energy portfolio. Nuclear energy is clean, its generation is efficient, its resources are still abundant. Yes, nuclear waste treatment is a great concern. But, what ...

Andreas Kluth (Technology Correspondent, The Economist) continues his discussion of the new news during the AlwaysOn Stanford Summit 07. Ann Grimes (Acting Director, Graduate Program in Journalism, Stanford University), Alan Warms (CEO, BuzzTracker), Chris Tolles (CEO, Topix), Dan Cohen (CEO, Pageflakes) all contribute ...

Newspapers, social networks, ad rates, and participatory journalism are all among the topics moderated by Andreas Kluth (Technology Correspondent, The Economist) during the AlwaysOn Stanford Summit 07. Ann Grimes (Acting Director, Graduate Program in Journalism, Stanford University), Alan Warms (CEO, BuzzTracker), Chris Tolles (CEO, ...

Tony Perkins (Founder, AlwaysOn) introduces George Gilder and Dan Farber (Editor-in-Chief, ZDNet). Dan Farber moderates the discussion group of Andrew Keen (author, Cult of the Amateur), Bill Cleary (Founder, Cleary & Partners), Barbara Waugh (Director, University Relations, HP), and George Gilder (Chairman, Gilder ...

Tony Perkins (Founder, AlwaysOn) introduces George Gilder and Dan Farber (Editor-in-Chief, ZDNet). Dan Farber moderates the discussion group of Andrew Keen (author, Cult of the Amateur), Bill Cleary (Founder, Cleary & Partners), Barbara Waugh (Director, University Relations, HP), and George Gilder (Chairman, Gilder ...