Another auto show and another concept car from Kia, following in the design style of the concepts Kia Kue and Kia Soul. After the KND4’s unveiling, I spoke with Kia’s public relations manager Alex Fedorak at the LA Auto Show.

During the BMC Analyst Summit in Sonoma, James Governor talks with BMC Software’s Kia Behnia about the role and benefits of strong community in the mobile device and IT management worlds. James and Kia first talk about hacking phones, esp. his HTC Hermes. They then move on to ...

Rock Band, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune and Need for Speed ProStreet were just a few of the latest games being shown at the 4th annual Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle, Wash. Nearly 40,000 people attended this year’s festival, which features tabletop, PC and console games from over ...

A panel discussion on what types of devices are needed by mobile workers. How many devices are needed? What types of formats? The panel was moderated by Oliver Starr, analyst at, Guidewire Group; T.J. Kang, CEO, ThinkFree; Jerry Kurtze, Ecosystem Enabling Manager, Intel; Arthur Lin, chief technology officer, Nokia; and ...

The convergence of voice and data on the network is now a reality. The same network is expected to carry both data and voice traffic using various technologies including wireless and video. A reduction in the number of networks is an advantage that also increases complexity. Operations staff and line-of-business ...

Yet another concept from Kia, the Soul, a crossover sport utility vehicle. During the New York International Auto Show, Alex Fedorak once again provides the introduction to this design produced by Kia’s California and Korean design studios.

I stopped by the San Francisco offices of Underdog Pictures to have lunch with Nic Hill, director of Truth In Numbers, a new documentary in production on the Wikipedia phenomenon. Nic shares his inspiration for creating this documentary and recounts some of the experiences he and his ...

Gnanesh Dholakia, senior product marketing manager at CA, and Jim Metzler, VP, Ashton, Metzler & Associates, look at network management issues in the financial industry.

Gnanesh Dholakia, senior product marketing manager at CA, and Jim Metzler, vice president, Ashton, Metzler & Associates, look at network management issues in the health care industry.

Gnanesh Dholakia, senior product marketing manager at CA, and Jim Metzler, VP, Ashton, Metzler & Associates, discuss challenges to — and solutions for — Government network management.

Gnanesh Dholakia, senior product marketing manager at CA, and Jim Metzler, vice president, Ashton, Metzler & Associates, discuss the changes to the media, entertainment, and communications industries, and the accompanying challenges to network management.

Suzuki created the Flix concept vehicle, based on the all-new 2007 XL7, as the ultimate mobile movie experience for film and entertainment enthusiasts. Once parked, the Flix’s clamshell roof can be opened, revealing a maximum-size moonroof that serves as a 40-inch movie screen. Additionally, the front roof panel ...

Jimmy Wales recently traveled to Chennai, in India, to take part in WikiCamp, India’s first wiki unconference. Wales is the founder of Wikipedia and president of the Wikimedia Foundation. He stayed with Kiruba for two nights while he was there.

This conversation includes Wales’s take on the difference between ...

What has 400 horsepower, a supercharged 4.6-liter V-8 and 400-pound feet of torque to the full-time all wheel drive system? Here’s a clue: It’s made by Kia. While at the Chicago Auto Show, I spoke with Kia public relations manager Alex Fedorak, who introduced me to the

David Hornik is a general partner at August Capital. As early-stage investors in companies like Microsoft, August knows what makes great companies, and Hornik serves as its social media expert. He sits on six boards including Six Apart. Hornik was also the first VC to blog and to ...

Gary Kim, managing editor of IT Business Wire, and Andy Randall, MetaSwitch’s vice president of marketing, chat with PodTech.net at the World Center Marriott in Orlando after a breakfast meeting sponsored by MetaSwitch. The breakfast panel focused on opportunities and challenges for the new competitive local exchange carriers, or ...

Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz and Intel CEO Paul Otellini took the stage in San Francisco Monday to announce a new alliance. Listen here for the audio of the entire presentation and the Q&A session.

Transcript:
Guest: Jonathan Schwartz - Sun
Guest: Paul Otellini - Intel

Jonathan Schwartz - Sun

The latest models from Nokia go well beyond your Grandma’s cell phone. Still camera, movie camera, GPS, navigator, credit card, blow dryer…. OK, they didn’t mention the blow dryer. Oh, and you can still make a phone call with it. Check out this keynote address from opening day of ...

Apple is once again in Greenpeace’s cross-hairs — the environmental watchdog’s Green Electronics Guide put Apple at the bottom of the heap, while Nokia sits on top. Along those lines, a quick look at a conversation that’s bound to gain momentum: How much energy does the online world use? ...

Stepped up activity is the underlying theme of this week’s tech round-up on India.

There is stepped up activity in VC funding in India. Two 10-year old companies received $10 million this past week. Sulekha, an Indian social networking site received $10 million in funding from Norwest Venture Partners. ...

That familiar term IPO is making a comeback in India. Info Edge India Pvt Ltd opened its Initial Public Offering for subscription from today through November 2, 2006. Info Edge owns properties like Naukri.com, a job search portal; JeevanSaathi.com, a matchmaking portal and 99acres.com, a real estate ...

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).

In the news today, stock-option issues strike at two more Silicon Valley companies, Nokia is planning to make wireless connectivity even more mobile with phones using new WiMAX technology, Eudora is heading for an Open Source future, Google stays in the headlines with the launch of the next product in its office suite, hackers hit the UK and the FTC is using blogging to reach out to the rest of us.

PixSense launched its new, wide range of installables for cellphones at DEMO/fall in San Diego on Monday September 25, 2006.

I met with Adnan Agboatwala, who captains the development of this remarkable new application and service as managing director of PixSense development operations in Pakistan. He’s also co-founder of PixSense worldwide.