The current uptake in high performance computing means mostly good things, but it also comes with a few built-in challenges. The paradox of this particular progress is this: when you scale hardware, you oftentimes scale power consumption, right along with it. That’s where Intel’s Shesha Krishnapura has some good news ...

In this second of three podcasts on enterprise data security, PodTech’s Michael Johnson speaks with Phil Bullinger, executive vice president and general manager of the Engenio Storage Group at LSI Corporation. Bullinger explains the role of the storage system in the enterprise data storage security ecosystem. Bullinger says that ...

There’s a raw juice movement sweeping the nation. …as is seems to do from time to time. I remember my family briefly going through a similar craze when I was young. It seems to be a binge and purge business, there one minute, gone the next. ...

Microsoft has officially discontinued production of its Xbox 360 external HD-DVD player. The decision comes days after consumer electronics giant Toshiba announced that it will no longer produce HD-DVD products, essentially ending the HD-format war with Sony’s Blu-Ray. Video game juggernaut Electronic Arts wants to take over Take-Two ...

In an hour sit down with online journalists during the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), GM’s Chairman Rick Wagner answered questions on several topics from the joint partnership announcement the day before with Coskata, to Tata Motor’s Nano, recently unveiled for the Indian ...

Intel is launching an eight-year process of data center consolidation, as Brently Davis, communications and stakeholder manager, blogs on IT@Intel. In this video podcast, he discusses the benefits — reducing costs, improving server and storage utilization], creating higher density & more energy-efficient data centers — and challenges, like ...

Finishing up the interview series at Microsoft TechEd IT Forum in Barcelona, I talk with Eric Berg (Director of Product Management, System Center) about the System Center product lines. While we focus on only Operations Manager, Configuration Manager, and Virtual Machine Manager, we go into detail on each. We start ...

Philip Brown, President and CEO of Diversified Energy Corporation talks with John Ince about how they have developed a proprietary technology that enables them to make conventional transportation fuels from renewable sources, that can be distributed through the existing pipelines and infrastructures of the major oil companies. ...

Phillip Brown, President and CEO of Diversified Energy Corporation talks with John Ince about how they have developed a proprietary technology that enables them to make conventional transportation fuels from renewable sources, that can be distributed through the existing pipelines and infrastructures of the major oil companies. ...

Fighting infectious diseases like Chlamydia, hepatitis B and Trachoma in developing countries is complicated because so many diseases go undetected. Diagnostic efforts are slow and expensive, and require specialialized facilities and skilled technicians. The disease may be preventable or treatable, but without effective diagnostics, millions suffer.

Two teams, the Diagnostics ...

Gordon Moore’s Law will remain in effect for the foreseeable future. Intel Corporation’s new 45nm Penryn microprocessor relies on a new recipe that combines the element Hafnium and metal gate technology to increase performance and significantly reduce eco-unfriendly, wasteful electricity leaks.

In part two of the Dreamforce07 keynote, Robert Thurman and George Lucas open their conversation up to personal insights and philosophies around education, survival and knowledge.

As part of an ecosystem, what roles will innovation and technology take on? As populations grow and diversity increases globally, will the ...

I know, I know - flying places is not very green at all, I hear ya - but getting to and from the airport can be. Recently, on a trip to L.A., I decided to bypass the forever clogged L.A. highway system and go the Green LA Girl route ...

One problem with existing contextual advertising is that it isn’t very contextual when placed on blogs and other Web information. For instance in Google’s advertising. Proximic, today, is releasing a new search platform that’s taken five years to develop. They demonstrate how it could be used on blogs and ...

While in Ottawa this week, I had the chance to chat with Teknision’s Gabor Vida and Tony MacDonell in an empty conference room at the Ottawa Sheraton. Teknision works primarily in Flash-based technologies — Flash, Flex, and AIR — and serves as a good example of the ...

Every food establishment in the United States is inspected by local government officials for their levels of hygiene. As a consumer, it is often hard to discover the results of these inspections although it is very much public information. CleanScores solves this problem by standardizing the scoring of food ...

The HP Personal Systems Group recently unveiled its 2008 product line at a celebrity-studded event at Skylight Studios, in Manhattan (and yes, that’s “personal” as in, The Computer is Personal Again). In addition to HP’s new iPAQ handheld communications devices, its MediaSmart PC and MediaSmart Server, and a ...

Will the use of online apps change the way people work? That’s a question discussed by a panel at theOffice 2.0 conference, moderated by Om Malik from GigaOm: Steven Aldrich, VP of strategy & innovation, Intuit; Denis Browne, senior VP, SAP Labs; Danny Kolke, CEO of Etelos; Richard McAniff, corporate ...

On Wednesday, September 5, Steve Jobs announced several new iPods and made the stunning announcement that he was lowering the price of the 8GB iPhone from $599 to $399. This may be good news for potential iPhone buyers but it was a punch in the stomach for some early adopters ...

HP’s Phil McKinney is bullish on the company’s latest innovation for the desktop PC market, the HP Blackbird 002. McKinney is VP and CTO of HP’s personal systems group and general manager of the company’s gaming business unit. Why gaming, why now, and why HP? In this audio podcast, McKinney ...

During my keynote speeches for the spring ITEC conferences, I explained to people from small and medium businesses how to use new marketing tools, like blogs, to better connect with customers. Since only about 10 percent of attendees admitted having their own company blogs, I focused less on blog ...

ITES and BPO are two of the fastest-growing sectors in India. I rencently spoke with Prof. Phil Taylor of Strathcylde University, Glasgow, to find out about the BPO and ITES sector in India, misperceptions on outsourcing and the challenges for growth in this sector.

Phil was a speaker at a recent ...

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 ...

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 ...