Two big events in the San Francisco Bay Area kept the tech industry abuzz this week. PodTech has reports from the Web 2.0 Summit and the Dow Jones Consumer Electronics conference. Also, a look at a new way high-tech criminals have found to get malware onto your computer. And we ...

SAN JOSE, November 8, 2006 (PodTech News)–Sony launches the PlayStation 3 later this month — its most important product launch in years. Featuring Blu-ray technology and other features, the new device has a lot is riding on it. Sony Computer Entertainment America President and CEO Kaz Hirai is on ...

Microsoft hears another complaint about anti-competitive practices — this time from Google. Sony’s Playstation 3 is under pressure from less expensive competition. Copyrighted material online is being pulled from MySpace and YouTube, marking important transitions for both peer-to-peer sites. TV-produced comedy shows may not be available on those sites, but ...

Will mobile games ever be at the same level as portable gaming devices such as the Nintendo DS or Playstation Portable (PSP)? At CTIA Wireless 2006, PodTech’s Rio Pesino asked Martha Ng, Business Development Manager of mobile game maker Funmobile, if cell phones will eventually make portable handhelds ...

The cell chip is the heart, soul and brain of the Sony Playstation 3 game console. Cell is essentially a super-computer on a chip, and when PS3 comes out this fall, it’s going to take gaming to a whole new level. Mike Fister, President and CEO of Cadence Design Systems, ...

Jim Kahle, IBM Fellow with IBM Corporation, revealed some of the secret ingredients of innovating through collaboration during his keynote address at the Cadence Design Systems CDNLive Conference, Silicon Valley. Kahle was a key player in the creation of Cell Broadband Engine processor, an accelerator extension to IBM Power Architecture ...

The release of Sony’s next-gen gaming console, Playstation 3, has been pushed back to March 2007 in Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Africa and Australasia. The PS3 was previously scheduled to launch worldwide in November. PodTech’s Rio Pesino talked with Creative Strategies Research Analyst Tim Bajarin about the impact this news will have on the video game market.

Research analyst firm Wedbush Morgan Securities released a report predicting modest growth in video game sales. The company also raised its expectations for the Nintendo Wii and downgraded its prediction for the Sony Playstation 3 and Playstation Portable. WMS’s Michael Pachter spoke with PodTech’s Rio Pesino about the new report, Nintendo DS’s MP3 player add-on and Sony’s announcement not to include an HDMI cable with the PS3.

The Consumer Electronics Association predicts that video games will bring in more than $12 billion dollars this year. In this podcast, CEA’s Sean Wargo talks with PodTech’s Rio Pesino about the growth of the industry, the impact next-gen consoles will have on the gaming market and comments on the ...

University of Southern California is one of more than 10 universities adding Microsoft’s XNA Game Studio Express into their curricula. PodTech’s Rio Pesino spoke with Michael Zyda, who is the Director of USC’s Gamepipe game development school, about the impact XNA will have on its program.

Reporters Notes: Even the ...