PodTech’s Rio Pesino got his game on with Sony’s Sheila Bryson at the company’s Playstation 3 Launch event at the Metreon in San Francisco. In this podcast, we go hands-on with the PS3 interface and Bryson gives her thoughts on rivals Nintendo and Microsoft.

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Lee Gibbons talks about how Podango plays in the space by offering a content distribution platform. He shares his vision on where the future of content delivery is going, and he predicts a future where all content, not just the “hits,” will be able to find an audience ...

Hundreds of people are lined up outside the Sony Metreon in San Francisco, hoping to buy a Sony PS3 gaming console, which will go on sale across the country at midnight. With so many people already in line, even before they’ve used the new machine and before they know how ...

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 ...

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).

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, ...

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 ...

“Seamless mobility…is a convergence of technologies that’s going to unleash an entirely new set of possibilities for developers,” said Christy Wyatt, VP for Ecosystem and Market Development at Motorola’s Mobile Devices Business, during a general session at JavaOne. ...

How will the Sony Playstation 3 (PS3) and Nintendo Wii (Revolution) compare to Microsoft’s xBox 360? From E32006 in Los Angeles PodTech InfoTalk and PodTech News bring you the keynote speeches, candid interviews, first reviews of new products, and all the sounds from the show floor. Companies being represented ...

Polycom announces a Skype client for Skype. The first joint product from this alliance is the Polycom Communicator(TM), a Skype Certified, co-branded USB speakerphone that leverages Polycom’s renowned Acoustic Clarity Technology(TM) to deliver hands- free, natural, two-way voice communication for Skype voice and video conversations, without echoes or feedback. ...

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Here’s the second PodTech News podcast excerpted from Phil Harrison’s (Sony’s President of Worldwide Studios for the company’s Computer Entertainment unit) opening keynote at the 2006 Game Developer Conference in San Jose.

“In the future we’re going to go through a radical change,” said Harrison. “We will be creating ...

I’m excited to be partnering with IDG Executive Forums and the Demo Conference to be the official podcasting company for Demo.

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SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ — Always a forerunner in using new technologies, the DEMO conference has partnered with PodTech.net to expand its reach into the growing number of people ...

Adam Curry on Podcasting and the Future. At Gnomedex last week I had a chance to sit down with Adam Curry for a chat. Adam is a great guy that has done the pioneering podcasting.

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