New screens of what looks like Sony’s answer to Xbox Live were leaked over the Internet this week. Rumor has it that the Playstation 3’s next firmware update will include a trophy “reward” system and gamercards. Also, in this episode of The Reboot, with host Rio Pesino, ...

In this episode of The Reboot, Sonic the Hedgehog fans went nuts after several screenshots and a video trailer of the blue-haired hero’s latest adventure, Sonic Unleashed, were leaked online. SEGA Europe later confirmed that the game will come out this year. In other ...

A record 18,000 people attended this year’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, CA. The five-day event featured 400 sessions, the GDC career pavilion, keynotes by Microsoft’s John Schappert and Ray Kurzweil and other GDC-related events including an evening with Will Wright and

Last October, Microsoft invested $240 million in Facebook, suddenly placing Facebook’s value at a lofty $15 billion. Now, we see that revenues for 2007 came to around $150 million, while expenses still leave the company with a negative cash flow that could be as high as $150 million next ...

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 ...

Andrew Eisner, head geek from Retrevo, the consumer electronics search engine, and Fred Davis, who helped start Wired Magazine, among other things, sit down for the second of two fun reports from the Consumer Electronics Show 2008 in Las Vegas.

While at the BlogHaus at CES 2008 I had a little surprise: my first girlfriend from high school showed up. I hadn’t seen her since 1983. She’s now director of marketing at Plantronics, and we have a fun chat about high school back in the 1980s with Fred Davis, ...

We sit down with Morgan Romine, aka Rhoulette, one of the leaders of an all-girl-gaming team named “FragDolls” with Fred Davis, one of the founders of Wired Magazine, among other things. We discover why none of the boys have been able to beat this team at CES 2008 in ...

During the North American International Auto Show, (NAIAS) GM’s Vice Chairman Bob Lutz joined a roundtable discussion with a group of online journalists including (but not limited to) Brian Dooley at HummerGuy.net, Lyle Dennis of GM-Volt.com, Joe LaMuraglia-Gaywheels.com, Vincent Nguyen at Slashgear.com,

Andrew Eisner, head geek from Retrevo, the consumer electronics search engine, and Fred Davis, who helped start Wired Magazine, among other things, sit down for the first of two fun reports from the [tag]Consumer Electronics Show 2008[/tags] in Las Vegas.

During the keynote address at CES, GM Chairman Rick Wagoner unveiled the company’s newest fuel-cell concept vehicle on the E-Flex platform and the first vehicle introduction ever at CES, the Cadillac Provoq. Featuring GM’s fifth generation fuel cell technology, the Provoq includes a solar ...

Last week, I sat down with a group of bloggers including Brandy Schaffels of AutomotiveTraveler.com & AskPatty.com, C. Scott Miller of BIOConversion Blog, Donna Schwartz Mills of SoCal Mom, John O’Dell of Edmunds.com, Mark Durham of Autopia, Kristin Underwood of Treehugger and

Users are looking for a richer, more cinematic experience from the Internet, according to Justin Rattner, Intel chief technology officer and director, Corporate Technology Group. Rattner gave the final keynote of the Fall IDF in San Francisco, focusing on virtual worlds, which are evolving into what he referred to as ...

Indy Gill, CEO of Unwirednation.com, an Austin-based startup, explains how their voice publishing platform enables mobile content producers to monetize their content through their ad insertions. Gill explains how the platform builds upon a successful partnership with eBay that enabled voice-based interaction with bidders on eBay to notify them when ...

Indy Gill, CEO of Unwirednation.com, an Austin-based startup explains how their voice publishing platform enables mobile content producers to monetize their content through their ad insertions. He talks the advantages of their voice publishing platform over of text-based messaging in terms of reducing barriers and improving cost effectiveness.

Stepping our game up in honor of Ill Doctrine’s feature in Wired magazine, and our selection as “Best Video Blog” in the Black Weblog Awards.

Politics will lead the way in new marketing techniques, according to Peter Leyden, director of the New Politics Institute. Leyden, who used to be the editor for WIRED Magazine, is now with a think tank for politics funded by prominent venture capitalists. The use of social media will help ...

In this Intel podcast, Matt Trevorrow and Jeff Wade of IT-outsourcing firm EDS explain how Intel’s vPro and Centrino Pro technology together are making the three million desktop and laptop computers they manage worldwide more secure, and more manageable. They also discuss how the innovation of remote ...

Rusty Bruns, chief information officer at CSU, has witnessed the university quickly go from “wired” to “wireless.” The university was ranked 37th by Intel in 2005 for “Most Unwired Campus.” In this audio podcast, Bruns talks about how Alcatel-Lucent is helping CSU manage and secure their mobile laptops to ...

Backcountry.com was acquired by Liberty Media Corp. The deal will be finalized this quarter. Backcountry.com will continue to expand and add 1250 employees this year. Utah gets $5 million from the WIRED program to train future workforce in biotech and information technology. And the winners were announced ...

Jason speaks with Fred Vogelstein from Wired, regarding the recent fuss over interviews by email, and the upcoming Wired piece on A-list bloggers highlighting Michael Arrington.

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This week on The Vloggies Show, Irina tries lifecasting for a day… and asks Jackson West, “who needs editing when you can stream live?” And the Mommy Vlogger struggles to manage her uber difficult hyperactive child… It’s tough being a parent. But on a more serious note, ...

At the New York International Auto Show, GM’s Bob Lutz held court among a group of fellow bloggers including Matt Buchanan of Gizmodo, Jen Chung and Tien Mao of the Gothamist, Rebecca Carter of ecorazzi, Brandy Schaffels of AskPatty, Michael d’Estries of GroovyGreen, Mark Durham ...

NETGEAR has announced its new Digital Entertainer HD. It’s the next step in bridging the barrier between your television and the digital media on your computer. Listen to this conversation with Jamison Ching of NETGEAR, as he outlines all the cool features of this wireless device, which allows you to use your TV to watch movies in high-def, listen to music, stream Internet content, and more.