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Intel Research Day: Showcase for Creativity

Paul Lancour — Tue, 20 May 2008 01:27:31 +0000

When Intel’s research teams think about the future of computing - from mobile devices with near-limitless functionality to technology for the developing world to virtual worlds and advanced robotics, they are literally mapping our future (a future that could include, for example, a cafe table with networking ability). In this podcast preview of the 2008 Research@Intel Day, to be held at the Computer History Museum in the heart of Silicon Valley, we hear from some of Intel’s key players when it comes to the next generations of technology. Hear what Intel Research is focusing on now from Andrew Chien, vice president, corporate technology group and director of Intel Research; Intel Chief Technology Officer and Director of the Corporate Technology Group Justin Rattner; and Eric Brewer, director, Intel Research Berkeley.

Research Day is a chance to check in Intel on the future impacts that its advanced chip technologies will have on human health, mobility, innovation and, of course, computing - from Terascale architecture, software and programming issues to visual computing challenges.

You can hear more from Andrew Chien, here talking about essential computing, “the vision that drives Intel Research.” Justin Rattner shares some thoughts on virtual words as a precursor to the 3D Internet, and Eric Brewer, also a professor of comptuer science at the University of California, Berkeley, talks about how research from his Berkeley lab could lead to better technologies for the developing world.

Past coverage of Research@Intel Day

Tags: virtual worlds, Research@Intel Day, Silicon Valley, Intel, Andrew Chien, Justin Rattner, Eric Brewer, mobility, Terascale, essential computing

Exploiting end-user trends to create value with sticky services - The “Me” network for the “We” experience

Michael Johnson — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:15:03 +0000

The communications industry is experiencing the explosion of the “Me-We” phenomenon! Customers want “Me” services that are personalized, easy to use and focused on their needs. At the same time they want what we call the “We” experience, access to their friends and their social communities, such as MySpace, Facebook and YouTube. So how can Service providers address these new market dynamics and user trends, grow their revenue, create value, and retain customer stickiness? John Giere, Chief Marketing Officer, Alcatel-Lucent explains how the Service Delivery Environment (SDE) is the answer for creating the “Me” network for the “We” experience.

Listen to John Giere address:
* Key findings on user-trends from current market studies and analysis.
* Enterprise applicability of the “Me” network for the “We” experience.
* Opportunities and challenges to creating a “Me/We” network.
* Benefits of embracing an SDE for the “Me/We” experience.

For more information visit:
www.alcatel-lucent.com/servicestransformation

Tags: MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, Service Delivery Environment, SDE, John Giere, Alcatel-Lucent, Service Delivery Platform, Platforms

Intel’s Emerging Compute Model Forum

Catherine Girardeau — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:01:10 +0000

There are now possibilities in enterprise computing that have the potential to solve mainstream problems and become widely adopted. These “Emerging Compute Models” are creating a lot of buzz, but also a lot of confusion in the IT community. That’s why this video podcast focuses on Intel’s Emerging Compute Model Forum. Jason Davidson, technical evangelist for the forum, says IT shops are experimenting with new ways to deliver applications and operating systems, but there’s no consensus on the best model, or models, to use.

In this podcast, Davidson and his colleagues Mike Ferron-Jones, marketing manager for Intel’s Emerging Compute Models program, and Chuck Brown, who directs the program, lay out the basic questions IT managers need to ask before choosing new compute models, discuss some of the pros and cons of different models, and preview some Intel and industry developments in the ECM space.

Tags: Intel, Emerging Compute Model, Jason Davidson, Mike Ferron-Jones, Chuck Brown, Thin Client, Rich Client, Terminal Services, Virtual Hosted Desktop, Blade PCs, OS Streaming, Application Streaming, SaaS

The Reboot: Martin Leung’s Performance at Video Games Live

Rio Pesino — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:35:14 +0000

Martin Leung, also known as the Video Game Pianist, gained worldwide recognition for playing video game themes on the piano. He’s best known for the 2004 video of him playing the theme to Super Mario Bros. blindfolded. In this episode of The Reboot, Leung performs a tribute to perhaps the most famous Role Playing Game, Final Fantasy, at a Video Games Live show in San Francisco.

Tags: Martin Leung, Video Game Pianist, video game, Super Mario Bros., The Reboot, Role Playing Game, Final Fantasy, Video Games Live

The Reboot: Capcom Digital Day

Rio Pesino — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:09 +0000

Downloadable games were the focus of Capcom’s Digital Day. During the press-only event, Capcom did not talk about Street Fighter IV or Resident Evil 5. Instead, the game developer showed off an updated version of and several other games that will soon be available on Xbox Live Arcade and the Playstation Network. In this episode of The Reboot, host Rio Pesino gives you a preview of HD Remix and other gaming news for the week, including Super Smash Bros. Brawl Disc Issues, another Xbox 360 price drop and the results of a survey that says gaming is more popular than sex. In fact, in honor of that last item, we’ve put together a little treat for viewers, featuring some interesting moments from Dead or Alive, Rumble Roses, Ms. Pac Man and Dixie Kong….

This video is available on:
YouTube, Metacafe, Revver, DailyMotion, Blip.tv, Crackle, Sclipo, and Bittorrent

Tags: downloadable games, Capcom, Digital Day, Street Fighter IV, Resident Evil 5, Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network, The Reboot, Rio Pesino, Super Smash Bros. Brawl Disc Issues, Xbox 360, Dead or Alive, Rumble Roses, Ms. Pac Man, Dixie Kong

Lisa Nova on Online Filmmaking, Live from SXSWi BlogHaus

editor — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:00:21 +0000

Lisa Nova is an online video pioneer. She and her producer Dan Zappin chat with internetgeekgirl at BlogHaus about her strategies for scaling and generating an audience - starting with YouTube. Lisa figured it out. She has more than 86,000 subscribers and 6 million channel views.

Tags: Lisa Nova, Dan Zappin, internetgeekgirl, BlogHaus, YouTube

The Reboot: NFL Tour Review

Rio Pesino — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:01:35 +0000

The NFL season may be over, but football gamers can still get their pigskin fix with EA Sports Big’s NFL Tour for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. The game replaces the popular NFL Street series and features arcade-style play, huge hits and wall climbs. In this episode of The Reboot, host Rio Pesino gives his take on NFL Tour and whether or not the game follows the over-the-top, in-your-face gameplay of its predecessor.

Tags: EA Sports Big, NFL, NFL Street, NFL Tour, PS3 Xbox 360, Rio Pesino, The Reboot

blueEnergy: Focused on Sustainable Development

editor — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:34:24 +0000

San Francisco-based blueEnergy provides sustainable energy services to isolated communities in Nicaragua. Mathias Craig, executive director and chairman of the board of the nonprofit corporation, was on-hand last year to receive the prestigious Accenture Economic Development Award at the Tech Museum Awards, presented by Aplied Materials. He spoke to PodTech for this video podcast, live at the Tech Museum.

blueEnergy brings electrification to remote regions by building power systems that convert energy from wind turbines to battery power. Their efforts have brought lighting and refrigeration to towns along the Caribbean coast on Nicaragua, where less than 20 percent of the population has ready access to electricity. Their systems are built from scratch, relying on local labor that ends up providing training of local laborers, increasing skills and local economic opportunities, while providing a critical necessity for continued economic development through electricity.

Long before his efforts in Nicaragua earned him and his growing company high-profile status as one of CNN’s “Community Crusader” 2007 Heroes, Craig and his brother were aware of the need for electricity in rural Nicaragua. Their mother, a linguist, spent time in the remote region, where only about 20 percent of the settlements have electrification.

Check out video of the award presentation at the Tech Awards, as well as links to lots of coverage of blueEnergy’s efforts. And of course, check out Mathias’s blog, on socialedge.org.

Full coverage of the 2007 Tech Awards

Tags: blueEnergy, sustainable energy, Nicaragua, Mathias Craig, Tech Museum Awards, socialedge.org, Tech Awards

Video from CodecSys Saves Bandwidth

Brad Baldwin — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:01:02 +0000

With Internet bandwidth demand doubling each year, broadcast media, IPTV, and new user-generated YouTube-style video are culprits exacerbating the problem. This is where and their new CodecSys offering can help reduce bandwidth for video applications by 50% or more, including High Definition (HD).

For the lay person, digital video is created with a video codec that encodes and compresses a stream of information. There are numerous codecs, each offering its own benefit and/or tradeoffs for visual or audio quality and file size.

Unlike traditional systems that force a single codec, CodecSys runs each frame of video past a collection of the codecs and determines which codec is best for that particular frame or series of frames. Exploiting attributes of multiple codecs, CodecSys can reduce bandwidth needs by 50-75%. Since it’s a software solution, new codecs can easily be incorporated into the system.

Broadcast International CEO Rod Tiede talks with Brad Baldwin about CodecSys and their recent demo with IBM at the 2007 IBC Expo in Amsterdam on the new BladeCenter QS20 “Cell Blade”.

Tags: Bandwidth, BladeCenter, Broadcast International, Codec, CodecSys, IBC, IBM, IPTV, Rod Tiede, video

Collect and share favorite videos with WorldTV

Robert Scoble — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:41:01 +0000

WorldTV.com is a unique way to collect and share your favorite videos. I interview Alx Klive, CEO, and he shows me Worldtv.com and shares with me what they’ll be doing in the near future. I’m using the system to collect YouTube videos and build a feed of those for my family and friends to watch.

Tags: WorldTV.com, Alx Klive, YouTube

Freshtopia.net - Green Smoothie 2.0

Oscar Grimm — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:46:08 +0000

Why is it that when raw-food health gurus go on national television, talking about all the wonderful soups, rich entrees, and magical desserts you can have on a raw food diet, so often they end up handing over to the excited and anticipating host a glass full of green glop? (see video here, and here for examples) The green smoothie; almost invariably it’s met with a nervous stare, and followed promptly by an ick face upon tasting. We could make Cacao Pistachio Florentine, Portobello Burgers, or Curried Chocolate Pudding, but instead, in a moment of mindless passion, we make green smoothies. I say we because we at Freshtopia too have made this mistake. Check out first Green Smoothie episode here, and check out our old-timey stylings.

It’s an easy mistake to make. Once you get on the green smoothie train, you tend to ride it all the way to happy town. I don’t really know what that means. The point is, often once people get into the GS, they tend to really get into the GS. It can be easy to forget that not everyone is so keen on the taste of pulverized kale and celery right out of the starting gate. It is not a transition food.

There are exceptions. On a recent episode of Oprah, Dr. Memet Oz presented Ms. Winfrey with a bright green concoction that she was pleased to receive. Her response upon tasting, “It’s like a glass of fresh!”

Our green smoothie episode garnered us our first video response. Our friends Steelee and Jessica gave our first smoothie a try, and were less than enthused about it. Fair enough, I wasn’t so jazzed at my first either. In time the body adjusts to the taste of more punchy, alkaline drinks, but it’s a good idea to start with a more accessible smoothie. So, if you’re up for giving it a shot, toss together the recipe below. As you’ll see, it’s so good even a child will like it!

Green Smoothie 2.0:
Serves 1-2

1 ripe banana
1 Cup mango, chopped
1-2 Cups fresh spinach
Water as necessary
2 ice cubes
1 Tbspn flax oil, optional

Blend as long as necessary. Make it as smooth as possible. Enjoy.

The primary difference? More fruit, less (and less bitter) greens. Give it a shot… and send us your video comments!

Tags: raw-food, health, Green Smoothie, Dr. Memet Oz

Intel Ships New 45nm Penryn Chip

Paul Lancour — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:01:30 +0000

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. (more…)

Tags: Moore’s Law, 45nm, Penryn, microprocessor, new recipe, Hafnium, metal gate, eco-unfriendly, wasteful electricity leaks

Deploying and tracking video with Tube Mogul

Robert Scoble — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:16:21 +0000

Here’s Brett Wilson, CEO of Tube Mogul, demonstrating how his tool lets you upload and track videos to several different sites like Blip.tv and YouTube.

Tags: Brett Wilson, Tube Mogul

What’s a Transistor? Meet Haf “The Smallinator”

editor — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:22:11 +0000

What is a transistor and how do the hundreds of millions of them work on a processor not much larger than a postage stamp? Meet Haf the little frog who learns about a big change in technology. Transistors are the essential building block inside all modern electronics devices. Yet they keep shrinking, this time thanks to Intel’s hafnium-based high-k and metal gate technology. At 45nm, these transistors are so tiny that you could fit more than 300 million of them onto the head of a pin and more than 400 million of them will power Intel’s soon-to-be-released chips. See it here. Thanks to graphic artist and director Geoff McFetridge who created the film.

Tags: Haf the little frog, hafnium, 45nm, Geoff McFetridge

There Will Be Blood

editor — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:03:39 +0000

Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Thomas Anderson have made a new movie called There Will Be Blood, based on the Upton Sinclair novel, “Oil.” After seeing a special edition of Moby Dick, made by Arion Press, they called the San Francisco publisher of fine art edition books to make the title sequence for the film. Kenny Howard responded.

Tags: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood, Upton Sinclair, Moby Dick, Kenny Howard

Creating Your Own YouTube - Part 2

John Ince — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:30:03 +0000

Steven Rosenbaum, CEO of Magnify.net, elaborates on the process of creating your own video channel using their platform. For example, users can select keywords and they make exceptions to further quality the search that the Magnify search engine does on the Web. He also explains how Website owners can monetize the content through a revenue sharing agreement with Magnify.net.

Tags: Steven Rosenbaum, Magnify.net

Creating Your Own YouTube - Part 1

John Ince — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:11:14 +0000

Steven Rosenbaum, CEO of Magnify.net, explains how anyone who has a Website or wants to build one can have their own YouTube-like video channel almost overnight. The Magnify.net platform searches video channels like YouTube looking for cool videos that match the keywords that you enter, and then posts them on your Website. Magnify and the Website owner then share Google Adsense revenues 50-50.

Tags: Steven Rosenbaum, Magnify.net, Adsense revenues

Keen on Politics part 3

editor — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 06:33:21 +0000

Keen on Politics part 3; Robert Scoble goes inside Twitter; Snowballs and Fractals. Part 1 of Keen on Politics can be found here and part 2 can be found here.

For your weekend watch, here is the final part of “Keen on Politics,” the YouTube debate between Andrew Keen, Steve Gillmor, Tony Perkins, Robert Scoble, Dan Farber, Keith Teare, and Heather Harde.

Also: Robert Scoble visits Twitter, which recently received funding. Find out why so many “twitters” love this micro-blogging tool. If you can’t blog it in less than 140 characters, maybe you shouldn’t blog it at all.

An inside look at Twitter.

James Governor talks with IBM about best practices for SOA, and something about snowballs and fractals, and how Flat World Theory is Killing the Earth.

Tags: Robert Scoble, Twitter, YouTube, Andrew Keen, Steve Gillmor, Tony Perkins, Dan Farber, Keith Teare, Heather Harde

Keen on Politics part 2; mashup data business opportunities; and Larry Magid on sexual predators

editor — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 06:43:06 +0000

In today’s TechOne: Here is Keen on Politics part 2 of the YouTube debate between Andrew Keen, Steve Gillmor, Tony Perkins, Dan Farber, Keith Teare, Heather Harde and Robert Scoble. Part 1 can be found here, and part 3 is here.

Also today: Tom Foremski talks with Dave Nielsen from StrikeIron which supplies data for mashup environments. There are lots of ways to make money…

- Larry Magid sounds off on the issue of sexual predators on FaceBook.

- Aron Pruiett reports on how Dan Gisolfi (Executive IT Architect, Emerging Internet Technology with IBM Software Group) views the opportunities offered by mashup applications.

Tags: Andrew Keen, Steve Gillmor, Tony Perkins, Dan Farber, Keith Teare, Heather Harde, Robert Scoble, Tom Foremski, Dave Nielsen, StrikeIron, Larry Magid, FaceBook, Aron Pruiett

Keen on Politics Part 1

editor — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 06:39:02 +0000

TechOne debuts “Keen on Politics” a regular show. Here is the first of a three-part debate between Andrew Keen, Steve Gillmor, Tony Perkins, Dan Farber, Keith Teare, Heather Harde and Robert Scoble on the topic of political debates and YouTube. Part 2 can be found here, and part 3 here.

Tags: Andrew Keen, Steve Gillmor, Tony Perkins, Dan Farber, Keith Teare, Heather Harde, Robert Scoble, YouTube

Ustream gets new chat and other streaming video features

Robert Scoble — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:45:43 +0000

Ustream.tv is one of a new set of networks that let you publish live streaming video on the Internet. Presidential candidate John Edwards, on Monday evening, used Ustream to talk with thousands of people after the CNN/YouTube debates. But today Ustream is shipping new features including a new chat application, and a new way for viewers to rate how good a video stream is at this moment. Here, CEO Chris Yeh and marketing assistant Mary-Jo Montreynaud, tell me what the latest is at Ustream and give me a preview of the new features which will be live today.

Tags: Ustream.tv, streaming video, John Edwards, chat, Chris Yeh, Mary-Jo Montreynaud

My CNN-YouTube Debate Question

Dan Verton — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:14:10 +0000

Let’s face it. There’s no chance in hell that a serious question by a professional journalist is going to make it on the air during the upcoming CNN-YouTube Democratic Debate on July 23rd.

I prefer to be on PodTech anyway.

So, here’s my question to the Dems. It’s a serious one that we’ll probably never hear the answer to, but we all know what the answer should be.

Tags: Democratic Debate

Editor’s Choice: Highlights of Real Networks’ new RealPlayer

Robert Scoble — Thu, 31 May 2007 18:31:40 +0000

Here are the highlights of the new RealPlayer that Jeff Chasen, vice president at Real Networks, showed me. Highlights? It lets you download YouTube videos (and other online videos) for offline viewing so you can watch your favorite videos while on, say, an airplane.

Tags: RealPlayer, Jeff Chasen, YouTube, offline viewing

Real Networks announces new offline player for YouTube

Robert Scoble — Thu, 31 May 2007 18:31:15 +0000

Jeff Chasen, vice president of Real Networks, gave me an exclusive look at the new Real Networks’ RealPlayer, which will let you download YouTube videos (and other online videos) and store them for offline viewing. We also catch up on a variety of other things (and I ask him some questions about things that have made users mad about Real Player in the past).

Tags: Jeff Chasen, Real Networks, RealPlayer, YouTube

Tim O’Reilly on Web 2.0

Kamla Bhatt — Fri, 25 May 2007 23:40:14 +0000

I caught up with Tim O’Reilly of O’Reilly Media at TiECon 2007, where he spoke about Web 2.0 and chaired a panel discussion on Web 2.0 with Navin Ashwin of BitTorrent; Alex Welch of Photobucket and Jaideep Singh of Spock. In this interview we talk extensively about Web 2.0 and what it means, and what are the defining characteristics of these companies. How do you harness the intelligence of users? Tim points out that Web 2.0 is not dominated by software, but by data, and that is a key differentiator of a Web 2.0 company. He points out, “The network is the platform,” and on the network the rules are different. Tune in to find out what Tim has to say about Web 2.0, a term he helped coin a couple of years ago.

Tags: Tim O’Reilly, O’Reilly Media, TiECon, Web 2.0, Web 2.0, Navin Ashwin, BitTorrent, Alex Welch, Photobucket, Jaideep Singh, Spock