Ripping DVDs, transferring video from cameras, or converting downloaded videos from various sources for Apple products can be a difficult and time consuming process. Now with a software update for the Turbo.264 hardware-based video encoder from Elgato Systems, Macintosh users now have a definitive best and fastest way ...

There’s been a growing interest from cost and security perspective in new ways for providing personal computing services. In the first of a three-part series on the topic, Mike Ferron-Jones, manager of Intel’s Emerging Models Program, looks at various personal computing models based on server-based systems, including terminal services, ...

Join BearingPoint senior manager Kevin McClafferty to understand the importance of re-engineering the commercial lending process and how it can impact your organization. When you re-engineer the current process, you open your organization up to the benefits of efficiency, effectiveness, transparency and flexibility. In light of the recent credit ...

Understanding is Only Human: Discover how the Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs Human Factors team is helping to deliver a superior user experience

Alcatel-Lucent is committed to helping operators deliver a superior user experience. One of the ways to help is to gain an intimate understanding of end-user behavior and the Bell Labs Human Factors team is one of the many groups within Alcatel-Lucent doing just that. The team is made up of Ph.D.s with an average of 15+ years professional usability experience working to:

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 ...

What is the best gaming system, the PC or the Console? For years, gamers have argued over which has the better controls, graphics, gameplay and longevity. In this video podcast episode of The Reboot, host Rio Pesino talks to Chris Paladino, online community manager for Xbox, pro ...

Join BearingPoint managing director Warren Zafrin to explore how the Internet’s ability to allow information to flow freely between countries has become the electronic border that will expand or contract depending on the privacy borders.

In 1995, Europe established a privacy law that provides a common privacy framework to protect ...

In this video podcast, find out how HP’s line of handheld PCs and business notebooks bring mobility and connectivity to SMBs, and how HP Total Care helps business users get the experience they need from their mobile devices.

HP’s notebook portfolio has expanded, with offerings designed for small business ...

Join BearingPoint managing director Brian Hart to explore trading performance and risk management, and what has been learned from the recent credit crisis. The recent credit crisis has demonstrated to companies that there were certain capabilities they were lacking in managing their business effectively. BearingPoint ...

In his CES keynote, Intel CEO and President Paul Otellini introduced the concept of virtual Smash Mouth, and with a nod to the slew of Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) on view on the massive CES show floor, as well as the newer, more powerful laptops and gaming systems on display, he made clear the significance of Intel’s 45 nanometer transistor technology. The bottom line, from Otellini’s keynote: “The Internet is going to come to us.”

ClearOne, a Salt Lake City-based company, holds a majority of the global market share in the professional audio conferencing systems category. It should come as no surprise that their conference phone products for the desktop and individuals wouldn’t include significant technology enhancements that set them apart from the “el’cheapo” ...

If you’ve got the winter golf blues, Electric~Spin has the cure. Electric~Spin’s Golf Launchpad Tour is a unique golf simulation device that allows users to play golf in the convenience of their home, with their own clubs. The golf Launchpad Tour can be used with a PC, Mac and ...

Fav.or.it’s founder, Nick Halstead, introduced me with a challenge: he thought he could get me to switch my RSS reader. He then proceeded to impress me with his system.

When it comes to email continuity and message availability in times of a network outage or as part of a disaster recovery plan, the small and medium business needs what large organizations spec–but they need it at an affordable price point. Cemaphore Systems has created an email continuity ...

As enterprises increasingly look to modernize and consolidate voice and data systems, Verizon Business will soon offer another robust managed service option to help pave the way. In January 2008, Verizon Business will begin offering managed IP PBX on the Nortel IP telephony platform, combining the scalability, flexibility and simplicity ...

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).

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Isolating conversations around products, brands and issues is now possible through BuzzLogic’s new ad targeting feature. In this Marketing Voices product demo video podcast, BuzzLogic CEO Rob Crumpler explains how his company can help marketers better determine who is driving online opinions.

When the service launched earlier this month,

Looking for the perfect video game to buy for Christmas? The Reboot’s got you covered. Last year, the big question was which video game console to buy, and gamers had to choose between the Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. This holiday season, it’s all ...

Brazillian educational broadcasting organization Canal Futura was one of the Microsoft Education Awards Laureates at this year’s Tech Museum Awards, presented by Applied Materials, Inc. Canal Futura uses technology to augment Brazil’s education system, which faces challenges like poverty as well as many different cultures and languages spread ...

Recently, Jay’s dad started building on some property he owns in rural Virginia. The first structure built was the garage/workshop. Jay and I were eager for the chance to try out some green building materials as an alternative to the usual stuff. Before traveling over to the east coast for ...

Benchmarking is a crucial part of purchasing decisions for buyers of high-performance computing (HPC) systems. Paresh Pattani, Director of HPC and Workstation Applications, Intel says it’s crucial to test systems with real-world software application workloads, rather than relying on standardized benchmarking. In this podcast, Pattani outlines the most ...

Join BearingPoint manager Takashi Yoskizaki to learn how to build a business case for VoIP. Industry trends show that over the years nearly every organization has done something around utilizing VoIP. Before any new technology can be implemented, a business case needs to be developed to be presented for ...

Wrapping up the episodes from Microsoft TechEd IT Forum in Barcelona, James and I talk about the discussions and announcements at the event. First, James comments on the seeming maturity that both the attendees and Microsoft itself has after all these years of TechEd. Then we get ask if ...

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 ...

Nigeria’s education system is one of the targets of the UN’s Millenium Development Goals. Some of those goals are to reduce infant mortality, combat AIDS, malaria & other diseases, and of course improve education worldwide. The millennium goal for education is to ensure, by 2015, that all boys and girls ...