It started with an innocuous audio interview with the then-President of the Products and Technology Group at SAP AG, Shai Agassi. Then came Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz, sitting at a table with an umbrella. It wasn’t long before Scoble introduced us to Thomas Hawk (investment advisor by day, ...

Deals in healthcare M&A have soared over the past two years, continuing to attract capital and drive activity in the sector. Industry insiders are monitoring the current pace of healthcare M&A deals and developing an outlook for 2008. On Wednesday, The Deal hosts a one-day symposium with attendees such as ...

The Intel Science Talent Search culminates in Washington, D.C. this weekend. The high school science projects cover areas like engineering, math, physics, medicine and health, environmental science, zoology, and others. The research these students have engaged in is astonishing. Many projects will result in innovations, inventions, new treatments, ...

In the last of a three-part series on the growing interest in alternative client compute models, Mike Ferron-Jones, manager of Intel’s Emerging Models Program, provides an overview of a study Intel conducted to determine the current status of adoption.

In the second of a three-part series on the growing interest in alternative client compute models, Mike Ferron-Jones, manager of Intel’s Emerging Models Program, looks at client-based models, including OS and application streaming.

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 ...

Co-founder and CEO Shane Baldwin likes to think of Silverleaf Capital as the “entrepreneur’s entrepreneur.” In its first 10 months of life, Silverleaf has already placed more than a half-billion dollars under management. With a board that includes top executives from throughout the U.S. and investors that span a ...

Ron Likis heads up Centron Energy Corporation, a Wisconsin alternative energy company that has created a fuel additive that after 300 million of miles of testing, has been CARB approved and EPA recognized to decrease emissions and increase mileage in gasoline, ethanol, or diesel engines. I ...

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 ...

During the Alt Car Expo in Santa Monica, I spoke with Don Alexander, owner of Euro Taxi of Santa Monica, another business offering green transportation throughout the LA region. With help from Clean Energy, Euro Taxi offers even more alternative fuel choices for concerned consumersnow with ...

Your flight is delayed which throws off your connecting flights. What do you do? If you had WorldMate it would send you a message giving you alternative flights and other info. Eyran Blumberg, VP of enterprise business at Worldmate, gives me a tour.

During GM’s Electric Drive University in Newport Beach, Calif., I had the opportunity to get behind the wheel of the new Chevy Equinox fuel cell prototype vehicle for a ride and drive with Brad Beauchamp. He’s a driver relationship manager for GM’s Project Driveway, and is a ...

Join BearingPoint technologist and senior manager Andy Szuberla as he explores the evolution of disaster recovery plans and how different they are from 15 years ago. Now more then ever, disaster recovery (DR) is about organizational survival and not just technology recovery, but rather, the full recovery of business ...

More questions are asked of the Office 2.0 vendor panel of Vishal Saxena (development manager, Oracle), Matt Quinn (vice president, product strategy, TIBCO Software), Bert Armijo (VP product management 3Tera) and Brett Adam (VP Engineering, rPath). Steve Guengerich (chief learning officer, BSG Alliance Corporation) ...

Recently, I sat down with Chelsea Sexton, the unlikely star of Who Killed the Electric Car? Our conversation covered may topics from the EV1 to the Chevy Volt and everything in between. I like Chelsea - her unassuming attitude is refreshing. Plus, her convictions and extensive knowledge ...

Competition is coming for broadband providers SBC and Comcast. So say the investors in emerging service such as WiMax and BPL. In this podcast, PodTech’s Jason Lopez talks with Patrick Campbell - Partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, who moderated the panel “Desirable and Viable: Broadband Alternatives and ...

If you believe that the traditional stock photography industry has lost touch with the personal photographer, learn about some of the alternatives to larger stock libraries that may be overused. Bryan Zmijewski of Lucky Oliver shares with me.

If one man could be credited with bringing the first plug-in hybrid electric school bus to California, it would be Ralph Knight. As transportation director for the Napa Valley Unified School District, Ralph’s tireless four-year effort paid off with the delivery of the first “green” yellow bus, part ...

I know: nuclear energy has long had a bad name in the US. I believe, however, that it is an essential part of our future energy portfolio. Nuclear energy is clean, its generation is efficient, its resources are still abundant. Yes, nuclear waste treatment is a great concern. But, what ...

During Hybridfest 2007 in Madison, Wisc., I met Theodore (Ted) Bohn of Argonne National Laboratory. As a power electronics engineer, Bohn is at the forefront of assessing advanced and hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) technologies for the FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies Program. I found myself mesmerized by him ...

Amazing new advances in alternative transportation have opened up new vistas for those who are looking to save energy, cut down on emissions and improve mobility. Embraced by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, it’s an electric scooter for use in pedestrian areas called the Segway Human Transporter. You can even play ...

Blowfly started his career in the 1960s as a songwriter (he’s written songs under his real name, Clarence Reid). He wrote songs for Betty Wright, Sam & Dave, Gwen McRae and KC & the Sunshine Band, among others. But he always had a second career as the dirty ...

GM’s history dates back to the 1960’s with the concept ElectroVan. In this episode, at the Heritage Center, outside Sterling Heights, Mich., HC manager Greg Wallace shows us the Impact, EV1, Skateboard and the insides of the Chevy Volt.

GM’s Electrovan drove only once, but spawned the quest for hydrogen-powered vehicles that continues to this day. While at the GM Heritage Center in Sterling Heights, Mich., I got an introduction to the vehicle and its sister, the Electrovair.