At their recent launch in New York City, HP Total Care took the spotlight, announcing a program designed to ease IT challenges for the full lifecycle of an HP purchase. HP Total Care’s aim is to provide before, during and after- purchase support, making it easier for companies ...

Seth Goldstein talks about advertising on Facebook and the use of applications as “appvertising.” But some apps involve slinging virtual food between Facebook friends, can such apps also become an effective advertising platform? Can apps like this really be monetized in a fashion that yields gratifying returns? From the recent ...

Slot machines have been around since the 1880s and they still do basically the same thing: take your money with the odds clearly slanted towards the house. But they are getting more interesting to play. WMS Gaming has a new series of machines that include touch screen technology but still ...

Today’s skis are a blend of high-tech construction and art. So to hear that Bluehouse Skis had implemented a ski core based on bamboo seemed a bit “old-fashioned” to say the least.

Adam Hepworth and Jared Richards determined their dream job would be to build and run a ski company. ...

Top fashion designer decked out each room of Esquire Magazine’s “Esquire North” with flavor and style while the latest entertainment and lifestyle computer gear connects everything together and to the Internet thanks to Intel technology, including Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad.

Gaming PC with quad core Intel processors. Wireless ...

Tom Foremski, editor of Silicon Valley Watcher, led a panel discussion on Day 1 of the Fall Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. The panel dealt directly with the friction that often arises between the burgeoning social media forces in the enterprise and the IT groups that find themselves ...

The HP Personal Systems Group recently unveiled its 2008 product line at a celebrity-studded event at Skylight Studios, in Manhattan (and yes, that’s “personal” as in, The Computer is Personal Again). In addition to HP’s new iPAQ handheld communications devices, its MediaSmart PC and MediaSmart Server, and a ...

Futurebazaar.com is India’s latest big ticket shopping site that comes from the group which owns India’s largest retail chain.

FutureBazaar.com recently got infused with a funding of $25 million and is bound to give established etailers in India many sleepless nights.

Led by Kishore Biyani, the group owns ...

One of the more talked about valley start-ups in recent months is Spock. Founded in 2006 by Jay Bhatti and Jaideep Singh, Spock is a people search Web site that aims to be the most comprehensive source of information about just about anyone. Spock crawls the Web looking for ...

When it comes to clothing and fashion, one doesn’t usually think of open source ideology and community collaboration. Not true with the founders of BurdaStyle, Nora Abousteit and Benedikta von Karaisl. Nora and Benedikta have created a destination for sharing clothing patterns, step-by-step fashion making instructions, a passionate community ...

The following fashion show took place between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. at the recent GOVSEC Expo in Washington, D.C.

Here is a lighter look at government homeland security.

In this week’s ConnectCast, Rocky Mountain Voices‘ Cydni Tetro and Connect Magazine Executive Editor Colin Kelly discuss the top stories of the week from a Rocky Mountain perspective. The conversation includes a look at the Utah companies that made the Forbes 1000 company list, including Huntsman Chemical ...

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.

Email and collaboration services were a frustration for Northwestern University’s student government. The assembly brought the problem to the administration a year ago, specifically recommending Google Apps as a potential solution. The school, now partnering with Google to address the students’ needs, will offer e-mail, calendar and Google Talk, with mailboxes fifty times larger than their previous ones.

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We sat down with Venu Venugopal, vice president of solutions marketing at CA, to discuss strategies for management of an MPLS VPN rollout. There are some great benefits, but along with those benefits come serious challenges. Venu helps you sort out the important things to know to face those challenges and manage your VPN proactively.

The University of California, San Francisco Medical center says its pilot study using a portable computer called the C5 helped nurses to be far more productive than with conventional personal computers. The current setup in most hospitals is called a COW, or “computer on wheels,” which is composed of a ...

Market data services in today’s global financial services institutions can prove to be an ever- escalating issue that can have a severe bottom-line impact. If market data services are not carefully planned for and service levels drop, it can cost a financial services firm dearly.

In this podcast, Farid Moussavi, managing ...

In this Thought Leaders podcast, brought to you by SAVVIS, Andy Schroepfer, president & founder of Tier 1 Research, discusses his view on the hosting industry, including the market forecast and segmentation, future growth areas, and how the buyer — not the supplier — is driving the future of ...

Timothy Chou, author and entrepreneur, is the latest guest in this series of discussions with thought leaders, presented by WebEx. Chou was the president of Oracle’s On-Demand business from 1999 to 2005, the author of the book The End of Software, and he remains an influential figure in ...

The Ford Interceptor is a good old fashioned display of ‘American Muscle.’ I met with Andreas Nilson, exterior design manager for the Interceptor, for a conversation and a preview of the sporty (and menacing) vehicle. It’s a concept car, and Ford has no plans to put it into production ...

The functionality of the new Apple iPhone, which comes in 4 gig ($499) and 8 gig ($599) models, appears to be far superior to the regular iPod. Trouble is, it doesn’t store enough music for people who keep large collections at their fingertips. The iPhone may turn out to be ...

At the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Seagate’s Senior Director of Marketing, Diana Cartwright, explains that Seagate is managing two well known brands: their own and Maxtor. Each, she says, serves in a very different and important capacity when it comes to managing personal data storage and ...

In the tech world, if you’re selling something, it’s okay to talk about, but it’s far better to give a demo. A social media campaign launch is one way to bring in the tech angle. But giving a demo is another.

That’s the tech/Scoble-esque view taken by Michel Markman — ...

Stars and celebs turned-out recently for a hip housewarming party at Hollywood’s coolest new crib. The Esquire House 360° is a 17,000 square-foot Italian villa set among the stylish and exclusive mansions of Beverly Hills. This hip home is situated on three-acres of land with panoramic views of Southern California. Built and decorated with the latest materials and craftsmanship, the house seamlessly incorporates technology into each room, demonstrating how high fashion and high tech together are essential to the modern man.