Twitter to Facebook, thanks but no thanks

Tags: Twitter, Facebook

ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks to senior editor Sam Diaz about Facebook's proposal to buy Twitter for $500 million in stock and why the ...

Date: 11-25-08 Length: 00:02:55
Wi-Fi while you fly

Tags: Wireless LANs, Wireless, News, kara tsuboi, virgin airlines, wi-fi, internet, cell phones, laptops, sfo

Imagine sending e-mails, browsing blogs, and booking your next trip with ease while soaring above the clouds. CNET's Kara Tsuboi tests out Virgin America's ...

Date: 11-25-08 Length: 00:03:25
State of California CIO: E-governing with Web 2.0

Tags: Web, CIO, California, Web 2.0, Homeland Security, Federal Government, Internet, Government, State of California CIO, CIO Sessions

Teri Takai, CIO of the State of California, discusses how she plans to use collaboration and knowledge sharing tools to help communicate with the ...

Date: 11-25-08 Length: 00:01:55
Can Obama bring tech respect to Washington?

Tags: Diaz Memo, Diaz, Handhelds, Security, Hardware, Barack Obama, Sam Diaz, Blackberry, YouTube

Senior editor Sam Diaz talks about how President-elect Barack Obama will use technology when he becomes president. Diaz says, while Obama might have to ...

Date: 11-24-08 Length: 00:01:26
The BlackBerry Storm touches down

Tags: RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, News, kara tsuboi, bonnie cha, blackberry storm, iphone, apple

The BlackBerry Storm has been one of the most hotly anticipated cell phones of the year. On Friday, November 21, it hit store shelves ...

Date: 11-21-08 Length: 00:01:42
Microsoft loses MLB but keeps swinging

Tags: Diaz Memo, MLB, Microsoft Corp., Silverlight, Microsoft, Adobe, Sam Diaz, NBC, Netflix

ZDNet Senior Editor Sam Diaz talks about the recent announcement by Major League Baseball to drop Microsoft's Silverlight service for Adobe's Flash player. Diaz ...

Date: 11-21-08 Length: 00:01:17
Singing Elvis, Wii lightsabers top Kara Swisher's holiday list

Tags: Holiday, Nintendo Wii, Swisher, Kara Swisher, Dan Farber, Singing Elvis

At a Churchill Club event, All Things Digital's Kara Swisher shows CNET News Editor in Chief Dan Farber some new tech ideas for the ...

Date: 11-21-08 Length: 00:03:26
Walt Mossberg picks hot holiday gadgets

Tags: Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics

At a Churchill Club event, The Wall Street Journal columnist Walt Mossberg shows CNET News Editor in Chief Dan Farber new gadgets consumers might ...

Date: 11-19-08 Length: 00:05:53
Choosing Yahoo's next CEO

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., AllThingsD Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Yahoo! Inc., AllThingsD Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Kara Swisher, Dan Farber

At a Churchill Club event, Wall Street Journal columnist Kara Swisher tells CNET News Editor in Chief Dan Farber whom she'd pick to succeed ...

Date: 11-19-08 Length: 00:06:45
Research In Motion aims to take smartphone market by Storm

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Smart Phone, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Research In Motion Ltd., Smart Phone

ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks to senior editor Sam Diaz about the upcoming launch of the much-anticipated BlackBerry Storm. Diaz also details how the ...

Date: 11-19-08 Length: 00:03:11
Yang resignation, successor the talk of the Valley

Tags: Internet, Internet, News, kara tsuboi, yahoo, jerry yang, google, shareholders, microsoft, san jose

Silicon Valley is atwitter over what kind of CEO Yahoo needs to hire to replace the outgoing Jerry Yang. CNET's Kara Tsuboi hears opinions ...

Date: 11-19-08 Length: 00:02:36
Yang's out. Is Microsoft in?

Tags: Senior Editor, Microsoft Corp., Yang, Senior Editor, Microsoft Corp., Yang, Yahoo, Microsoft, Jerry Yang, search

ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks to senior editor Sam Diaz about Jerry Yang's resignation from the search giant and why it wasn't entirely shocking. ...

Date: 11-18-08 Length: 00:02:49
Browser wars: who�s the fastest?

Tags: Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Chrome, Internet Explorer

Brendan Eich, CTO of Mozilla, talks about the race for the fastest browser engine. Google, Microsoft, Appleare all competing with Mozilla. The competition, he ...

Date: 11-18-08 Length: 00:01:20
Maria Shriver touts new online learning tool

Tags: Online Learning, Tool, Maria Shriver, E-learning, Training And Certification, Enterprise Software, Software, Online Learning, Tool, E-learning

CNET's Kara Tsuboi sits down with Maria Shriver to talk about "The California Legacy Trails," a new online learning tool for students of the ...

Date: 11-18-08 Length: 00:03:24
Livescribe digital pen is Mac ready

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Pen, Desktops, Hardware, Apple Macintosh, Desktops, Hardware, News, livescribe, pen

CEO Jim Marggraff shows off the latest improvements to the Livescribe digital pen. Mac fans, take note: the company is coming out with a ...

Date: 11-17-08 Length: 00:04:18
Livescribe digital pen gets student test

Tags: Pen, Pen, News, livescribe, ina fried, digital pen, college, uc berkeley

A UC Berkeley student has become such a devotee of the Livescribe digital pen that he's now one of three dozen "campus scribes" paid ...

Date: 11-17-08 Length: 00:04:45
'60 Minutes': The Personal Transition

Tags: Transition, Steve Kroft, Transition, Steve Kroft, News

The Obamas will soon be the youngest first family to move into the White House since the Kennedys nearly 50 years ago. Steve Kroft ...

Date: 11-17-08 Length: 00:14:59
'60 Minutes': Obama And The Presidency

Tags: Nation, Thought, President-elect Barack Obama, Nation, Thought, President-elect Barack Obama, News

President-elect Barack Obama speaks with Steve Kroft about his thoughts and goals as our nation's next Commander-in-Chief.

Date: 11-17-08 Length: 00:18:25
'60 Minutes': A Father's Promise

Tags: Promise, Promise, News

President-elect Barack Obama spoke with Steve Kroft about a special promise he made 2 years ago to his young daughters.

Date: 11-17-08 Length: 00:03:56
'60 Minutes': The 44th President

Tags: President, Minute, Wife, President, Minute, Wife, News, barack obama, michelle obama

President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle give their first post-election interview to 60 Minutes. Sunday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m. ET/PT

Date: 11-17-08 Length: 00:01:00

Ballmer touts Windows 7 features

At the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, Fla., Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer revealed that Windows 7 is going to be a major release, not just a Vista update. He says the new Windows will have a better user interface, information management tools, and performance. It isn't practical to wait for Windows 7 instead of deploying Vista, he says, since both systems are compatible. Interviewers: Neil MacDonald and David Mitchell Smith of Gartner.

Tags: Information Management, Microsoft Windows 7, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Strategy, Software, Management, Information Management

Date: 10-17-08 Length: 00:04:32
Comcast's speedier Internet--and its limits

ZDNet Senior Editor Sam Diaz shares his take on Comcast's new wideband Internet service. He says the service will allow faster downloads of movies, but the company also needs to offer tools so users can track Internet usage since it is imposing a bandwidth cap at 250 gigabytes.

Tags: Comcast Corp., Internet, Comcast Corp., Internet, Comcast

Date: 10-28-08 Length: 00:01:40
Ray Ozzie announces Windows Azure

At the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles, Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie talks about the company's new cloud computing operating system, called Windows Azure. The new OS is a framework that allows you to scale from 10 users to 10 million users without additional coding. Ozzie also discusses what the technology means for developers and businesses.

Tags: Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Operating Systems, Software, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Operating Systems, Software

Date: 10-28-08 Length: 00:03:44
Is Steve Jobs slowly passing the baton?

ZDNet's Sam Diaz offers his views on Steve Jobs' presentation at the Apple notebook event Tuesday. He says the Apple CEO could slowly be handing over the reins, given that he gave a lot of his time during the event to Apple executives Tim Cook and Phil Schiller.

Tags: Sam Diaz Memo, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Notebooks, Hardware

Date: 10-15-08 Length: 00:01:38
How will the recession affect Web 2.0?

Charlene Li, founder of the Altimeter Group, talks about how Silicon Valley will be affected by the current economic downturn. She says that Web 2.0 companies will face a scarcity of resources and more hardship, and will need to buckle down and focus on new innovations, collaboration, and getting things done.

Tags: Web, Recession, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Web, Recession, Web 2.0, Channel Management

Date: 10-20-08 Length: 00:02:54
Smartphone wars heating up

Sure the iPhone is hot, but how hot is it and can it maintain the momentum? ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks to senior editor Sam Diaz about how big a boost the phone has given Apple. Diaz also discusses how Research In Motion and Google aren't letting Apple run away with the smartphone crown just yet.

Tags: Apple Inc., Smartphone, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Apple Inc., Smart Phones

Date: 10-28-08 Length: 00:02:59
Apple's latest MacBook Pro

Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils the next-generation MacBook Pro with a new aluminum body, a 15-inch display, a multitouch trackpad, and a faster graphics card.

Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook Pro, Notebooks, Video Cards, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Components, Apple

Date: 10-14-08 Length: 00:01:00
Can IT strengthen the economy?

At the Garner IT Expo in Orlando, Fla., Cisco CEO John Chambers predicts that as the economy turns, many company heads will be looking for flexibility along with cost effectiveness--aspects that video conferencing and social networking provide. He forsees that, soon, IT and business strategy will be so intertwined we won't know the difference between them. Interviewers: Ken Dulaney and Tom Bittman of Gartner.

Tags: Information Technology, Social Networking, Strategy, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Information Technology, Social Networking, Strategy

Date: 10-15-08 Length: 00:04:13
Ballmer's battle with VMware

At a Churchill Club event in Santa Clara, Calif., Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talks to Ann Winblad, a partner at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, about Microsoft's move into virtualization with its new Hyper-V technology. He also shares his thoughts on increasing the overall market and how his company differs from its biggest competitor, VMware.

Tags: Churchill Club, Steve Ballmer, VMware Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Microsoft

Date: 09-26-08 Length: 00:04:21
Windows 7: The information lockdown

Microsoft is maintaining a cloak of silence around its next major release of Windows. ZDNet Editor in Chief Larry Dignan talks with blogger colleagues Mary Jo Foley, editor of All about Microsoft, and Ed Bott, editor of Microsoft Report, about the road map for Windows 7, including feature sets, timelines, partners, OEMs, and marketing. The beta for the new operating system is due in late 2008. The bloggers predict that Windows 7 will launch earlier than 2010, its anticipated release date.

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Fill In

Date: 05-22-08 Length: 00:07:34