In this episode, Devindra, Dwayne, chat with Patrick Roanhouse since Chris had to save the world from a disgruntled Orc Sage who was a also master of dreams (no Joke, ask him- chris@symbiotekpodcast.com). The three adventurers read the tea leaves on Apple’s overtaking Microsoft in market value, as well as why Google seems to have [...]

While the rest of the technorati have been shooting Facebook down left and right, claiming it’s time has come and calling for its demise (yeah, we’re guilty of it too ; – ) Facebook has been making moves. The AFP reported today that Facebook has been accepted into Bangladesh– that is the Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory [...]

When the first computers were being developed, every functional aspect of the computer had to be programmed into every program.  Want your program to use a keyboard? You would have to program your punch-cards to handle this.  Want to output to a printer? You have to do that too.  Eventually, machines became powerful enough and [...]

In this episode, Devindra, Dwayne, and Chris discuss the Google’s recent developer conference, Google I/O – Android 2.2, Android Marketplace, the opening of Google Wave and Google TV! They spend some time on  the first artificially created cell  and then go on to talk about Tesla’s potential new partnership with auto-giant Toyota concerning the procurement [...]

In this episode, Devindra, Dwayne, and Chris discuss the Android operating system’s rise to the number two spot behind Blackberry,and where it’s headed, Google’s possible tablet collaboration with Verizon, and they spend some time on the recent lashback against Facebook. The guys also muse on how the independent music movement is making use of web [...]

[We talked extensively about Facebook and privacy this week on the show.  Stay tuned for our upcoming episode.] The uncanny valley is an effect in computer graphics where as depictions of humans become more and more realistic, they become more off-putting.  Yosemite Sam looks nothing like a human and is not nearly as creepy as [...]

In this episode, Devindra, Dwayne, and Chris discuss their issues with Facebook’s F8 announcements, and what they mean for our privacy. They also discuss Skype’s upcoming group video chat feature, and Chris tells all about his new Droid Incredible. Subscribe via iTunes or via RSS (for other media players), stream it with the player below, or   download the episode. [...]

In this episode, Devindra, Dwayne, and Chris chat about HP’s purchase of Palm, lament the loss of Microsoft’s Courier tablet, and discuss Apple’s purchase of the personal assistant app Siri. Subscribe via iTunes or via RSS (for other media players), stream it with the player below, or   download the episode. You can email us at symbiotekpodcast@gmail.com. Discussion Highlights (02:00) [...]

I will bet that you don’t even think about alt-tab as a problem, but you struggle with it every day.  You are working on a blog post while alt-tabbing to a reference article on the subject.  Suddenly an IM window pops up.  You say hi to your friend and then alt tab back to your [...]

What is the point of designing the super-AI for your all-powerful robotic army if your drones can barely pick up their battle orders? One of the ongoing issues in robotics is that creating ways for robots to interact with the world in meaningful ways is surprisingly difficult.  Researchers at Festo have unveiled an impressively dextrous [...]