interviews

Business

Steve Ballmer: The Uncut Interview

6:30PM Wilson Rothman | Most of you may not have 16 minutes to spare on this and probably don’t care anyway, but I promised to post the full video, if only so you can understand the context of our five highlighted segments. More »
Business

Ballmer On Those Crazy Ballmer YouTube Videos

6:45AM Wilson Rothman | This is the one you’ve waited for, where I get Steve to talk about his animalistic YouTube persona. But how do you ask calm collected Steve about crazy sweaty Steve? Very carefully. More »
Music

Ballmer On Zune: Sometimes You Get It Right The Third Time?

4:40AM Wilson Rothman | Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer defended notorious products like Windows Vista and Windows Mobile throughout our interview, but when it came to Zune, he did seem to admit that Zune HD nailed what previous Zunes simply couldn’t. More »
Music

Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA: Proud To Be A Geek

11:34PM Danny Allen | In this video interview with True/Slant, RZA says hip hop and “geekism” go hand in hand when it comes to using new technology. “We geeks man, we geeks!” He also talks about video game addiction…and busts out a roundhouse kick! More »
Games

Ballmer Talks Natal, Says Blu-ray Add-On For Xbox Coming?

3:00PM Wilson Rothman
In the first segment of our exclusive Steve Ballmer interview series, the Microsoft CEO and I talk about Natal, the blurring of console generations, and the surprising fact that “you’ll be able to get” Blu-ray add-on drives for Xbox 360. More »
Gadgets

James Dyson Lightning Interview: A Mac Man With A Bladeless Fan

1:00PM John Herrman | Sir James Dyson is more than a guy who makes unusually interesting vacuums. He makes unusually interesting fans, too! We got a (very brief) chance to talk to the man about his tech allegiances, his design philosophy, and his dreams. More »
Random Stuff

Conan Interviews Co-Inventor of USB, Does Convincing Nerd-Speak

7:00AM Dan Nosowitz | Intel’s “Our Rock Stars Aren’t Like Your Rock Stars” ads were pretty clever, and in one of his riffs on The Tonight Show’s advertising requirements, Conan and USB co-inventor Ajay Bhatt created a re-enactment. More »
Games

Breaking A Virtual Sweat: The Making Of A Sports Game

1:00PM Tracey Lien | The traditional—or perhaps stereotypical—relationship between computer nerds and jocks is one often characterised by bruises to the face, wedgies up the arse and dignity down the drain. But, as the developers behind Australia’s latest AFL and NRL games on PSP show us, it doesn’t always have to be this way. More »
Music

ArcAttack: Lightning-Proof Musos Share Tesla Coil Secrets

4:20AM Adrian Covert | When Nikola Tesla invented his coil in 1891, he probabaly never imagined the ominous structures taking the place of the violin or French horn. But with time, anything’s possible. Music trio ArcAttack adds its own spin to Tesla’s dream machine. More »
Phones

Google’s Andy Rubin On Android, The Motorola Cliq And App Dev

6:20AM Jason Chen | Google’s VP of Mobile Platforms, Andy Rubin, just told me some interesting things about the Motorola Cliq and how it relates to Android as a whole. The most interesting? Google wants some of those social features in the OS. More »