About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Bonn, GermanyTwitter
Podcasting Archive
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EFF goes after Volomedia podcasting patent
Posted on November 19, 2009 | No CommentsRemember the announcement earlier this summer about how a Silicon Valley company had patented podcasting? Not surprisingly, the EFF is none too thrilled about this: EFF and the law firm of Howrey, LLP aren’t willing to just sit by and watch. This patent could threaten... -
VoloMedia awarded patent for podcasting
Posted on July 29, 2009 | 2 CommentsSo this Sunnyvale ad company, VoloMedia, has been awarded U.S. patent 7,568,213 for podcasting. The abstract: A personalized media service provides, e.g., user customization of radio channel selections, immediate availability of multiple preprogrammed and/or customized channels, the ability to intersperse different types of content including... -
Cyrus on TWO podcasts!
Posted on April 26, 2008 | No CommentsI was on two podcasts that went out over the series of tubes today. (Yes, it’s 2 am on April 26, but in my head it’s still April 25.) I was on The World’s Tech Podcast Episode #192, talking about my upcoming trip to the... -
My foray into chemistry reporting
Posted on February 1, 2008 | No CommentsMy new freelancer buddy Mia Lobel asked if I wanted to do a story for her new chemistry podcast, Distillations, sponsored by the Chemical Heritage Foundation. I filed a piece about using Second Life to teach chemistry, and the efforts of Prof. Jean-Claude Bradley of... -
Macworld Podcast #19: CES Report
Posted on January 6, 2006 | No CommentsMacworld: by Cyrus Farivar With Macworld Expo less than a week away, whet your technology trade show appetite with talk of January’s other major event, the Consumer Electronics Show. Intrepid editors Jonathan Seff and Christopher Breen are spending this week in the oasis that is... -
Macworld Podcast #18: Expo preview
Posted on December 28, 2005 | No CommentsMacworld: by Cyrus Farivar No final 2005 podcast would be complete without a look forward as to what to expect from Apple in 2006. The next big event is Macworld Expo—to be held Jan. 9 – 13 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco—so the... -
Merry Christmas!
Posted on December 25, 2005 | No CommentsAs a Christmas gift to everyone, tonight I put up some photos from West Africa on Flickr and finally finished Episode 3 of The Wanderlust Geek Podcast -
Macworld Podcast #17: Eddy Awards
Posted on December 14, 2005 | No CommentsMacworld: By Cyrus Farivar Around the Macworld offices, we don’t need a calendar to tell us when we’re getting close to the end of the year. All we have to do is take a look around at all the Eddy Award statues waiting to be... -
The Wanderlust Geek Podcast #2 : December 2, 2005
Posted on December 2, 2005 | No CommentsHead over to Wanderlustgeek.com for the skinny, or download it directly here. -
WiFi in Macedonia
Posted on November 30, 2005 | No CommentsOver the weekend, I did an interview with Cyrus Irani (who is of Parsi/Indian origin, not Iranian, despite his name) of Strix Systems. They’re building WiFi in Macedonia. It “aired” today on The World’s Technology Podcast: Download it here. I’ll have a piece on The...
