The director of the latest entry in the movie franchise talks to Mercury News arts and entertainment reporter Mark de la Vina about life as a horror filmmaker.

Reporter Chris O’Brien looks at the rise of San Jose appliance networking Echelon.

Cobb’s Comedy Club of San Francisco will celebrate its 25th anniversary in September. Reporter Mark de la Vina spoke to Cobb’s veterans such as Kevin Pollak, star of “The Usual Suspects,”and “The Whole Nine Yards,” about the venerable stand-up comedy venue.

“The Daily Show” regular and stand-up comedian Lewis Black talks to Mercury News arts and entertainment reporter Mark de la Vina about how a nation’s collective anger has helped his comedy career.

Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs answers media questions about the new Apple products announced today.

Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone, the Berkeley-reared trio best known for their hit videos “Lazy Sunday” and “Dick in a Box” on “Saturday Night Live,” talk to reporter Mark de la Vina about their new feature film.

Dean and Nooch discuss their recent trip to the E3 gaming expo in Santa Monica.

Andy Sternberg interviewed Wired editor and The Long Tail author Chris Anderson at the 2007 O’Reilly Tools of ChangeConference.

Anderson described the premise for his upcoming book project — titled “Free” — to be published in mid-2008 by Hyperion. He also discussed future plans for Wired’s Web site and introduced his new start-up, BookTour, which was launched at the conference.

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In an audio version of their first video podcast, Dean Takahashi and Mike Antonucci debate whether or not to buy the new Xbox 360.

Mercury News music critics Marian Liu and Shay Quillen, along with Oakland Tribune's Jim Harrington, talk about what they liked about summer concerts so far and what shows to catch that are coming up.