Internet Phenomenon Tekzilla Live From Web 2.0 Expo

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Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:00am EDT

Revision3 Tech News and Reviews Program to Tape on April 2 at Next Generation
Web Expo in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Revision3 is teaming up with O'Reilly
Media, Inc. and TechWeb at the third annual Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco to
bring audiences a live episode of Tekzilla! Join Internet celebrities and tech
gurus Veronica Belmont and Patrick Norton on Thursday, April 2 at 3:30 p.m. in
the Level 3 Keynote Room, Moscone West, to experience the tech action
firsthand.  

The taping will be followed by a Tekzilla Meetup at the Expo Lounge, where
exhibitors and fans alike can meet and mingle with Patrick and Veronica. In
addition, Web 2.0 Expo will feature a "booth crawl" from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Attendees must have a conference or expo pass for admittance.  

"Every week, Tekzilla reviews the latest gear, tips and tricks that improve
the tech you already own - and features conversations with the most
informative experts around. Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco is the perfect place to
continue our on-going conversation with attendees and our overall audience -
along with engaging the exhibitors that the program regularly covers," said
Jim Louderback, CEO, Revision3. 

Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco centers on the idea of "the Power of Less,"
exploring how the principles of Web 2.0 can turn constraints into
opportunities. The conference will be held from March 31 - April 3, 2009 at
Moscone West. To learn more about the 2009 Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco or
register, visit: http://www.web2expo.com/sf. 

"We're excited to bring Tekzilla to Web 2.0 Expo for the first time," said
Brady Forrest, Co-Chair of Web 2.0 Expo. "Everyone at Web 2.0 Expo will get
the chance to see one of their favorite Web shows live then meet the hosts,
Patrick and Veronica, in person - a rare and great opportunity."

Episodes of Tekzilla air every Thursday at 6:00 p.m. ET at
www.revision3.com/tekzilla. 

For a sneak peak, Veronica Belmont is participating at Web 2.0 Expo's Ignite
event the night of April 1 at Mezzanine in San Francisco.

Veronica Belmont
Veronica Belmont is a co-host of Revision3's Tekzilla. She started her tech
career as an audio producer for CNET's Buzz Out Loud podcast and quickly
became the third co-host. She went on to start two other shows at CNET: MP3
Insider and Crave and also produced many tech how-to videos and segments for
CNET TV. Since then, Veronica has been a regular on many technology and
gaming-themed podcasts, such as This Week in Tech, Cranky Geeks, DL.TV, The
Instance and more. In the past year she hosted the popular web show Mahalo
Daily, where she covered lots of geek-themed topics and events, including CES
with Engadget and the Game Developers Conference with Joystiq. In her free
time, Veronica hosts the Sword and Laser podcast and book club with CNET
personality Tom Merritt, and also helps run one of the largest Warcraft guilds
around, Alea Iacta Est, on the Earthen Ring server. 

Patrick Norton
Patrick is the co-host of Revision3's Tekzilla and Systm. He's written
hundreds of product reviews for publications including PCMag, CNET, PC World,
CPU and TechTV, launched the online video and podcast group at Ziff Davis
where he produced and hosted 188 episodes of DL.TV (and learned more about
Flash dev, routing tables, Content Delivery Networks, compression tools, RSS
feeds, log file analysis and traffic verification than he ever thought he'd
need to know) and started using computers back in the late CP/M early DOS
days. He's best known for answering tough tech questions, skewering products
and beating dead PCs with a sledgehammer for the four years at TechTV when he
hosted a live daily television show called The Screen Savers. 

About Web 2.0 Expo
Web 2.0 Expo, co-produced by O'Reilly Media, Inc. and TechWeb, showcases the
latest Web 2.0 business models, development paradigms and design strategies
for the builders of the next-generation Web. This annual multi-track
conference brings together people, ideas, connections, contacts, products, and
companies to foster stronger Web 2.0 communities. Web 2.0 Expo events occur in
San Francisco and New York and feature influential keynotes and speakers,
detailed workshops, a Launch Pad start-up program, an Expo show floor, a
Web2Open unconference, and rich networking events.

About Revision3
Revision3 is the first media company that gets it. Born from the Internet,
Revision3 is the home of Internet Television, creating and producing shows for
a new audience: passionate, committed fans who want to watch shows about
technology, modern culture and music that entertain, educate and help to
expand their life experiences. 

The company was founded in 2005 by technology visionaries Kevin Rose, Jay
Adelson and David Prager because they couldn't find anything they wanted to
watch on traditional television. The company is now led by Internet TV pioneer
Jim Louderback. With more than 60 million views to date (and six million per
month), Revision3's programs can be found everywhere from Revision3 to a wide
range of platforms, including iTunes, YouTube, Joost, Hulu, Viddler, Blip.TV
and TIVO. Shows can be watched on any device, from a cell phone to an Apple
iPod to a computer or a TV.


SOURCE  TechWeb

Natalia Wodecki of TechWeb, +1-415-694-9413, nwodecki@techweb.com; or Sarah
Hawes, +1-646-695-7050, sarah@rosengrouppr.com, for TechWeb
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