Silicon Spin was a half-hour business-related technology

Technology

Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...

 television program

Television program

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 that aired on ZDTV (later known as TechTV

TechTV

TechTV was a 24-hour cable and satellite channel based in San Francisco featuring news and shows about computers, technology, and the Internet. In 2004, it merged with the G4 gaming channel which ultimately dissolved TechTV programming...

) for several years during the dot-com era from 1998 to 2001. It featured guest panelists (often referred to as pundits

Pundit (politics)

A pundit is someone who offers to mass media his or her opinion or commentary on a particular subject area on which they are knowledgeable. The term has been increasingly applied to popular media personalities...

), usually business insiders, engaged in debates moderated by host John C. Dvorak

John C. Dvorak

John C. Dvorak is an American columnist and broadcaster in the areas of technology and computing. His writing extends back to the 1980s, when he was a mainstay of a variety of magazines. Dvorak is also the Vice-President of Mevio and well known for his work for Tech TV...

.

A number of guest pundits made regular appearances, including Rebecca Eisenberg

Rebecca Eisenberg

Rebecca Lynn Eisenberg is an American technology writer, lawyer, entrepreneur, and columnist who covered the 1995-2001 Internet boom in San Francisco, California and Silicon Valley.- Biography :...

, Rebecca Roberts

Rebecca Roberts

Rebecca Boggs Roberts is an American journalist. She was one of the hosts of POTUS '08 on XM Radio, which offered live daily coverage of the 2008 presidential election. She served as a substitute host for Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, and Weekend Edition Sunday on National Public...

 (formerly technology correspondent for The World

The World (radio program)

PRI's The World is a global news radio, audio and multi-platform program created by Public Radio International based on the program's congruence with PRI's mission, and in order to fulfill the critical need for more original global news created for and provided to Americans. This was partly a...

), Kevin Surace, Adam Lashinsky, Janet Rae-Dupree and Jason Pontin

Jason Pontin

-Biography:Pontin was born on May 11, 1967 in London, and raised in Northern California. He was educated in England, at Harrow School and Oxford University....

 from Red Herring

Red Herring (magazine)

Red Herring was a technology business magazine, which flourished during the dot com boom, with global distribution and bureaus in Bangalore, Beijing, and Paris. It also sponsored conferences designed to bring venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and technologists together. But the magazine went into...

magazine. The show was produced by Jennifer Lavin.