Technology Bytes, Houston's longest running computer call in show turns thirteen this month and they are having a party to celebrate. Join the hosts Jay Lee, Dwight Silverman, Peter, Barrett, Phliktid and Groovehouse for the Technology Bytes 13th Anniversary Party, Saturday night at Dean's Credit Clothing at 316 Main St. from 7:30pm until who knows when. There will be a cash bar with the most amazing frozen cosmos in town and entertainment provided by DJ......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Houston's Startup Corridor Startup Houston has recently posted an informative blog post on Proposing Houston's Startup Corridor. The post suggests that Houston's Starup Corridor could start with The Houston Technology Center on one end and Rice University on the other and somewhere near the middle is the latest startup The Caroline Collective. Startup Houston is seeking your comments on their idea, head over to their site......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Kwaidan Consulting And The Case Of The Hacked Voting Systems Local consulting firm, Kwaidan Consulting of Houston is assisting in an external review of Sequoia Votings Systems after their website was hacked and partially brought down this past Thursday. But who is Kwaidan Consulting? Some out there on the net doubt their existence at all. HAL-PC And Cubase SX HAL-PC will be hosting a multi media......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. NetSquared Houston's social changemakers, NetSquared are having their monthly meetup this Tuesday, the 18th at The Stag's Head Pub at 7pm. This month, their speaker is Matt Adams, co-founder and President of CathARTx. Netsquared is a group of social changemakers and technological forerunners that come together at events to mix, swap stories and ideas, build new relationships, and reinforce the online NetSquared community. Forbes' Top 10......

Local Tech News in a compact, digital format....

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Dwight Watch Dwight Silverman, local tech guru, tackles installing the first service pack for Microsoft Vista. Dwight installs it on various platforms with various results. Dwight's also has been blogging about a workaround for Comcast's unethical treatment of bandwidth, he also unboxes the MacBook Air and touches on what could be the nail in the coffin of the HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray saga. Local Calendar Feb 19:......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format....

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. State Of The Mac Address This is your early warning from the Houston Area Apple Users Group. Bob "Dr. Mac" Levitus will be giving a State of the Mac address, Saturday, February 16, 2008 starting at 10am at the Looscan Library on Willowick. Late Night Links Because Grand Stream Dreams has recently had some sleepless nights, we benefit with his Cures for Late-night Boredom. Check out......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Apple Swap Meet Next Weekend It's coming! The Houston Area Apple Users Group semi-annual swap meet is happening next weekend, January 26th at the UH Hilton. Please check the HAAUG site for registration information and fees. Good luck finding that Apple Newton or Lisa you've been looking for! Sprint Nextel To Close 35 Retail Stores In Houston From the Houston Business Journal come this interesting news......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Something's Brewing At WhiteBoard Labs Houston based WhiteBoard Labs is currently beta-testing MotionNotes, a web based app that allows messaging via video and multimedia interfaces such as Flash movies, PowerPoint Presentations and slideshows. MotionNotes is slated for release this fall. WhiteBoard Labs was founded in 1994 and is a recognized leader and pioneer in the development of Rich Internet Applications. PlaceShout It Out Loud There's a......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. NASA Plans TV Coverage Space Station Holiday Delivery NASA Television is planning to provide live coverage on Wednesday, December 26th when the International Space Station will receive a post Christmas gift, a new shipment of food, fuel and supplies as well as holiday gifts. Check your local listings for coverage of this event. Grand Stream Dreams Grand Stream Dreams has been busy this week. He's got......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. No New Timing System For Houston Marathon Officials for the Chevron Houston Marathon have opted not to use a new timing system by Michigan-based SAI Timing and Tracking after it failed to operate correctly during a marathon in Honolulu. Chevron Houston Marathon officials have decided to stick with ChampionChip, the timing system it has used since 2000. Early Warning: HAAUG Swap Meet Mark your calendars, the......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Snapstream Ships Beyond TV 4.7 Houstonist loves TV, we also love our iPods and iPhones. We just love technology. So we couldn't be more excited to bring you this bit of news from local software giants Snapstream. It's the release of Beyond TV 4.7 software with automatic iPod and iPhone syncing! What is this you ask? Let us break it down for you. It's PVR software......

Good morning, Houston. We just don't understand the entertainment juggernaut (or is it "juggernette?") that is Hannah Montana: Tickets to her Nov. 11 Toyota Center show sold out in five minutes Saturday, and now they're going for as much as $1,275 on eBay — granted, that's for a set of four tickets, but still, wow. The markup through eBay and ticket brokers has left some parents shelling out big bucks to give their kids......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. City WiFi Still On Hold It's been a few months since Mayor Bill White approved a multi-million dollar deal with EarthLink to provide over 640 square miles of wireless service to Houston and we are still waiting. Earthlink should have already started installing wireless nodes on light poles around the city but has failed to do so. EarthLink is still within time constraints set by the......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. What Does A Hydrogen Generator Look Like? Last week we told you about Trulite's revolutionary hydrogen generator. This week we found an image of this generator and wanted to share it with you. Bum Shuttle Computer Is From Conroe A computer bound for the space shuttle Endeavour that was found to have been deliberately damaged came from Conroe based Invocon, Inc.. Invocon Inc. is a systems......

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Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Jay Lee's Helpline Helps Jay Lee tackles reader questions over at The Chronicle in his HelpLine Blog. Here are some recent reader queries. A reader had problems with file associations and Jay put them back on track. Another reader had issues with kids accessing her files. Read how enabling log on passwords solved her problem. See how email auto-formatting helps avoid annoying links. Check out Jay's......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. After a bit of a hiatus, The Tech Buzz is back. It's not new or improved, just back. iPhone Madness We're not going go too in-depth with the iPhone as it has been covered by just about every major media outlet in the U.S. this past week. What we are going to do is provide you with this link to two local geeks and their reports......

Finally, a summer movie worthy of your popcorn dollars. Bruce Willis and his action franchise are a little old, and as Life Free or Die Hard begins, Houstonist found ourselves worrying that maybe they were both a little worn around the edges. Then, Bruce, with help from Justin Long (Dodgeball) and Kevin Smith (yes, that Kevin Smith) proceeded to prove us ass-kickingly, wise-crackingly wrong. And it was good. See, the bad guys have totally crushed......

Today’s Photo of the Day comes from flickr user and Houstonist photo contributor Michael. This storm system moved through town this past Wednesday morning and provided quite a spectacular light show. Michael was brave enough to snap some amazing lightning shots. Honestly, Houstonist hunkers down during these type of storms and hopes that our computers don't get zapped, even after we unplug them. Thanks for the photo Michael, Houstonist salutes your bravery. If you......

On the heels of HB 2714, passed by the Texas Legislature and signed by Governor Perry in the last session, comes a brand-new technology recycling center in Houston. The center, Round2 Technologies, is Austin-based and also has a location in Dallas. They are planning four new facilities outside of Texas. HB 2714 requires manufacturers that sell products in the state to finance free, convenient and environmentally-friendly recycling services for televisions, personal computers, laptops and monitors.......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Tracking Down Stolen Laptops Police are using a lo-jack type system for tracking down stolen laptops. The system alerts police when a laptop is stolen and the article states that some PC's have been found as far away as Africa! More on this from abc13.com. The Chronicles of Jay Lee Local geek, radio show host and blogger Jay Lee investigates and solves taskbar problems, XP logins......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Pay Your Fine Online Houston Municipal Courts are encouraging people who have to pay a fine to use the city's online payment system. By doing so, you can avoid the overcrowding and trouble finding parking around the courts. For more information, check out this story and the municipal courts website. Counter Strike Map Gets Local Student In Trouble A Houston area high school student was expelled......

Good morning, Houston. Blah blah blah, et cetera. (Yeah, you can tell it's Friday again.) >> BP: Managers to blame for 2005 blast: An internal BP report on the deadly 2005 explosion at its Texas City refinery recommends that four top managers be fired for bad judgment and failing to do their jobs. The report — completed in February but kept confidential until it was released under court order Thursday — named Pat Gower,......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Houstonians + iPods From the iPod News Blog comes a story about Houstonians and their iPods. This in depth article shows how a UTMB student, a musician for the symphony and many others use their technology. Geek Mascot Lineup Barrett over at GeekSpeak quizzes us on Geek Mascots. Can you match up the mascot and it's parent company? Start here and then if you're stumped you......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. HelpLine: Outlook Freak Out Jay Lee over at The Chronicle's HelpLine helps a reader who's Outlook email app is opening mulitple windows. Click here for the solution to this wacky reader debacle. Ugliest Building in the World? Someone placed a story on Digg about The Ugliest Building in the World. Yup, that's the Federal Reserve Bank Building on Allen Parkway. Ugly? Maybe, but Houstonist is just......

So, did you hear about Andre Agassi being in town over the weekend and raising about $300,000 for Simms Elementary school in La Marque? It was part of an Oprah Winfrey-sponsored reality show, The Big Give, in which participants compete to find the most creative ways to taken given amounts of money and multiply them so they can be given away to help others — in Houston, Agassi was competing against Tony Hawk, who held......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. "Houston, we have a problem" It was 37 years ago yesterday, April 14th, that those tragic words transmitted to Mission Control in Houston as Apollo 13 suffered an oxygen tank explosion that damaged critical on board systems and forced the moon mission to be aborted. The crew underwent an intense repair job to save their lives. UK website Apollo Explorer has info on the event as......

The city's municipal Wi-FI network is a step closer to being built: Yesterday, City Council unanimously approved a contract with EarthLink to build the 600-square-mile network, which will be the largest in North America when it's completed in 2009. And, as expected, downtown will likely be the first area to have coverage, with other areas following in 100-square-mile sections. "We're not going to wait for all the zones to be completed before we turn [the......