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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. Dwight Watch Local tech guru, Dwight Silverman is enjoying the sunny, dry desert of Las Vegas while he attends CES. You can keep up with him on Twitter and through his Flickr account. Houstonians Sue Microsoft Three local XBOX Gamers have sued Microsoft claiming breach of contract after not being able to connect to XBOX Live, inhibiting their ability for online play. Microsoft sold over 4......

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. City Duped By New Court Technology City officials are threatening a lawsuit against Maximus Inc, the company that was hired to supposedly make things easier for the municipal court system. Officials are giving the company until Thursday to come up with a plan to work out the bugs. The city has already dropped a cool $10 million into this flawed system. Continental Allows Cellphone Check In......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Local blog roundup Grand Stream Dreams has some defrag tools for you. Mike McGuff is back from Japan, check out the videos on his site. jkOnTheRun has some new reviews and apps for you to check out. HAL-PC Prepares To Party If you've been thinking of joining HAL-PC, now is the time because HAL-PC is getting ready for its annual Christmas party. The party will be......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Indra Vishnampet: Local Entrepeneur Indra Vishnampet who was recently named "Outstanding Woman Entrepreneur of the Year" by The Indo-American Chamber of Commerce Greater Houston sat down with Purva Patel of The Houston Chronicle and answered a few questions about her local multi-million dollar software integration business which has offices in Houston, Canada and India. Missouri City Not Experiencing "Comcastic" Service Hats off to a group of......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. So, Nobody Reads Your Blog? Mike McGuff sits down with Rick Calvert, CEO and co-founder of the BlogWorld & New Media Expo and they discuss how to get your blog read. Free Software Linkfest Grand Stream Dreams has collected a few Freeware links that he feels you should know about. Software ranging from password managers to dead link removal tools. There are quite a few links......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Keyboard Reviews Dwight Silverman over at The Chronicle has reviewed a couple of keyboards. One from Microsoft and another from Logitech. Check out his article for the lowdown on this new hardware. Raawwr! Leopard Unleashed The latest OS from Mac, Leopard 10.5 is on the loose. JKOnTheRun, Dwight Silverman and Dr. Mac have all recently run articles on this revolutionary new operating system from Apple. Metro......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. StartUp Weekend Houston "Startup Weekend is an idea, an experiment, a chance to gather the tech community and create a company over one jam packed weekend." If that interests you, head over to houston.startupweekend.com and get your reservation. StartupWeekend Houston is limited to the first 100 participants and space is limited. Andrew Hyde, Startup Weekend founder will be on hand along with Gwen Bell of Blogger,......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. AIR Houston Names Richard Yoo Chairman From our friends at abc13.com comes this story about local bazillionaire, Richard Yoo, founder of Rackspace and Hush Labs being named chairman of AIR Houston. AIR Houston is The Accessibility Internet Rally (AIR) which hosts a one-day competition in which web professionals team up with non-profit organizations to help design websites for users with disabilities. We know AIR Houston will......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Comcast Raises Your Rates In October Get ready to dig deeper to pay your cable bill because the amount you pay will be going up. Yes, that's right, Comcast will be raising your cable rates starting with your October bill. How much is this rate increase? Comcast says bills are going up 6.1% for all its subscribers. What are you getting for this 6.1% increase? Increased......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Houston, A Top 10 High Tech City According to Popular Science, Houston is ranked #10 in high tech cities. Popular Science ranked cities based on 36 technology indicators as well as expert and staff opinions. The best part of this survey is that Houston outranked Dallas, Austin and San Antonio. Richard Yoo and Hush Labs Richard Yoo and Hush Labs were recently featured in The Houston......

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. Compaq Gets A New Logo Houston based Compaq unveiled a new logo for the company at a technology conference in India. HP/Compaq has modernized the font and given the trademark Compaq Q a weird new look. Houstonist is still on the fence about this logo. Dwight Silverman over at The Chron covered this story in a Tech Blog post and you can see the graphics he......

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......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Chronicle Tech Round Up The tech guys over at the Chron are pumping out the technology news and we are going tell you about it. ---Dwight Silverman Dwight Silverman reviews and discusses the newest version of the popular image editing software, Photoshop. The new version is called Photoshop CS3. Dwight also informs us that Houston is the 5th most e-mail-addicted city in the U.S. A fact......

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......

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. Feel Good Recycling Techs & Trainers is a non-profit organization that recycles old computer equipment, rebuilds systems and then offers them for a nominal fee to those with special needs. You can help by donating your unwanted computers and accessories or volunteering your own specialized assistance. HTC Blood Drive The Houston Technology Center is having a blood drive on April 13 from 7-11am. Get out from......

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Chronicle Tech Round Up Houstonist really applauds the chron.com's technology writers as they do a damn fine job of keeping things up to date. Hat's off to those involved in all the blogs over there. Let's start off with the ringleader, Dwight Silverman as he warns us of a Trojan being spread via email, catches us up on a Vista flaw and tells us about an......