Washington Post: Verizon drops DSL fee after US FCC pressure
Verizon Communications Inc. said on Wednesday it had dropped a surcharge for high-speed Internet service after U.S. regulators questioned whether the No. 2 U.S. telephone carrier was following truthful billing practices.
Wankers.
MacNN: Apple recalls 1.8m notebook batteries
Following Dell’s lead…
MacNN: Analyst: Zune is ‘bulky’, ‘underwhelming’
Sounds like XP…
CNet: [...]

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 Technology Bytes 8/23/2006: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (117)

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Gizmodo: Walt Mossberg Tests High Tech Pooper
Ah, the life of the Wall Street Journal Tech guy. I guess you can’t say its a pain in the ass.
Gizmodo: Dell Folds Up Dell-Branded MP3 Player Shop
At least it doesn’t explode.
Gizmodo: Wii To Cost $170
Cheap compared to the XBox360 and PS3.
Red Ferret: USB Mixing Kit
Now you can play [...]

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Samsung Release VGA 5cm Screen
Samsung have announced that it has developed the industry’s first 1.98” LCD panel to achieve 640 x 480 pixels (VGA resolution). Mmmm… small screen, high resolution…
Terabyte drive to debut later this year
It might be ok for my PDA, but I’m gonna need some real capacity for my laptop…
Apple says ‘no’ to [...]

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Tonight’s show had a request from Ernesto, the KPFT program director, for help with the KPFT network and special guest Ralph Bond, Consumer Education Manager for Intel talking about back-to-school technology. Barrett was out sick.

 

 Techbytes 8-9-2006: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (126)

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We’ll try the Digg style site for the InfoShot again. Let me know if this approach is useful and if you think you’d use a site like this for news updates during the week.
Coffee.geekradio.com

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Someone has created a selection of Star Trek themed motivational posters. They are all pretty funny, so if you want to waste some time, go here

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This Friday, August 4th, the crew of Technology Bytes and many of their fans will be hanging out at Tropioca in Midtown at 2808 Milam at Drew. Tropioca specializes in bubble tea, coffee and smoothies. They also serve up desserts, pizza and free wifi. Things get started a little after 7:00 and [...]

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Jay, Phliktid, Barrett and Dwight in Houston (with Punk Princess and Groovehouse on the phones). Peter in San Antonio for the first hour - then he had to leave early.

 

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This Friday, August 4th, the crew of Technology Bytes and many of their fans will be hanging out at Tropioca in Midtown at 2808 Milam at Drew. Tropioca specializes in bubble tea, coffee and smoothies. They also serve up desserts, pizza and free wifi. Things get started a little after 7:00 and [...]

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