On Friday April 6th 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 generally lasts for [...]

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Just some obligatory vacation highlights -
If you’ve ever made a mark in a dictionary when you learned a new word, then you have Dr. Samual Johnson to thank. He completed the first compendium of the English language in 1755, having done much of his work near the pub called Ye Old Cheshire Cheese. [...]

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 TechBytes 3-28-2007 [120:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (421)

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I have spoken before in my personal blog on the topic of hot-linking images.
As a photographer and as a person who hosts and posts a lot of images, I get people directly linking to my server all the time on Myspace, Friendster, Facebook and so on. There’s my image, plain as day. No credit for [...]

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One of the readers of my Helpline column sent me this email which describes a novel solution to an age old problem:
14 year old computer “geniuses” and the problems they cause
I have a 14 year old son who believes he is a computer whiz. He is constantly downloading programs from the Internet [...]

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My Tech Buzz column is up at houstonist.com. Check it out for local Houston tech stories ranging from online dating, corporate buyouts, tablet PC’s, chasing Cylons and spoofing caller ID’s. Houstonist Tech Buzz is published every Sunday. –groovehouse

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We do get a lot of calls from small business owners so I know this will be of interest to some of our listeners
Houston based Ergos Technology is looking to make one small business a very happy camper.
They are sponsoring a contest, the winner of which will receive a $35,000 technology makeover.
The X-treme Technology Makeover [...]

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 TechBytes 3-21-2007 [120:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (389)

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Jay Lee’s Chronicle Helpline column for the week is online here

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Geek humor meets political commentary

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