The show this week featured an interview with Eric “SciGuy” Berger from The Houston Chronicle discussing the technology of Hurricane tracking

 

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The Houston Chronicle’s own weather geek, Eric “SciGuy” Berger, will call in
tonight on Technology Bytes to talk about the science of the tropical storm (Humberto) that’s bearing down on us here in Houston.
Eric does the SciGuy blog, and is a finalist for an Online News Association award.
We’ll bring him on right after the regular [...]

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(Crossposted from TechBlog)
If you get an invitation from a friend inviting you to join a social networking site call Quechup, delete it. Joining up and making the wrong decisions in the process could result in the site spamming everyone in your address book.
Yes, Quechup is a genuine social network. But the way it acquires new [...]

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Originally heard during Barrett Time and shamelssly ganked from the Geek Speak Blog here are the major events that occured over the 12 year life-span of Technology Bytes:
The First Year: 1995

Twelve years ago this month, Windows 95 hit store shelves. The day was August 24th.
Microsoft Internet Explorer is also launched as part of Windows [...]

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The anniversary party was a huge success! Thanks to everyone who made it out to help us celebrate the occasion.
Images I have are in the gallery. If you have any pictures from the party, please let me know so we can arrange to have them added to the site.

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This Friday!

Dean’s Credit Clothing is located at 316 Main St, Houston, TX

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The latest version of my Tech Buzz is up at Houstonist. I post it every weekend and it covers local technology news. Hey there’s even a Dwight and Jay mention! Be sure to click over to Houstonist for the latest Tech Buzz.

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We recently had a call where the caller asked about laptop battery life. Here’s an article I found on Digg about ways to extend your battery life. Lots of good advice including, defrag regularly, dim your screen and adding more RAM.
Here’s to longer laptop battery life! Sláinte!
–groovehouse

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On Friday July 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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