Houstonist Tech Buzz - 040107

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 entirely customizable e-mail news service. Meanwhile Jay Lee tells about rearranging task bar items and Dr. Mac tells us it's time we learn to type. Speak for yourself, Houstonist doesn't hunt and peck.

HLUG Reminder
This is just a reminder that The Houston Linux Users Group meets on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month, from 2pm to 4pm, at the HAL-PC headquarters and that there is no fee to join. Also, beginner Linux classes are held free of charge on the first Tuesday of every month at 7pm. Torvald would be proud.

Twitter-riffic
Ever since someone left this message

Twitter won best blog application at SXSWi. Are you Twittering?

Quickbooks Classes
HAL-PC is holding a two night Level 1 Quickbooks class from 5-9pm on Tuesday and Thursday! Time to learn how to keep get those books in order.

City's Free Wifi Not So Free
BlogHouston has rounded up figures for the city's free wifi program. It may be free to users but it's not free for the city. Looks like the city's will be paying about $2.5 million over 5 years!

That's it for the Tech Buzz. Surf safe and surf smart, Houston. Remember if you have an item you'd like covered, drop us an email or leave a comment.