Houstonist Tech Buzz - 091607

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 be in good hands with Mr. Yoo at the helm.

HAL-PC General Meeting Info
HAL-PC will host its next general meeting on Saturday, September 22 at 10:00 am, doors open at 9:00am. The guest speaker will be Dwight Silverman of The Houston Chronicle. Dwight will speak on Microsoft and give a midyear report card of Windows Vista. The general meeting is open to the public but door prizes will only be available for members only.

Pandora's Visit
Here's something we missed last week. Founder of Pandora, Tim Westergren, was in town this past week to meet up with Pandora users in Houston. Local blogger and geekette, Jamie Martin, made it out to the meetup and wrote this blog post on the event. Click2Houston also had a small write up on the Pandora service this past week. If you are not familiar with Pandora, we encourage you to check them out. Pandora is a customizable internet radio station that you mold by telling the service what songs and artists you like. Pandora will in turn, play your songs as well as others that are similar, allowing you to vote on these songs. So, in other words, it learns your musical tastes. It's a great service and it's free.

HTC Presents: Raising Capital In Texas
Are you waiting on capital to develop that next killer app? The Houston Technology Center is hosting a seminar on how to raise capital in Texas. The seminar will be held in two parts on Thursday, October 25 from 7:00am - 9:00am. Because you have to spend money to make money, there is a fee for this seminar. Hurry, because registration ends this Thursday, September 20th.

Chronicle Tech Writers Roundup
And closing out the Tech Buzz are our tried and true friends over at The Houston Chronicle. Jay Lee helps a family find an XP computer for their aged parents. The GeekSpeak blog finds a great article that decodes your favorite websites and discusses the 00111 Wonders of IT. Dwight Silverman reviews a 24" iMac and talks with Voodoo PC about their Blackbird Gaming PC. Dr. Mac takes a look at the new iPod Nano. JKONTHEPHONE discusses restricting teen usage of mobile phones and At Home thinks World of Warcraft has some competition.

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