Houstonist Tech Buzz - 102107

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Dwight Roundup
Here's what Dwight Silverman over at the Chronicle has been blogging and writing about recently. Apple Leopard, what will be your next computer, analog TV's, gibbons and leopards, Firefox updates, software freebies and Comcast throttling customers.

HAAUG and OS X Leopard
The Houston Area Apple Users Group and Dreux Ste. Marie will bring you a review of the new Mac OS, Leopard. This event takes place Saturday, October 27 at the Rice University Media Center from 9am - 2pm. Check the HAAUG website for more info.

More Comcast Woes
Comcast has been in the news a lot lately and now one of our sources for the Tech Buzz is having his own problems with Comcast. Grand Stream Dreams discusses his Comcast issues in this blog post where he questions Comcast's accusation of abuse on his account.

Local Administaff Laptop Missing
A local Administaff laptop with employee information has been stolen and the company is scrambling to notify 96,000 former and 63,000 current employees in writing about the loss. Administaff has said that the laptop is password-protected but, in a violation of company policy, the information contained within is not encrypted.

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