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Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Indra Vishnampet: Local Entrepeneur Indra Vishnampet who was recently named "Outstanding Woman Entrepreneur of the Year" by The Indo-American Chamber of Commerce Greater Houston sat down with Purva Patel of The Houston Chronicle and answered a few questions about her local multi-million dollar software integration business which has offices in Houston, Canada and India. Missouri City Not Experiencing "Comcastic" Service Hats off to a group of...

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...

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Houston, A Top 10 High Tech City According to Popular Science, Houston is ranked #10 in high tech cities. Popular Science ranked cities based on 36 technology indicators as well as expert and staff opinions. The best part of this survey is that Houston outranked Dallas, Austin and San Antonio. Richard Yoo and Hush Labs Richard Yoo and Hush Labs were recently featured in The Houston...

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Compaq Gets A New Logo Houston based Compaq unveiled a new logo for the company at a technology conference in India. HP/Compaq has modernized the font and given the trademark Compaq Q a weird new look. Houstonist is still on the fence about this logo. Dwight Silverman over at The Chron covered this story in a Tech Blog post and you can see the graphics he...

Fine Art of Survivors of The Houston Chronicle Join the Watercolor Art Society of Houston tonight for an artirsts' reception featuring a retrospective exhibit of paintings by artists: Sam Caldwell, Dick DePugh, Van Hetherly and Clyde Peterson (CP Houston). Wine and refreshments will be served along with music from the dynamic young duo, Mood Indigo. The exhibit will run for 3 weeks at the new Watercolor Art Society located. For more information, go to www.samcaldwell.com....

The shot from flickr user and Houstonist photo contributor cybertoad.

Hope we're not killing your buzz, Cheech, but your going to have to continue waiting for Mr. Weed to arrive. The Houston Chronicle reported early yesterday evening that an 18-wheeler load of marijuana was seized near Victoria on Monday. The vehicle was pulled over after highway patrol spotted empty Cheetos bags on the dash a burnt out light on the license plate. A subsequent search of the vehicle revealed a payload of over two tons...

Houstonist was still reeling in shock about the demise of The Gallant Knight when yet another step down the path toward destruction of local flavor progress was reported in The Houston Chronicle. The Laff Stop will be moving from its digs in the River Oaks Shopping Center when the current lease expires. Fortunately for Houstonians, The Laff Stop will not "fade into Bolivian" (thanks Mike Tyson) like The Fabulous Satellite Lounge, which closed in 2003...

The Houston Chronicle's Ultimate Houston weekly Reader Picks poll allow folks to chime in opinions on the best of four categories. This week, polls are for ultimate Mexican restaurant, place to hear live music, bookstore, and Houston Texan. Ninfa's on Navigation, McGonigel's Mucky Duck, the Alabama Bookstop, and David Carr are in the lead, respectively. A couple weeks ago we found out that Barnes & Noble is planning to shut down the Alabama Bookstop, after...

The Houston Chronicle and Mix 96.5 hosted an advance screening of the new comedy “You, Me and Dupree” last night at the Edwards Marq*e. We begged and pleaded our way in (and got stuck in one of the dreaded front rows, resulting in a massive neck ache). Any movie that boasts an all star cast like “You, Me and Dupree” gives the audience high hopes. The reviews for the movie, however, brought them crashing down:...

We're a bit jealous of people who get to wear shorts to work, which is why we've always liked to imagine that professional soccer players were forced to wear business casual off the field. So you can imagine our disappointment when we heard that Houston Dynamo players are able to sport the shorts look everywhere they go.

If comments on the About:Chron blog are any indication, the Houston Chronicle's website redesign has people plenty riled up. Houstonist remembers how people reacted when the Chron introduced its print redesign, which is flashier than the old one but short-changes readers on content, readibility and, at times, respect. This time around, the blog comments (546 of them at last count) make observing the debacle much more fun: