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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.

Jay was out of town, so Peter came into Houston to run the show (with predictable results)! There are no *real* Harry Potter spoilers in this episode, although there are a lot of Harry Potter jokes.

TechBytes 7-25-07 [ 2:00:40 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The Chronicle has a report on a recent email threat that is suckering users into clicking a virus that comes disguised as an e-card.

In most cases, the subject line informs recipients that they’ve received a greeting card or a postcard from a “friend,” “family member,” “worshipper,” “school-mate” or “neighbour.” When the e-mail is opened, there’s a link to a Web site that uploads viruses to the recipient’s computer.

Please use common sense when opening email attachments and when in doubt, don’t click.

–groovehouse

Here’s what the TechBytes crew might look like as guests on The Simpsons:

TechBytes 7-18-2007 [ 2:00:40 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Jay was out of town on business for this episode, so the inmates were running the asylum and Peter was in the studio. We had a phone in interview with Matt Richtel, author of the technology thriller Hooked and also Erica O’Grady as an in-studio guest talking about social media, barcamp, startupcamp and Wordcamp.

TechBytes 7-11-07 [ 2:00:40 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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

There are no new traffic laws and no new laws concerning cell phone use in cars according to the Texas DPS. A recent email hoax is being forwarded to inboxes across Texas…

Click over to Houstonist for the rest of the story!

–groovehouse

I’ll be the first to say it, I am not a writer. I’m probably just a halfway decent blogger, if that. When I first got my gig at Houstonist it wasn’t to write a tech piece. It was to pick the Photo of the Day. I told everyone that I wasn’t a writer and I was just gonna pick pictures and write a sentence or two and that’s pretty much what I do. Sometimes I don’t even do that very good, but the photos definitely make up for it. Somewhere along the way I started to write this tech piece. I cull news from all over that has Houston/Technology/Internet angle and I put it all together like a glorified and glamorized link! That’s what it is! It’s just a glorified and glamorized link. Heh, that’s not so bad now, you don’t really have to be a writer to make glorified links. Enjoy these glorified and glamorized links in this month’s Tech Buzz over at Houstonist.

–groovehouse