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Prepare Every Zig!

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

The Technology Bytes 15th anniversary party is coming! Facebook invite page is here. We’d love to see you!

iPhone Jailbreaking, You’d Better Be Careful!

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

On last night’s show we had a number of people calling in about jailbreaking the iPhone. From About.com In essence, jailbreaking your iPhone means freeing it from the limitations imposed on it by AT&T and Apple. You install a software application on your computer, and then transfer it to your iPhone, where it “breaks open” […]

Fundraising Challenge

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

During the KPFT pledge drives, Technology Bytes is responsible for raising a certain amount of money toward the overall station goal. This usually equates to about $1,500 during each show we broadcast during the drive. We have always said that once we make our goal for any given episode we’ll stop begging for money and […]

Technology Bytes Preemption

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Technology Bytes will not be on the air Wednesday January 27th so that KPFT can bring you coverage of Barack Obama’s first ever State of the Union address. We’ll be back NEXT Wednesday.

Technology Bytes Swag!

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Technology Bytes t-shirts and coffee mugs for sale at our Printfection shop located at printfection.com/geekradio Shirts are available in a variety of sizes and colors. Check out the selection!

Best Of Houston – 2009

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

The Houston Press is conducting their 2009 Best Of Houston awards and we’re asking our listeners to take a moment and vote for us in the category “Best Radio Talk Show Host” which is item #12 Rather than pick one of us, please write in “Crew OF Technology Bytes” as your pick for the category. […]

POKE! Artists and Social Media

Friday, August 28th, 2009

A FOTOFEST EXHIBITION FotoFest 1113 Vine Street, Houston, Texas, USA HOUSTON, TEXAS – June 23, 2009 – The increasingly pervasive, user-created content of online social media – tweets, confessional video, status updates, online gaming – are these subjects for art? In online parlance a poke is a virtual gesture intended as interaction without any specific […]

Introduction to Arduino

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

The Introduction to Arduino Class sponsored by TX Rx Labs will be held in the meeting room of the Caroline Collective, located at 4820 Caroline St., Houston, TX 77004 (map), on Sunday, July 26th from 2 to 6pm. Cost of the class is $50 and seating is limited. Please sign up online if you wish […]

Interview With Robert White

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

On Wednesday, June 24th we’ll be speaking with Robert White, Sr. Scientist for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory – National Center for Photovoltaics and former Technical Staff member and now guest Scientist with Los Alamos National Laboratory, Space Sciences and Astrophysics group. Robert is currently working on solar cell development and improving solar cell efficiencies […]

Former CIA Tech Director Robert Wallace

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Special guest on Technology Bytes this Wednesday, June 17th will be Former CIA Tech Director Robert Wallace, co-author of SPYCRAFT: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE CIA’S SPY TECHNOLOGY. Robert Wallace is the former director of the CIA’s Office of Technical Service. The recipient of the Intelligence Medal of Merit, he is the founder of the […]