Twitter Recommends Users Have One Computer Solely For Tweeting
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Twitter Recommends Users Have One Computer Solely For Tweeting

Apparently, San Francisco based Twitter is just as freaked out about AP’s recent account hack as AP is, if not more so. However, as opposed…

Supe Has To Resort To Resolution To Get Parking Data From City Agencies

If there was an app that might prevent you from getting towed, you’d probably use it, right? But one San Francisco Supervisor who’s says he’s…

Police Cracking Down On Texting Drivers
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Police Cracking Down On Texting Drivers

The California Highway Patrol and law enforcement agencies throughout the state today are kicking off a month-long crackdown on drivers who text or talk on…

Internet Etiquitteist: Going Native On Facebook

The interwebs can be an awkward place. It used to be on the internet, no one knew you were a dog, but now someone can,…

Print Media Screwup Stops City Government In Its Tracks
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Print Media Screwup Stops City Government In Its Tracks

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting was canceled today after it was discovered that a notice about the meeting had not been published in…

Report: PG&E’s Smart Meters Work Great, Their Customer Service Just Sucks
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Report: PG&E’s Smart Meters Work Great, Their Customer Service Just Sucks

The California Public Utilities Commission today received the results of an independent report on PG&E’s SmartMeter program before holding a commission meeting in San Francisco…

Newsom Pushes Taxis You Can Plug In
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Newsom Pushes Taxis You Can Plug In

A new Toyota Prius unveiled today in San Francisco could mean a push for all-electric cars to be incorporated into the city’s taxi service in…

Racing Legends To Make Pit Stop In Union Square
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Racing Legends To Make Pit Stop In Union Square

Stars of the IZOD IndyCar Series will zoom into San Francisco’s Union Square this evening to preview a race at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma this…

Free W-Fi Up And Running At SFO
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Free W-Fi Up And Running At SFO

Starting today, travelers passing through San Francisco International Airport will have access to free Wi-Fi wireless Internet service, according to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s…

Robot From SF Heads To Haiti To Help Earthquake Survivors

Haiti earthquake survivors will receive new hope in the form of a mechanical friend today : a surgical robot that will allow doctors to assist…

$5 Million To Go Towards Electric Car Charging Plan
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$5 Million To Go Towards Electric Car Charging Plan

Electronic car owners in the Bay Area may soon have easier access to charging stations as the Bay Area Air Quality Management District approved $5…

City Tech Worker Who Withheld Passwords Sentenced To Four Years In Prison
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City Tech Worker Who Withheld Passwords Sentenced To Four Years In Prison

More than two years after his arrest, a San Francisco judge today sentenced Terry Childs, a former city network engineer convicted of withholding passwords to…

Sentencing Delayed Again For Man Convicted Of Holding SF’s Network Hostage
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Sentencing Delayed Again For Man Convicted Of Holding SF’s Network Hostage

A former city of San Francisco network engineer convicted in April of locking the city out of its main computer network for nearly two weeks…

PG&E Keeps Dismissing SmartMeter Protests, Protesters Don’t Care
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PG&E Keeps Dismissing SmartMeter Protests, Protesters Don’t Care

Just before Josh Hart stepped into today’s California Public Utilities Commission meeting to join a group of people protesting PG&E’s ongoing installation of SmartMeters, Hart…

SF Tech Workers Arrested For Embezzling $2.6 Million
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SF Tech Workers Arrested For Embezzling $2.6 Million

Two former employees at a San Francisco software company were arrested and charged today with embezzling more than $2.6 million. Maria Lourdes B. Dionisio, 46,…

Google Phone’s Been Gone For A Week, People Continue Not To Mourn

Last week Google annouced that it received its last shipment of much-hyped Nexus One phones, and will no longer be carrying them in US markets…

Union Square iPhone Line Sitters Share Their Stories
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Union Square iPhone Line Sitters Share Their Stories

You already know that the latest and greatest Apple gadget is here – the iPhone 4!  You’ve heard all about the features you wouldn’t believe,…

How To Stop Your SFGate Spam
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How To Stop Your SFGate Spam

I know I’m not the only one who suddenly and nonconsentually got an “SFGate Biztek Newsletter” earlier this afternoon. I know this because I got…

Craigslist To Save Newspapers, After All?
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Craigslist To Save Newspapers, After All?

Does Craigslist have the power to revive the industry many think they once carelessly destroyed? The blue/grey/white site where you can find, well, pretty much…

Is A Link More Valuable Than $25? The Bay Citizen’s “Deal” For Local Bloggers
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Is A Link More Valuable Than $25? The Bay Citizen’s “Deal” For Local Bloggers

Boy oh boy, the Bay Citizen sure has put online writers in an interesting position. Here’s the abbreviated version: BC is a non-profit news startup,…

SFist (And Other -ist Sites) Reportedly Sold To Cablevision
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SFist (And Other -ist Sites) Reportedly Sold To Cablevision

Paidcontent.org is reporting that Gothamist Media, which owns city-focused sites like our own SFist (which you probably already know that I used to write for,…

Tempnation: Getting In The Door
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Tempnation: Getting In The Door

Since my layoff a few months ago, I’ve been living off my surprisingly decent unemployment checks. But that can’t last forever, so, with much fanfare…

Tangible Tech at Kicker Studio
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Tangible Tech at Kicker Studio

Local design hotspot Kicker Studio is home to many brilliant designers and makers, and most notably focuses on designs that feature embedded technology. They’ve had…