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The Linkdown for Thursday, October 27
In this March 7, 1974 photo provided by the Stanford news Service, John McCarthy, professor of computer science, works at the artificial intelligence lab in Stanford, Calif. Associated Press / Stanford News Service, by Chuck Painter
The Linkdown will be on vacation next week, so blog posts around here will be sporadic. Luckily, we’ve spoken to the Internet to make sure there will be no tech news or new events you need to know about until the week of Nov. 8. We’ve got connections.
Here’s what you should be checking out online:
Events:
- UT Venture Labs expo is still going on today.
- The Lonestar Application Security Conference happens on Friday.
- Girlstart Spooktacular is Friday night at the Bob Bullock Museum.
- PBS is airing Steve Jobs documentary “One More Thing” on Wednesday.
- Digital art installation “Tag: We’re It” happens Nov. 5 at Flatbed Press.
- Geek Austin intro to Unix/Linux Command Line class starts on Nov. 7.
- CapMac general meeting on “Building Effective Websites” happens on Nov. 8.
- Skillpoint Alliance is looking for some volunteers for upcoming LEGO League Tournaments.
Internet goodness:
- John McCarthy, creator of the Lisp programming language, died this week.
- AT&T says it has increased its wireless coverage at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.
- HP plans to keep its PC division.
- Austin’s Calendars.com has launched a mobile-friendly version of its website.
- Remember when Redbox rented DVDs for a dollar? It’ll be $1.20 soon.
- The excellent “Jetpack Joyride” iOS game is free for a limited time if you jump through a Facebook “Like” hoop. (You’ll save 99 cents.)
- Stephen Baker says AI still has a long way to go. (Sorry, Siri.)
- Sony buys out the Ericsson part of Sony Ericsson.
- Sorry, BlackBerry PlayBook owners. We tried to warn you about that device before it came out.
- Guitarists can plug in directly to an iPad/iPhone for digital jamming.
- Yelp is pleased that a class-action suit was dismissed.
- Deaf North Texas woman is a YouTube star when technology helps her hear her own voice for the first time.
- “X-Factor” believes in the future of TV + Twitter.
- Flaming Lips plan to salute Steve Jobs on Halloween.
- “Grand Theft Auto V” trailer will debut next week.
- Obama campaign will Tumblr for ya.
- Emergency Broadcast System is still a thing!
- AT&T U-Verse set-top boxes go wireless.
- CC Chapman: is the campus system having an adverse effect on SXSW Interactive?
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