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November 19, 2010
We had a party and tweeted about it: Westword #WebAwards winners!
If you were there last night, thank you for coming to the first-ever Westword Web Awards party at Casselman's, 2620 Walnut Street. The room swelled (see full slideshow from the Web Awards) to about 400 bloggers, photographers, shameless self-promoters and artists, who tweeted about the thing ... More >>
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December 6, 2010
You are a cave-man: A UCD anthropologist has some unconventional ideas on Neanderthals
Sexy?Some 400,000 years ago, the earliest ancestors of man as we know him migrated out of Africa and into the land that would later become the snootiest place on earth: Western Europe. But that area was not so fancy then; in fact, it was rugged and cruel, and an ice age came that isolated tha ... More >>
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December 9, 2010
Over $1 million in damages from copper thefts? Michael Evans, others busted for alleged scheme
Large pics below.The still-bad economy has inspired a number of small-time metal thieves -- like Richard Goodface and Duane Brown, who allegedly swiped Denver storm grates in October. But according to the Colorado Springs Police Department, they're pikers in comparison with several suspects a ... More >>
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December 13, 2010
Over the weekend: 360 MacDev looks forward
It was not enormous, nor was it filled with flashing lights, giant monitors or masses of people. Instead, 360 MacDev's current incarnation was a smallish gathering of like-minded individuals of all ages (more on that later) interested in getting together, talking shop and discussing theory. W ... More >>
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January 14, 2011
Astrological sign change? Let's just forget this whole thing ever happened
Sorry, Aquarius. You're too late to get me. When I was about seventeen years old, a friend of my dad's who was into New Agey kind of stuff took the liberty of compiling an astrological chart for me. It was several pages long and went into great detail about what the day, hour and month of my ... More >>
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January 27, 2011
Attorney General John Suthers could use some Facebook friends
Sorry, Aquarius. You're too late to get me. When I was about seventeen years old, a friend of my dad's who was into New Agey kind of stuff took the liberty of compiling an astrological chart for me. It was several pages long and went into great detail about what the day, hour and month of my ... More >>
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January 24, 2011
How the music industry will change in 2011
In the past decade, the music industry has seen a lot of changes, but it has struggled to keep pace with technology, piracy and consumer demands. Already this year we've started to see a few more changes take shape, from crackdowns on piracy websites, a resurgence of interest in the currently ... More >>
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January 27, 2011
Hulu might die. Here's why you shouldn't care.
News Corp. and Disney (who own Fox and ABC, respectively) are considering pulling their ad-based free streaming shows from Hulu -- remember that they are two of the three companies who founded Hulu back in 2008. Hulu has done incredibly well in terms of viewership, but its subscription-based ... More >>
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February 8, 2011
Gas-drilling oversight bill killed by the House: What's the fracking point?
Gas well pads.A bill that sought to increase the reporting process for water-quality complaints related to oil and gas drilling in Colorado died quietly at the statehouse yesterday, with Republican lawmakers insisting that the industry's use of hydraulic fracturing fluids, or "fracking," pose ... More >>
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March 2, 2011
Rhapsody, Spotify headed for showdown
Music streaming services look more and more like they'll eventually do to MP3s what MP3s did to CDs, and what CDs did to tapes, and so on. We're still a long way from a paradigm shift, but as the popular European streaming service Spotify makes headway in its mission to invade America, Rhapso ... More >>
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March 14, 2011
Pueblo nuclear power plant proposal hearings against backdrop of Japanese explosions
Timing is everything. With gas prices going up, up, up due to the chaos in North Africa last month, suddenly a nuclear power plant started looking good to Pueblo County, where the commissioners are considering a proposal to make that county one of the spots in the country vying for a new nuke ... More >>
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March 16, 2011
Japanese radiation worries in U.S.: Health dept. tries to calm fears as media stokes them
This morning, Peter Boyles spent part of his KHOW morning show wondering if we should be taking potassium iodide to protect ourselves against radiation from the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. And at this writing, the main story on the CBS4 home page asks, "Could Japan's Radi ... More >>
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March 16, 2011
LimeWire wins legal consolation prize, but remains screwed
File sharing site LimeWire is currently at the front lines of the battle over online media distribution. They've already lost the suit brought against them by thirteen record companies, the site is boarded up and now they're negotiating damages. This is where things get interesting for the ca ... More >>
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March 17, 2011
Jared Polis and Diana DeGette try to tighten regulations on fracking -- again
"Gasland"Representatives Diane DeGette and Jared Polis are taking another run at tightening federal regulations on hydraulic fracturing, a natural gas drilling technique also known as fracking. Introduced this week by the Colorado twosome and fellow Democratic rep Maurice Hinchey from New Yor ... More >>
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March 30, 2011
Today: Bakers and food bloggers from across the world hold an online bake sale to benefit Second Harvest Japan
When San Francisco food blogger Sabrina Modelle heard about the earthquake and tsunami devastation in Japan, she reacted the same way that most of us did: staring, dumbfounded, at the horrific images on the television screen, or listening in disbelief to the coverage on the radio. And it was ... More >>
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April 1, 2011
Sad Pay Phone of the Week: Pay Phone at Broadway and Ohio
steven pierceLocation: Next to Griff's Burger Bar at 742 South Broadway. Number: Unknown. Status: Operable. Price: $1 for four minutes Photo Taken: 1:30 p.m. on March 31.
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April 5, 2011
Renewable energy standards in CO: Lawsuit claims bias against nonrenewable electricity
Are there still people out there who oppose green energy initiatives? Hell yes there are. The American Tradition Institute, a think tank that espouses "free-market principles of stewardship" pertaining to environmental issues, has filed a complaint against the State of Colorado, arguing that ... More >>
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April 8, 2011
Sad pay phone of the week: The pay phone at 25th and Welton
Location: On 25th and Welton near the Kingdom of Glory Christian Center. Number: Unknown. Status: Operable. Price: 35 cents for local calls. Photo Taken: 2:20 p.m. on March 31.
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April 21, 2011
MapQuest turns fifteen
Location: On 25th and Welton near the Kingdom of Glory Christian Center. Number: Unknown. Status: Operable. Price: 35 cents for local calls. Photo Taken: 2:20 p.m. on March 31.
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April 22, 2011
Sad pay phone of the week: The pay phone at 27th and Welton
Location: 27th and Welton. Number: (303) 299- 0027 Status: Operable. Cost: 50 cents for local calls. Photo Taken: 2:30p.m. on March 31.
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April 29, 2011
Sad pay phone of the week: The pay phone at the Alemeda light-rail station
Steven PierceLocation: Alameda light-rail station. Number: Unknown. Status: Operable. Price: 50 cents for local calls. Photo: Taken 3:30 p.m. on April 28.
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May 5, 2011
Alki David gathers some hip-hop and R&B acts and trolls CBS over Limewire distribution
This might be some of the weirdest copyright related news we've run across in a while. FilmOn founder Alki David has teamed up with a slew of musicians to file a lawsuit against CBS Interactive and CNET over CNET's distribution of LimeWire. Back in November, a federal judge had to issue a res ... More >>
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May 6, 2011
Astronaut Bruce McCandless II touches down at Space Day tomorrow at the DMNS
When it comes to Astronauts, Bruce McCandless II is a straight O.G. Selected by NASA in 1966, a mere eight years after the agency was founded, he got right down to business as the CAPCOM -- the astronaut NASA designates as a mission-control liaison to the astronauts in space -- of Apollo 11, ... More >>
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May 27, 2011
Sad pay phone of the week: The pay phone on 16th and Market
Location: Market Street Station at16th and Market. Number: Unknown. Status: Operable. Price: 50 cents for local calls. Photo Taken: 3:30 p.m. on May 10.
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June 7, 2011
How does Apple's iCloud compare to other cloud services? No streaming option, for starters.
Yesterday, Apple described and semi-launched its newest service, iCloud, an online storage locker that will automatically sync all of your Apple devices together with music, apps and books purchased through the iTunes store. What does that mean, exactly? Well, we break it down and compare its ... More >>
Music
June 9, 2011
Your smartphone makes you look like an irritating prick
Yesterday, Apple described and semi-launched its newest service, iCloud, an online storage locker that will automatically sync all of your Apple devices together with music, apps and books purchased through the iTunes store. What does that mean, exactly? Well, we break it down and compare its ... More >>
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June 9, 2011
Fracking primer: State seeks to address uproar over drilling process
Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking" -- pumping massive amounts of water mixed with toxic chemicals into tight formations to extract oil and gas -- remains a sore subject among environmentalists, neighbors of drilling rigs and some lawmakers, even as energy industry boosters insist it's safe. ... More >>
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June 16, 2011
Woody Paige repeats denial that he plagiarized Dan Le Batard, rejects claim by Norm Clarke
Woody Paige.Update below: Last week, Denver Post columnist Woody Paige admitted using quotes without attribution from a piece by SportsBusiness Journal's John Ourand. In the same item, he also denied an old claim by sportswriter Dan Le Batard that he'd plagiarized him back in the '90s. Now, ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
Fracking Aurora is a natural gas: Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario
On Thursday, June 23, 2011, the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission will explain how hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations on the former Lowry Bombing Range comply with Arapahoe County's 2007 Sustainable Growth Objectives. It will be an easy sell...
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June 23, 2011
Will cloud storage help indie labels?
We've already taken a look at the big three cloud services from Apple, Amazon and Google, but what does any of this mean to local bands and labels? With talk of Apple paying $100 million to the major labels for the rights to store content in the cloud and the launch of its paid service immine ... More >>
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July 1, 2011
Denver International Airport snow can be caused by planes inadvertently seeding clouds?
Heymsfield.Why is snow so common at Denver International Airport? A new study led by Andrew Heymsfield, a cloud physicist at Boulder's National Center for Atmospheric Research, and published in the journal Science suggests that planes can inadvertently seed clouds under the right conditions, ... More >>
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July 1, 2011
Have you ever typed a letter... on a computer?
Hey Kim. You've got something on your face.Holy crap, have we forgotten how much the computer has made our lives easier. We're not talking about the non-stop stream of free porn -- we're talking about word processing. What's word processing? Well, if you've forgotten (or weren't born yet), wo ... More >>
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July 7, 2011
When NASA's space shuttle program dies tomorrow, a little of the American dream dies with it
Take one last look.It was former President George W. Bush who enacted the end of NASA's space shuttle program, set for this year, but he did so in order to make way for a new program, which he promised would usher in new technology, bring humans to Mars and give new breath to the dying space ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
Modmarket needs your help to step up its social media game
While Facebook pages and Twitter handles have become a staple on most restaurants' business cards, Boulder-based Modmarket wants to stand out. Sure, it will continue to use Facebook and Twitter accounts, but they'd be seamlessly integrated into the official website. "The idea is that we'd l ... More >>
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July 15, 2011
The Bookery Nook adds an ice cream parlor -- featuring Liks!
Pick up a scoop of your favorite flavor with your new book.Shannon Piserchio, who co-owns The Bookery Nook with her husband, Gary, used to write posts on Facebook asking someone, anyone, to open an ice cream shop near their place at 4280 Tennyson Street. She didn't know she was talking to her ... More >>
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July 18, 2011
Spotify finally launches in the U.S. What is it?
It might not have been on purpose, but Spotify's constant delays in coming stateside have somehow managed to create an organic buzz for the streaming music service unlike anything that could have been done intentionally.
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August 4, 2011
Fracking contamination "inconceivable," says John Hickenlooper -- but EPA disagrees
Governor John Hickenlooper has walked a taut tightrope on energy issues since taking office, pushing for more natural gas drilling in a state already leading the region in drilling starts, while at the same time nudging the industry toward greater disclosure of the chemicals used in hydraulic ... More >>
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August 9, 2011
We talk with the DMNS Curator of Health Sciences about Gattaca
Tomorrow evening brings the final entry in the Denver Museum of Nature and Science's Sci-Fi Film Series at the Phipps Theater, with Gattaca closing the sequence out with a biological bang. As we have been doing lately, we caught up with the DMNS' Curator and Department Chair of Health Science ... More >>
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August 18, 2011
Google further monetizes YouTube, which means enduring ads on every music video
After a four year legal battle with over 3,000 independent music publishers, YouTube has agreed to pay licensing fees to the National Music Publishers Association. While this doesn't affect YouTube's preexisting contracts with the four major labels, it does change the way YouTube and its pare ... More >>
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October 21, 2011
Medical marijuana seed-to-sale tracking system already worrying advocates -- but should it?
In August, the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division awarded a $1.5 million contract to Franwell Inc. to institute a seed-to-sale marijuana tracking method for Colorado MMJ enterprises using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. And while the system isn't expected to be in place ... More >>
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November 14, 2011
Fracking: Congress needs to drill into the issue, says Diana DeGette
Diana DeGette.As reported in this space on Friday, a new study from Common Cause tracks how oil and gas interests spent $747 million on lobbying and campaign donations since 2001 to win congressional support for "fracking," hydraulic fracturing drilling methods that involve using toxic chemic ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
2011 Denver #WebAwards winners announced!
Photos: 2011 Denver #WebAwards party
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December 1, 2011
CDOT is looking for help with an I-70 phone app
Photos: 2011 Denver #WebAwards party
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December 9, 2011
Fracking: Polluted water in Wyoming could spell trouble in Colorado
Colorado oil pads.The release of an EPA report detailing suspected groundwater contamination from gas drilling operations in Wyoming comes just as Colorado is weighing tougher restrictions and wider disclosures about the hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" process -- and may serve as Exhibit A ... More >>
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December 14, 2011
Fracking lovefest blooms from John Hickenlooper's gas play
Yesterday, amid an unusually genial gathering of environmental and energy leaders, Governor John Hickenlooper unveiled new state rules requiring detailed disclosure of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing (or "fracking") methods of drilling for oil and gas -- a major step toward transpa ... More >>
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December 19, 2011
Fracking the North Fork: Paonia residents rally against drilling assault
Thanks to the increasing push for more oil and gas drilling, communities once considered out of the fray are being drawn into the controversies over hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking" -- even folks in the stunning North Fork Valley, an area better known for its organic farms, ranches operate ... More >>
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December 20, 2011
Encana blasts EPA report linking fracking to Wyoming water pollution
Encana WY drill rig. In a telephone conference with journalists this morning, officials of the Canadian energy giant Encana sharply disputed an EPA draft report that linked the company's gas drilling operations in Wyoming to contamination of residents' drinking water, calling the report badly ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
Fracking is booming, but a friendlier name couldn't hurt. Drill, baby, drill!
The word of the year? Our money (and yours) is on "fracking," the shortened term for "hydraulic fracturing," a practice that shook neighborhoods (in some cases literally) around the country this year, and has fueled the oil and gas boom in northeastern Colorado. But if energy execs really wan ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
What the Frack?!: Grassroots group pushes for fracking moratorium in Arapahoe County
The first time Sonia Skakich-Scrima learned about fracking, she was reading the Denver Business Journal almost a year ago to date. What she read alarmed her, but what she Googled afterward tripled that. "I tried to understand why we didn't care about the environment or the aftermath," she s ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
Are you smarter than a Cherry Creek High school student?
Why do photovoltaic cells have p-type and n-type layers? * What causes stars to twinkle?* If you know the answers to these questions, you might qualify for the winning team of the Colorado Science Bowl. You might even be smarter than a Cherry Creek High school student!
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