Technology Sector

Unreasonable Institute presents an Unreasonable Climax in Boulder

The Unreasonable Institute's culminating event, the Unreasonable Climax, will go down this Friday and Saturday, July 20 and 21, in Boulder. Friday's "A Day for Play" consists of free workshops, activities and discussions for Climax attendees at venues across downtown Boulder, including Shine, SCRiB ... More >>

Overcasters

Curses//Prayers
Self-released

Dino Costa back in Denver for Sirius XM Jets-Broncos coverage & he invites critics to drop by

Dino Costa.​Dino Costa was among the most controversial Denver sports-radio personalities in recent memory. But after the 2009 crash and burn of DenverSportsRadio.com and a brief stint on The Truth, he got a national gig on Sirius XM, and was soon kicking ass. Now, he's returning to Denver for ... More >>

Karl Ridgeway

Signals
Self-released

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 >>

Qwest sign to vanish, but Sol Trujillo, digital space man, is still questing

Sol Trujillo.​Crews will be taking down the big blue Qwest signs high above California Street next week, replacing them with the bilious green CenturyLink logo. So ends an acrimonious era, as Qwest -- the former fiber-optic whiz kid, the brash bad boy of the telecom world who came to town amid ... More >>

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 >>

Top 10 consumer complaints in Colorado in 2010 and early 2011

​The Colorado Attorney General's Office has compiled its list of the top 10 complaints it received in 2010 -- an unhappy roster broken down generically and specifically. In both cases, gripes about rebates hold the top spot. But when it comes to businesses by name, the outfit that prompted the ... More >>

Activision tries to connect with consumers via 4chan, gets nothing but dinosaurs

What, no dinosaurs? Lame.​What do you get when a popular game company swallows its pride and asks the anonymous users of 4chan's video game forum why they didn't like the new Call of Duty? You certainly don't get a courteous discussion of the merits of the game along with some constructive cri ... More >>

Fueled by venture-capital funding and a love for unknown bands, can Boulder's Next Big Sound predict the next rock star?

Science Partner

Science Partner
Self-released

Monkey Around

The Internet is a funny place for singer Jonathan Coulton.

All Bets Are Off

Popcorn Lung, September 6

Chin Up Chin Up

The Harness Can¹t Ride Anything (Suicide Squeeze)

Who's Got Games?

Shell Game

Over the Hedge wants you to feel bad about what it's selling, which is everything.

Peter Knobel, Phone Home

Interesting developments in a developer's background.

Channeling

Deproduction has a plan to save public-access TV in Denver. Good luck.

Getting Their Bell Rung

Tim Wirth dials in on the telecom wars.

Best Summer Camp -- Indoor

Bits, Bytes & Bots

Best Athlete -- Lifelong

Larry Imperiale

Best Website for Former J.D. Edwards Employees

www.ExJDEdwards.com

Best Unique Household Furnishings

Tesoros

Best Consumer Watchdog With New Bite

Jack Ehnes
California State Teachers Retirement System

A Hard Cell

There are a million Qwest stories in the naked city. This is just one of them.

Club Scout

DJ Skot

Best Friend of Nosy Bosses

Vericept Corporation
(formerly eSniff)

Landing the Big Fish

Professional fisherman Ted Takasaki has figured out all the angles.

Information Super-Railway

Not everyone is aboard Colorado's high-tech locomotive.

A Matter of Trust

Who paid what to clean up Lowry Landfill? That's confidential.

How the West Was One

A partnership between Qwest and the state may sink a rural Internet provider.

Best live philanthropist

Sharon Magness

Follow that story

US West deregulation issues; War between union and steel mill rages on

Backwash

Dire predictions for music in the Y2K.

Tough Operators

Cowboys and Influence

A state senator and his range-riding pal team up to hog-tie a crucial piece of telephone legislation.

Dynasty: The Lost Episode!

Did the recently concluded fight over the Magness fortune have an oddly familiar ring to it? Here's why.

Game Over

Atari aficionado Rick Trotter finally faces reality: His beloved has joined the ranks of the eight-track and the Betamax.

Dial "M" for Monopoly

In the brave new world of telecommunications, US West has an ace up its sleeve: the residential phone customer.

TOTALLY TUBULAR

THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY ARRIVES--AFTER A FASHION--AT TWO LITTLETON HIGH SCHOOLS.