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Cas Haley: Album & Tour

September 16th, 2010 | No Comments

CONNECTION OUT NOW; TOUR STARTS SEPTEMBER 17

Cas Haley

Connection, the Easy Star Records debut album from musician Cas Haley is out now. Besides the
heavy influence of reggae throughout the recordÂ—a hallmark of Cas’ styleÂ—you can also hear elements of soul,
blues and pop spliced into the DNA of these songs.

Fans of Cas Haley might remember him from touring with his Dallas-based band Woodbelly and from his contribution to
the Phish reggae tribute album
Dub Like an Antelope.

Cas kicks off a fall US tour with CD release parties on September 17 at Threadgills in Austin and September 18 at
the Granada in Dallas. He then heads out on the road with the Easy Star All-Stars.

CAS HALEY FALL TOUR (**opening for the Easy Star All-Stars)

September 17th – Austin, TX – Threadgills
September 18th – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater

September 23rd – Los Angeles, CA – Roxy Theater**
September 24th – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up Tavern **
September 25th – Hermosa Beach, CA – Saint Rocke

September 26th – Velvet Jones – Santa Barbara, CA**
September 28th – Starline – Fresno, CA**
September 29th – Downtown Brewing Co – San Luis Obispo, CA**

September 30th – Slims – San Francisco, CA**
October 1st – Humboldt Brews – Arcata, CA**

October 2nd – Catalyst – Santa Cruz, CA**

October 12th – Rockwood Music Hall – New York, NY

**Opening for the Easy Star All-Stars

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Local Natives: North American Tour

September 16th, 2010 | No Comments

DEBUT ALBUM GORILLA MANOR OUT NOW

LA’s own Local Natives
will be
hitting the road starting September 17 at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles. Along the way, the band will also
hit San Francisco on September 22 for a performance at the Fillmore before heading over to Seattle, Portland,
Boulder, Minneapolis, Chicago, Boston, Montreal, and other cities.

The band released their debut album, Gorilla Manor earlier this year. Check out the video for
“World News” below.

TOUR DATES:

9/17 – Henry Fonda Theatre – Los Angeles, CA

9/19 – Belly Up Tavern – Solana Beach, CA
9/20 – SOHO Music Club – Santa Barbara, CA
9/22 – Fillmore – San Francisco, CA
9/24 – Showbox at the Market – Seattle, WA
9/25 – Wonder Ballroom – Portland, OR
9/28 – Fox Theatre – Boulder, CO
9/30 – The Waiting Room – Omaha, NB
10/1 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN
10/2 – Metro – Chicago, IL

10/3 – The Blue Note – Columbia, MO

10/5 – Academy of Contemporary Music – Oklahoma City, OK
10/6 – House of Blues – Dallas, TX

10/7 – House of Blues – Houston, TX
10/9 – Austin City Limits – Austin, TX
10/11 – Tulane University LBC Quad – New Orleans, LA

10/13 – Work Play Soundstage – Birmingham, AL

10/14 – Cannery Ballroom – Nashville, TN
10/15 – The Masquerade-Heaven Stage – Atlanta, GA
10/16 – Grey Eagle Tavern & Music Hall – Asheville, NC
10/19 – Mod Club – Toronto, ON

10/20 – La Tulipe – Montreal, QB
10/23 – Paradise Rock Club – Boston, MA

10/27 – Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA
10/28 – Nightclub 9:30 – Washington, DC

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Cryptography, Iran and America: Worse than useless

September 16th, 2010 | No Comments

An American government attempt to help Iranian dissidents backfires

FOR Iran’s beleaguered opposition, the internet is a potent weapon and a big hope. During the Green movement’s protests in 2009, activists used Twitter and Facebook, often from mobile phones, to upload videos of police brutality and spread messages of support and news of new demonstrations. The authorities responded not only by cracking heads, but cracking computers: trying to trace users, block services and close websites.

Outsiders found the struggle inspirational. Austin Heap, a 26-year-old hacker born in Ohio, decided to develop anticensorship software to foil the authorities’ efforts. He named the product Haystack, and began earlier this year to distribute it to Iranian opposition leaders. The publicity was excellent: he was named “Innovator of the Year” by the Guardian, a British newspaper, and gained a plaudit from Hillary Clinton, America’s secretary of state. The Treasury, State Department and Commerce Department hastened to grant Mr Heap a licence to export the software to Iran—not normally a favoured destination for American sales efforts, especially cryptographical ones. …

Object-Oriented Storage: 14 Things You May Not Know

September 15th, 2010 | No Comments

Reducing storage costs is becoming a high agenda item for IT organizations, yet data and efficient access to it is an organization’s most valuable asset. Struggling with the performance, scalability and management complexity required to maintain conventional file-based storage systems is a losing battle if data needs to be stored more than 90 days. One way to approach this is to use an object-oriented storage system, which simplifies the process. Object-oriented storage differs from unstructured file storage in that the objects filed are not housed in volumes or attached to a directory. Objects are simply assigned an ID number or name with detailed metadata and can be retrieved at any time. The source for this slide show is Caringo, an Austin, Texas-based provider of content storage software enabling clustered storage for active and archived content. – …

Test Automation Framework Posted By : Austin Craig

September 14th, 2010 | No Comments

Extensive software testing before the actual release is essential for any company to maintain its position among clients and partners. The software has to perform equally well in every platform and scenario and has to be a strategic part of the entire SDLC. Frequent number of revisions makes testing more sophisticated over time, and becomes a larger and larger proposition as time goes by.

Monotonix: Tour Dates

September 13th, 2010 | No Comments

TOUR STARTS OCTOBER 9 IN LOS ANGELES
NEW SINGLE AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO AND
DOWNLOAD

Monotonix

Tel Aviv’s Monotonix will be back on
the road starting October 9 in Los Angeles at the Culture Collide Festival. The tour will run through cities like
Vancouver, Portland, San Francisco, San Diego, Dallas, and others before ending on November 6 in Austin, Texas.

The band will be playing new material off their upcoming record, produced by Steve Albini. This will be
their first LP since last September’s Drag City release, Where Were You When It Happened?. Click here to listen to and/or
download
the song “Give Me More” off the upcoming album.

MONOTONIX TOUR DATES

Saturday, Oct. 9 – Los Angeles, CA @ Culture Collide Festival

Sunday, Oct. 10 – Los Angeles, CA @ Culture Collide Festival

Monday, Oct. 11 – Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret w/ Ty Segall

Tuesday, Oct. 12 – Bellingham, WA @ Wild Buffalo w/ Ty Segall

Wednesday, Oct. 13 – Olympia, WA @ The Brotherhood w/ Ty Segall

Thursday, Oct. 14 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios w/ Ty Segall

Friday, Oct. 15 – Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall w/ Ty Segall

Sunday, Oct. 17 – San Francisco, CA @ Treasure Island Festival

Saturday, Oct. 30 – Visalia, CA @ The Cellar Door

Sunday, Oct. 31 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah

Monday, Nov. 1 – Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room

Tuesday, Nov. 2 – San Antonio, TX @ Korova

Wednesday, Nov. 3 – Monterrey, Mexico @ Escenica

Thursday, Nov. 4 – McAllen, TX @ Las Palmas Event Center

Friday, Nov. 5 – Dallas, TX @ The Loft

Saturday, Nov. 6 – Austin, TX @ Fun Fun Fun Festival

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Ray LaMontagne & Levon Helm: Co-Headlining Tour

September 13th, 2010 | No Comments

TOUR STARTS NOVEMBER 2 IN JACKSONVILLE, FL AND WRAPS UP NOVEMBER 12 IN AUSTIN ,
TX

Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs
join forces with the Levon
Helm Band to co-headline eight select cities beginning on November 2 in Jacksonville, FL and wrapping
on November 12 in Austin, TX. Check out the videos below to whet your appetite.

Tickets for the tour will go on sale to the public on September 18 at ticketmaster.com and will be available for pre-
sale on September 14 at 10:00 AM EST. Please visit www.raylamontagne.com or www.levonhelm.com for more information on the tour.

11/2/10 Times Union Center of Performing Arts Jacksonville, FL

11/4/10 Pompano Beach Amphitheatre Pompano Beach, FL

11/5/10 Ruth Eckerd Hall Clearwater, FL

11/7/10 Saenger Theatre Mobile, AL

11/7/10 BJCC Concert Hall Birmingham, AL

11/10/10 Orpheum Theatre Memphis, TN

11/11/10 Verizon Theatre @ Grand Prairie Grand Prairie, TX

11/12/10 Bass Concert Hall Austin, TX

Dresden Dolls Announce First Tour in Three Years

September 9th, 2010 | No Comments

STARTING HALLOWEEN NIGHT AT IRVING PLAZA IN NYC

After a long hiatus, The Dresden
Dolls are thrilled to announce their first live tour in 3 years. The duo comprised of Amanda
Palmer (piano, vocals) and Brian Viglione (drums, guitar, bass) will be kicking off a few weeks of
dates starting on Halloween at Irving Plaza in NYC. The date marks the exact 10th anniversary of the birth of the
band. Take a look at the video announcement below.

Tickets are on sale right now at DresdenDolls.com.

TOUR DATES:

Oct 31 – NEW YORK CITY, NY@ Irving Plaza (w/ Surprise Guests)

Nov 12 – NEW ORLEANS, LA@ Tipitina’s (w/ Jason Webley)

Nov 13 – ATLANTA, GA@ The Buckhead Theatre (w/ Lille)

Nov 14 – LEXINGTON, KY@ Buster’s Billiards & Backroom (w/ Chico Fellini)

Nov 16 – ST. LOUIS, MO@ The Pageant (w/ Sleepy Kitty)

Nov 17 – CHICAGO, IL@ The Vic Theatre (w/ Mucca Pazza)

Nov 19th – DALLAS, TX@ Granada Theatre (w/ Girl In A Coma)

Nov 20 – HOUSTON, TX@ Fitzgerald’s (w/ Girl In A Coma)

Nov 21 – AUSTIN, TX@ La Zona Rosa (w/ Girl In A Coma)

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Dell Targets Cloud, HPC with New Hardware

September 9th, 2010 | No Comments

Dell is unveiling a host of new hardware designed to bring HPC and cloud computing capabilities to a wider range of customers. Included is the AMD-based PowerEdge C6105. – Speaking at the Supercomputing conference in Austin, Texas, in 2008,
Dell CEO Michael Dell told the audience that his company was committed
to growing its presence in the HPC space.
Dell on Sept. 9 made its latest step into the space
with a host of new hardware offerings, including the PowerEdge…

Atari Teenage Riot: Tour Dates/New Mp3/New Video

September 9th, 2010 | No Comments

NEW SONG “ACTIVATE” OUT NOW

After reuniting this past Spring, Alec Empire and Nic Endo (aka Atari Teenage Riot) signed on to
Dim Mak. This time they’re joined by ATR newcomer (and Kanye West / Nine Inch Nails collaborator) MC CX
Kidtronik. They are a natural fit with Dim Mak, as label-head Steve Aoki is known for his hard electro sound
and has roots in the hardcore scene. Check out “Activate!” here.

Atari Teenage Riot is known for their intense live show, and it’s been reinvigorated by the reunion. Check out the
cinematic montage of furious industrial, rave-rock chaos in the video for “Activate!”, directed by Zan Lyons, below.

Atari Teenage Riot will be heading on tour throughout North America this fall with Autoerotique. For dates and
cities, please see below.

09/23: New York, NY @ The Gramercy Theater
09/24: Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
09/26: Pittsburgh, PA @ Diesel
09/27: Austin, TX @ Red 7
09/28: Dallas, TX @ Trees
09/29: Houston, TX @ Groundhall
09/30: Los Angeles, CA @ KeyClub
10/1: Chicago, IL @ The Bottom Lounge
10/2: Montreal @ Foufounes Electriques
10/4: Toronto @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
10/5: Edmonton @ New City
10/6: Calgary @ The Gateway @ Sait
10/7: Vancouver @ Rickshaw Theatre

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Joel McHale Jessica Alba â€œSpy Kids 4â€³ Movie

September 8th, 2010 | No Comments

Robert Rodriguez is rebooting his Spy Kids franchise with Joel McHale — side-splitting host of E!’s The Soup — and sexy screen siren Jessica Alba starring as a pair of parenting secret agents, Variety reports.The actress will reunite with her Sin City and Machete director to play a mother of a baby and two [...]

Approaches to Agile Testing – Part 3- Test-Driven Development Posted By : Austin Craig

September 6th, 2010 | No Comments

Test-driven development is one of the core practices of Extreme Programming. The practice extends the feedback approach, and requires that you develop test cases before you develop code. Developers develop functionality to pass the existing test cases.

Lindsay Lohan Hit & Run Controversy: Did Lohan Hit A Baby With Her Maserati?

September 5th, 2010 | No Comments

Another day, another headline-snatching scandal for actress Lindsay Lohan. Lindsay Lohan is accused of leaving the scene of an accident after she allegedly clipped a young child in a stroller while cruising around her West Hollywood neighborhood last Wednesday night — mere days after the troubled starlet regained her driving privileges for the first time in [...]

Lindsay Lohan Hit & Run Controversy: Did Lohan Hit A Baby With Her Maserati?

September 5th, 2010 | No Comments

Happy â€œ90210â€³ Day!

September 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

OMG, Happy 90210 Day, PopCrunchers! That’s right: Thursday Sept. 2, 2010 (9-02-10) is being celebrated as 90210 Day. It’s the one day this century that the date will line up perfectly with the famous California zip code immortalized in television history, thanks to Aaron Spelling’s iconic teen soap Beverly Hills, 90210.No post about the original [...]

Signal Path: New Free Album Headlining Fall Tour

September 1st, 2010 | No Comments

FREE NEW ALBUM OUT NOW; HEADLINING FALL TOUR STARTS SEPTEMBER 16 IN SEATTLE,
WASHINGTON

Signal Path is pleased to
announce the release of their new free album Invisible Lines. The new LP is available now through
the band’s website: www.signalpathmusic.com. Click
here to grab your free
download. Check out the video for “Verbal Yes” below.

Signal Path will be headlining dates throughout the US this fall. The run kicks off in mid- September and continues
through the beginning of December. The tour features shows with some of the most unique electronic artists in the
US including Blockhead, Bluetech, EPROM, Designer Drugs, EOTO and more.

TRACK LISTING:

1. This Life Is A Mist – 03:44

2. Slow Your Thoughts – 04:13
3. Verbal Yes – 04:26
4. Mystery Of The Yeti – 07:30
5. Love You Like Cash – 05:43

6. Cree – 05:17

7. Weston Moon – 05:44
8. Apcha – 04:57

9. Pet Horse – 02:22

FALL TOUR:

09/16/10 Thu - Seattle, WA Nectar Lounge - w/ Blockhead, Nocando
09/17/10 Fri - Bellingham, WA The Wild Buffalo - w/ Blockhead, Nocando
09/18/10 Sat - Portland, OR Refuge - w/ Blockhead, Nocando
09/21/10 Tue - San Diego, CA Casbah - w/ Blockhead, Nocando

09/22/10 Wed - Santa Cruz, CA Moe’s Alley - w/ Blockhead, Nocando
09/23/10 Thu - Arcata, CA Arcata Theater - w/ Blockhead, Nocando
09/24/10 Fri - Berkeley, CA Shattuck Down Low - w/ Blockhead, Nocando
09/25/10 Sat - West Hollywood, CA Roxy Theatre - w/ Blockhead, Nocando

10/01/10 Fri - Dallas, TX La Grange - w/ Eprom

10/02/10 Sat - Austin, TX The Parish Room - w/ Eprom

10/09/10 Sat - Denver, CO Ogden Theatre - w/ EOTO
10/14/10 Thu - Minneapolis, MN Cabooze - w/ Sovereign Sect

10/15/10 Fri - Aberdeen, SD VFW Post 42 - w/ Sovereign Sect
10/16/10 Sat - Fargo, ND The Aquarium - w/ Sovereign Sect
10/20/10 Wed - Ann Arbor, MI Blind Pig

10/21/10 Thu - Grand Rapids, MI Founders Brewery

10/22/10 Fri - St.Louis, MO 2720

10/23/10 Sat - Madison, WI Annex
10/28/10 Thu - Missoula, MT Wilma Theatre - w/ Designer Drugs

10/29/10 Fri - Bozeman, MT Filling Station

10/30/10 Sat - Chattanooga, TN Collective Vision

11/11/10 Thu - Oxford, MS Proud Larry’s - w/ Bluetech

11/12/10 Fri - Nashville, TN 12th + Porter - w/ Bluetech
11/13/10 Sat - Asheville, NC Club 828 - w/ Bluetech

11/15/10 Mon - Blacksburg, VA Awful Arthur’s - w/ Bluetech

11/16/10 Tue - Knoxville, TN Southbound - w/ Bluetech

11/17/10 Wed - Raleigh, NC Pour House - w/ Bluetech

11/18/10 Thu - Wilmington, NC Kefi - w/ Bluetech

11/19/10 Fri - Charleston, SC The Pour House - w/ Bluetech

11/20/10 Sat - Atlanta, GA Apache Cafe - w/ Bluetech

12/4/10 Sat - Chicago, IL TBA

This Life Is A Mist by Signal
Path

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LOGO â€œThe A-List: New Yorkâ€ Trailer!

August 31st, 2010 | No Comments

Park it, Danielle and Teresa! There’s a new clan of “Queens” taking off the tube — and they’ve got testosterone and bigger balls! On Tuesday, LOGO released the first preview of its long buzzed-about docu-soap, The A-List: New York. Who says living the high life is just for the ladies?The gay-interest cable network has ordered [...]

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey: Robots Announce Fall Tour

August 31st, 2010 | No Comments

THOSE AUTOMATONS KNOW WHAT THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT!

Our mechanical friends can be helpful or scary and, in this instance, serious jazz heads who dig the new Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey album, Stay Gold, and plan to catch the band on the road this fall.

JFJO Fall Stay Gold Tour

09/03 Chelsea’s – Baton Rouge, LA
09/04 Benies Boom Boom Room – Hattiesburg, MS
09/05 Louisiana Music Factory – New Orleans, LA (in store performance)
09/05 Blue Nile – New Orleans, LA
09/08 Anderson Auditorium – Shreveport, LA
09/10 Parish Room – Austin, TX
09/11 Boiler Room – Denton, TX
09/14 Skully’s – Columbus, OH
09/15 Canal Street – Dayton, OH
09/16 Shake It Records – Cincinnati, OH (in store performance)
09/16 The Blue Wisp – Cincinnati, OH
09/17 Hideaway Saloon – Louisville, KY
09/18 Rex Theater – Pittsburgh, PA
10/09 Jardine’s – Kansas City, MO
10/15 Tost Lounge – Seattle, WA
10/16 Mt Tabor Pub – Portland, OR
10/17 CultureWorks – Ashland, OR
10/20 Aubergine – Sebastopol, CA
10/21 Kuumbwa Jazz Center – Santa Cruz, CA
10/22 Beatnik Studios – Sacramento, CA
10/23 Cafe Du Nord – San Francisco, CA
10/28 Winston’s – San Diego, CA
10/29 The Mint – Los Angeles, CA
12/31 Cain’s Ballroom – Tulsa, OK

Approaches to Agile Testing – Part 2- Extreme Programming Posted By : Austin Craig

August 31st, 2010 | No Comments

The first part of the series, Approaches to Agile Testing- Part 1- An Introduction, Introduced the concepts of Agile development Methodologies and Agile Testing. In the second part of the series on Agile Testing, we look at a derivate approach, Extreme Programming.

Dead Winter Carpenters: Tour

August 30th, 2010 | No Comments

EMERGENT GENRE BLENDERS ON EARLY FALL TOUR

Dead Winter Carpenters, an eclectic quintet emerging from the shores of Lake Tahoe, CA, are in the midst on their first national tour in support of their debut studio album, D.W.C. Their sound is laced with elements of rock ‘n’ roll, bluegrass, folk, ragtime, blues, and reggae inspired from musical influences ranging from Neil Young to David Byrne and Ryan Adams to the traditional fiddle tunes of earlier times.

Dead Winter Carpenters Fall Tour Dates

8/30/10 Red Eyed Fly – Austin, TX
8/31/10 Super Happy Fun Land – Houston, TX
9/01/10 Chelsea’s – Baton Rouge, LA
9/02/10 Blue Moon Saloon – Lafayette, LA
9/03/10 Maple Leaf – New Orleans, LA
9/05/10 The Pour House – Charleston, SC

9/06/10 Smith’s Olde Bar – Atlanta, GA
9/08/10 Lexington Ave. Brewery – Asheville, NC
9/09/10 Awful Arthurs – Roanoke, VA
9/10/10 North Star – Philadelphia, PA
9/11/10 Higher Ground (Showcase Lounge) – Burlington, VT
9/13/10 Harpers Ferry – Allston, MA
9/14/10 Red Square – Albany, NY
9/16/10 Park Street Tavern – Columbus, OH
9/17/10 Booney’s – Avon, IN
9/18/10 Wuhnurth Music Festival – Spencer, IN
9/19/10 Tonic Room – Chicago, IL
9/21/10 Pier 357 – Pierre, SD
9/22/10 The Bottleneck – Lawrence, KS
9/23/10 Quixote’s True Blue – Denver, CO
9/24/10 Salt Water Cowboy – Avon, CO
9/25/10 320 South – Breckenridge, CO
9/26/10 Paddlepalooza – Page, AZ
9/27/10 Mystic Hot Springs – Monroe, UT
10/28/10 Las Tortugas Dance of the Dead V – Yosemite, CA