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Software

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2012

    Happy Easter: New iPhone App Will Help You Find the Latest and Gayest Events in Town

    We all know how colorful San Francisco is -- especially on Easter, when the much-anticipated Hunky Jesus contest takes over Dolores Park. Joining in the LGBT community's celebration of everything Easter and all things gay is Wsup Now, a local company offering a new iPhone app that will help queer Je ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 14, 2011

    The Universe in a Snowman

    We all know how colorful San Francisco is -- especially on Easter, when the much-anticipated Hunky Jesus contest takes over Dolores Park. Joining in the LGBT community's celebration of everything Easter and all things gay is Wsup Now, a local company offering a new iPhone app that will help queer Je ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    These San Francisco Bars Are Streaming Online Footage of You Getting Drunk

    Courtesy of the East Bay Express​The East Bay Express had an excellent and eye-opening item this week about an iPhone app called BarSpace. According to Express writer Ellen Cushing:Founded by a handful of Sonoma County entrepreneurs, the app, BarSpace, and its related Website, BarSpace.tv, employ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Apple Can't Stop Amazon from Using "App Store"

    Weren't apples famous before Apple?​In another case of the Silicon Valley giants butting heads, a federal judge denied Apple's motion for a preliminary injunction against Amazon and its use of the term "App Store."Lawyers for Apple argued that the "Amazon Appstore for Android" name infringes on it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    How Does Chronicle Books' Asian Ingredient App Measure Against Sutro Media's?

    ​This week, Chronicle Books officially launched its "Asian Market Shopper" app, part of the publisher's new line of cooking apps for iAppliances (Droid versions are reportedly on the way). Asian Market Shopper screenshot.​ Researched and written by Santa Cruz-based author Andrea Nguyen, author o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Ubuntu's Aaron London: Cooking Like Meat Doesn't Matter

    UbuntuJames Beard Rising Star Chef finalist Aaron London.​When Ubuntu opened in 2007, there was great fanfare across the land. Jeremy Fox was the undisputed king of vegetables, and the restaurant topped pretty much every Best Of list. Critics (literally?) crapped their pants over its amazingne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    Rising Stars, Sugar Myths, and Snack Granola

    UbuntuUbuntu chef Aaron London.​​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Young Turks. Yesterday, the Chron named this year's crop of "rising star chefs". Having been impressed by most of them ― I haven't eaten at Oen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    So Is Anyone Else Kinda Thrilled About GarageBand for iPad?

    ​Among the numerous not-quite-revelations Steve Jobs breathlessly announced today about the iPad2 -- faster processor, thinner case, two cameras -- one especially caught our attention: Apple is bringing its amateur-friendly music production software GarageBand to the tablet computer. (It's also br ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    SF's Retronyms Taps Into Your Inner FlyLo

    ​When they're not taking board games out into the real world or bringing cocktail-hour amusements to your phone, San Francisco startup upstarts Retronyms are hard at work making the best of music-geek technology available and enjoyable to the masses. See DopplerPad, electronic composition software ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Ubuntu Offers Rare Chance to Pinch Its Leaves

    travisreitter/FlickrThe cost: $120. Expensive, but you can tear as many leaves in the garden as you like.​Fact: 80 percent of what ends up on the plate at Michelin-starred Ubuntu is grown in the restaurant's biodynamic garden. Next month, Ubuntu is offering a rare peek at the source, including ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Alexander's Steakhouse Invades SOMA, Carnelian by the Bay Docks at Ferry Plaza

    ​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Paolo L. at Inside Scoop reports that Alexander's Steakhouse (448 Brannan, 495-1111, www.alexanderssteakhouse.com) will open in the old Bacar space on Sept. 13. The pitch: steakhouse with Jap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    New Pot Club Would Be Downtown's First

    ​Earlier in the week, Socketsite pointed attention to 527 Howard Street -- just beneath the Bay Bridge -- where a new medical cannabis dispensary wishes to open up shop.SF Weekly visited with applicant Igor Khavin and toured the nascent Igzactly Health Solutions. Khavin will have his permit hearin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    Is Google Squared a Content-Snatching Death Star?

    This search engine is fully operational...​Google is a "digital vampire" in the words of Dow Jones CEO Les Hinton. Furthering the vampiric metaphor, the search engine exists to "just suck on your blood," in the words of HDNet owner Mark Cuban. Taking things to the next step, the Mountain View comp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Ubuntu Calls Split with Jeremy Fox 'Amicable'

    ​Calling the split "amicable," a hot-off-the PR machine statement says the departure of Ubuntu chef Jeremy Fox was a "resignation" that'll allow the chef to "pursue other interests," the departed chef equivalent of a resigned politician explaining that he wants to spend more time with his fami ... More >>

  • Music

    January 6, 2010

    Shlohmo gives S.F. a taste of L.A.’s abstract beat scene

    ​Calling the split "amicable," a hot-off-the PR machine statement says the departure of Ubuntu chef Jeremy Fox was a "resignation" that'll allow the chef to "pursue other interests," the departed chef equivalent of a resigned politician explaining that he wants to spend more time with his fami ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2009

    Career optimization: Being a journalist in the Internet age

    ​Calling the split "amicable," a hot-off-the PR machine statement says the departure of Ubuntu chef Jeremy Fox was a "resignation" that'll allow the chef to "pursue other interests," the departed chef equivalent of a resigned politician explaining that he wants to spend more time with his fami ... More >>

  • News

    November 18, 2009

    SF Weekly Letters

    ​Calling the split "amicable," a hot-off-the PR machine statement says the departure of Ubuntu chef Jeremy Fox was a "resignation" that'll allow the chef to "pursue other interests," the departed chef equivalent of a resigned politician explaining that he wants to spend more time with his fami ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Napa Vegetarian Restaurant Ubuntu Likely to Serve Meat at Special Tuesday Night Dinners

    Food Snob/FlickrUbuntu: Will the temple of pristine vegeterianism be serving up pork belly?​Ubuntu owner Sandy Lawrence told SFoodie that, as early as next month, the Napa vegetarian restaurant is launching a series of Tuesday night dinners that'll feature appearances by what she called some o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    When Videogames Stink: Game Developers' S.F. Conference Promo Inadvertently Echoes Stereotype Regarding Programmers' Lack of Hygiene

    It's game over for whomever chose the 'So close you can smell it' line...Making videogames is not nearly so easy as Super Mario Brothers World 1-1. Programmers and developers are renowned for subsisting on pizza delivery and Mountain Dew for weeks on end during marathon sessions held with project de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2008

    Google: Is Censorship "Evil" or Just "Evil-ish?"

    It's game over for whomever chose the 'So close you can smell it' line...Making videogames is not nearly so easy as Super Mario Brothers World 1-1. Programmers and developers are renowned for subsisting on pizza delivery and Mountain Dew for weeks on end during marathon sessions held with project de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2008

    Macworld and Beyond: Independent Musicians and Digital Recording

    It's game over for whomever chose the 'So close you can smell it' line...Making videogames is not nearly so easy as Super Mario Brothers World 1-1. Programmers and developers are renowned for subsisting on pizza delivery and Mountain Dew for weeks on end during marathon sessions held with project de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2007

    WordPress Stands for Open Source, Morals, Democracy: BetterKnowanSFBlog

    It's game over for whomever chose the 'So close you can smell it' line...Making videogames is not nearly so easy as Super Mario Brothers World 1-1. Programmers and developers are renowned for subsisting on pizza delivery and Mountain Dew for weeks on end during marathon sessions held with project de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2007

    Google Breaks It Down: Seriously, There Is No G-Phone

    It's game over for whomever chose the 'So close you can smell it' line...Making videogames is not nearly so easy as Super Mario Brothers World 1-1. Programmers and developers are renowned for subsisting on pizza delivery and Mountain Dew for weeks on end during marathon sessions held with project de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2007

    Judge Slaps Injunction on Alleged Roboscalpers RMG Tech: Ticketmaster Sounds Stoked

    It's game over for whomever chose the 'So close you can smell it' line...Making videogames is not nearly so easy as Super Mario Brothers World 1-1. Programmers and developers are renowned for subsisting on pizza delivery and Mountain Dew for weeks on end during marathon sessions held with project de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2007

    Ticketmaster Sues Alleged Maker of Roboscalper

    It's game over for whomever chose the 'So close you can smell it' line...Making videogames is not nearly so easy as Super Mario Brothers World 1-1. Programmers and developers are renowned for subsisting on pizza delivery and Mountain Dew for weeks on end during marathon sessions held with project de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2007

    Into the Jargonosphere! Top 10 Cyberslang Terms

    It's game over for whomever chose the 'So close you can smell it' line...Making videogames is not nearly so easy as Super Mario Brothers World 1-1. Programmers and developers are renowned for subsisting on pizza delivery and Mountain Dew for weeks on end during marathon sessions held with project de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2007

    Outsourcing Journalism to China

    It's game over for whomever chose the 'So close you can smell it' line...Making videogames is not nearly so easy as Super Mario Brothers World 1-1. Programmers and developers are renowned for subsisting on pizza delivery and Mountain Dew for weeks on end during marathon sessions held with project de ... More >>

  • News

    December 13, 2006

    Been There, Done That

    It's game over for whomever chose the 'So close you can smell it' line...Making videogames is not nearly so easy as Super Mario Brothers World 1-1. Programmers and developers are renowned for subsisting on pizza delivery and Mountain Dew for weeks on end during marathon sessions held with project de ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 19, 2005

    Get Started as a Bedroom Musician

    Learning to make music can make for a new you in the new year

  • News

    July 10, 2002

    Misplaced Priorities 101

    Amid a drastic budget crisis, why is the California State University system spending $400 million on computers? And where is the money coming from?

  • News

    June 26, 2002

    Sleeping With the Auditor

    Why San Francisco and its outside accountants are a little too close for comfort -- and how it could threaten the city's financial integrity

  • Music

    May 29, 2002

    Max Factor

    S.F. software company Cycling '74 provides the tools for a multimedia revolution in music

  • News

    February 20, 2002

    A Taxing Problem

    Why are two candidates for assessor trying to take credit for a computer system that has been an abysmal failure?

  • News

    May 16, 2001

    The Software That Wouldn't Die

    Despite promises and deadlines, the S.F. school district still hasn't driven a stake through the heart of its disastrous PeopleSoft financial program

  • News

    December 6, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from December 6, 2000

  • News

    November 22, 2000

    The PeopleSoft Touch

    Software Hard Times

  • News

    November 22, 2000

    The PeopleSoftTouch

    PeopleSoft software has forced a Delaware manufacturer to cut paychecks to Mickey Mouse and let failing Wisconsin college students evade expulsion. Guess what software the San Francisco school district owns?

  • News

    June 14, 2000

    South to the Future

    E-tailers Surf the Anti-Microsoft Wave

  • News

    January 12, 2000

    Silicon Valley Shakedown

    A con man feeds on fear and paranoia in the software business

  • News

    September 15, 1999

    Pirates at the Dock

    Sony, Electronic Arts sue, alleging Bay Area residents were part of international video game piracy ring

  • News

    September 8, 1999

    WEB PREVIEW

    Pirates at the Dock

    Sony, Electronic Arts sue, alleging Bay Area residents were part of international video game piracy ring

  • News

    October 21, 1998

    Ol' Blue Screen

    New software lets anyone sing like Sinatra or compose like Mahler. But do we really want computers that make country-and- western stars croon on key?

  • News

    December 31, 1997

    Letters

    New software lets anyone sing like Sinatra or compose like Mahler. But do we really want computers that make country-and- western stars croon on key?

  • News

    December 24, 1997

    Death of a Multimedia Phenomenon

    How the boys at OSC -- the hippest high-tech start-up ever -- created the magical software that lets any garage band in America record studio-quality CDs. And then lost the magic almost overnight.

  • News

    August 20, 1997

    Spammer-Jamming Hammered

    The Internet's version of the Hatfields and the McCoys just escalated

  • Calendar

    August 13, 1997

    Unspun

    The Internet's version of the Hatfields and the McCoys just escalated

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