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Coffee & Power

Coffee & Power is expanding its northwest presence at the Urban Grind Coffeehouse in downtown Portland. Already with locations in San Francisco and Santa Monica, the bay-area based company is expanding to it's third location to tap the skills of Portland's...

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Clearwire Stumbles

The Clearwire, a wireless-broadband provider, took a heavy blow at the end of February after Google announced plans to sell all its shares in the company. Clearwire has struggled to be profitable and has requested more funding.  Clearwire Chief...

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Windows 8 Beta is Coming

Microsoft is getting ready to unveil their new operating system, Windows 8, to the beta community. There has already been a lot of controversy surrounding the direction they are taking. Users that have seen the results of Microsoft's labor are wondering what happened...

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Symantec Backup Exec 2012

As the technical world takes advantage of new virtual environments and cloud storage, Symantec is noticing and keeping pace. The new product promises better reliability and an interface that is easier to navigate, but more dazzling additions are Backup Exec Cloud, for...

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Anyone for PIE?

Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE), a uniquely Portland celebration of creativity and entrepreneurship, announced they are accepting applications for a new class. PIE, started in 2009, is a collaboration of Weiden + Kennedy and other denizens of the PDX tech...

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The Mystery of Touchscreen Technology

It seems like touchscreen technology just came into our lives, yet we already take it for granted that when we touch an icon on our device a very specific action will be preformed. We expect the device to get it right, each time.

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Digital Currency in a Digital World

Consumer spending heavily relies on digital currency and perhaps someday paper money will be obsolete.  It might sound fantastic but consider how often you yourself use a credit card to buy things, go online to shop, or receive gift cards preloaded with a specific amount of money.  Most likely you pay your bills via internet banking, pay-at-the-pump with a credit card, and even purchase movie tickets online.  Once you consider the frequency of which you actually use digital currency on a day-to-day basis, we aren’t really that far off from going fully digital with our currency. The Bitcoin revolution

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