Buying Certainty for Stratus

"...by investing in Silicon Valley real estate and high tech companies. He's now the chairman and CEO of Mission..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...serious competition this November from GOP challenger and high tech businessman Ben Bentzin. "Even though it is painfully clear..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature

Preserving Planet Texas

Outdoor-loving Texans can thank the federal government for requiring the state to firm up its state parks planning over the next decade.

"...a report sponsored by TPWD and released by Texas Tech last fall, Sybert argues that TPWD should stick to..."

July 5, 2002 News Feature by Dan Oko

Naked City

"...Agere Systems Inc. to start StarCore, a new chip technology company based in Austin. StarCore will specialize in developing..."

June 21, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Firebreak

"...in the Montana mountains, protected by a sophisticated high tech security system. Parker must depend on a highly unpredictable..."

May 10, 2002 Books Review by Jesse Sublett

Governing Post-Boom Austin

Now that the lawsuits are over, we hope the council campaigns will turn to issues.

"...students in AISD qualify for federal nutrition programs. As high-tech jobs dry up, even if the industry rebounds, it..."

April 12, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

And the Dewey Winburne Award Goes to ...

Knowbility.org's Sharron Rush was rewarded at SXSW Interactive Saturday for her contribution toward making the Web accessible for people with disabilities.

"...Dewey Winburne nominees, Goodman said, "They've gone beyond creativity, tech skill, and inventiveness. They've gone to the heart of..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

21st Century Goals

Key findings of the 21st-century TPW report

"...Nick C. Parker, and Robert J. Baker of Texas Tech University, published in November 2001...."

Feb. 8, 2002 News Feature by Dan Oko

The Hightower Lowdown

Using cows to explain Enron; dumping nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain; and crying in your champagne at Austin's 360 Summit.

"...Way back then, brand-new high tech companies with names like WhzzBang.com were popping up like..."

Feb. 1, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Collegia Musikum

How music from the Medieval and Baroque eras impacts us today

"...always athletics and music," he chuckles. Johnson chose Texas Tech for college, living for a spell in the famed,..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Music Feature by Robi Polgar

Mutant Genius

Greg Falcon makes very funny "fanimutation" -- animation in the style of "Web celeb" Neil Cicierega, some kid from the 'burbs who also happens to be very funny.

"...Salon crowned Cicierega a new teen Web celeb ("All..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Shoot Or Be Shot

"...possible way. Wilkes' backstory is that he was a tech writer whose work was read by nearly everyone in..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

CSC-U-L8R

CSC changes its plans, and the city has to pay $4 million … for its own land

"...it already owns. With the economy sagging, the California-based tech company decided it didn't need three office buildings in..."

Jan. 18, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

News Top 10s

"...money put into assistance for employers other than high-glamour tech titans. The city has done some important things to..."

Jan. 4, 2002 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...there was a lot of money made at high tech companies. But don't we all know that at one..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Column

The Hightower Lowdown

John Ashcroft goes on an imperious jihad; King George throws away our Constitution; and corporate greedheads profit from censorship.

"...rewriting our Constitution as though its protections are mere technicalities that can be set aside whenever his Highness finds..."

Dec. 14, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Ocean's Eleven

"...Roscoe “Basher” Means (Cheadle), pickpocket scam-artisan Linus Caldwell (Damon), tech geek Livingston (Jemison), inside man Frank (Mac), and Reiner's..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Articulations

Tapestry wants you to see its show .com for free, and Scott Swanson wants you to find the arts on your TV, through his show Scene After Dark.

"...its delightful peep inside the life of a high tech firm and the hearts of the people who work..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Naked City

Inman's Inside Track

"...crowd -- an engrossed audience of 165 business and tech leaders -- had come to the Shoreline Grill looking..."

Oct. 19, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Coach's Corner

Coach reflects on the UT-Oklahoma game.

"...stuff is embarrassing. Maybe legit for Mike Leach at Tech or Terry Allen at KU, whose programs are crap..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Still Hungry

Reassessing the state of Austin's food security

"...state. Austin was riding the crest of a high tech wave, awash in prosperity and Smart Growth. At that..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Thinner Reads, Fewer Reporters

As the economy gets tight, newspapers around the state feel the pain.

"...Austin American-Statesman isn't giving anyone the ax, but the Technopolis section, devoted to Austin's high tech scene, is history...."

Oct. 12, 2001 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Hightower Lowdown

American CEOs are overpaid; missile defense shield money could be better spent; and art snobs need to not have a cow.

"...All this for a multi-billion-dollar high tech bauble that independent military and scientific experts repeatedly have..."

Sept. 14, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Diving for Pearls

How mystery writer Rick Riordan went looking for authenticity

"...Today's reader no longer wants his poetry unmodified by technical expertise. He wants authenticity, or at least a course..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Economics From the Bottom Up

A profile of Accion Texas, CDC, and other microlenders

"...their second 360 Summit: a flashy affair in which tech leaders loudly declared their desire to become philanthropists as..."

Aug. 10, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

The Hightower Lowdown

The Hightower Lowdown

"...cash to Montesinos over the years and provided high tech surveillance equipment, which he then used against his political..."

July 20, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Isn't It FABulous?

Austin considers a $95 million incentives package for AMD

"...deal is presumably dead, but the Intel project is technically on hold, and would remain in force if the..."

July 6, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Cats & Dogs

"...his ex-paramour Ivy (Sarandon), sheepdog Sam (Clark), and fidgety tech-happy mongrel Peek (Pantoliano) -- duke it out with the..."

July 6, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked City

This year's Greater AustinWork job summit features talk of layoffs, better and earlier training, and sagging profits at companies around the city.

"...local school districts and community colleges to produce more tech-savvy worker ants. Some local classrooms, one participant noted, "still..."

June 15, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Diverse Portfolio

The boom in Austin may be busting, but the 183 / MoPac tech force will always be hungry around noon, Pableaux Johnson writes in his review of Sushi Sake.

"...near-textbook case of nigiri/NASDAQ connection. The peak of Austin's tech boom also signaled a boom in Central Texas sushi..."

June 8, 2001 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

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