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Wine Tasting Report: A(nother) Day in the Dust, Napa – 2012

BY CLINTON STARK — 08.09.2012

Several of the top wineries were pouring including Alpha Omega, Conn Creek, Flora Springs, Freemark Abbey, Frog's Leap, Honig, Monticello, Provenance, Quintessa, and Staglin among…

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Android Becometh

BY CLINTON STARK — 08.08.2012

In only 32 months Google has gone from zilch to the whole kit and kaboodle. That's astounding.

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SF Wine Events: Explore and compare Zinfandel

BY MONICA TURNER — 08.08.2012

Regions represented include the San Francisco Bay Area, Lodi, Napa, Paso Robles, Sierra Foothills, and Sonoma.

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Will the Apple iPhone 5 be a dud?

BY CLINTON STARK — 08.08.2012

When the new iPad shipped I was absolutely floored that it was bigger than the previous model. What?! That's impossible. That never, ever happens! Unless,…

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Wine dogs…

BY CLINTON STARK — 08.07.2012

Summer living in Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma.

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Review: Coloud Colors C19M In-Ear Headphones

BY CY ASHLEY WEBB — 08.07.2012

Construction is so flimsy that a hard week’s regular use would destroy them. Any self-respecting ‘tween in Silicon Valley wouldn’t fall for these.

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HTC made 3 key mistakes – ceding Android race to Samsung, Motorola

BY CLINTON STARK — 08.07.2012

Camp Android increasingly looks like a two horse race: Samsung vs. Motorola. I'm guessing that Google's mobility division is reluctantly pleased that team Samsung is…

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Hands-On ‘Songza’: New curated music service takes on Pandora, Spotify

BY CLINTON STARK — 08.07.2012

Songza, I discovered, is a startup in New York City whose staff includes software engineers, and music experts... and what any self-respecting startup also considers…

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Please kill the stylus

BY CLINTON STARK — 08.06.2012

Samsung has misinterpreted the reason for the Note's success, and as a result are unfortunately doubling down on the stylus -- an idea that was…

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Wine Pairings: What to pair with California Chardonnay (3 delicious ideas)

BY LONI STARK — 08.06.2012

A flight of six Chardonnays, produced from Wente clones, were tasted across three wineries: Stony Hill, Hanzell, and Wente Vineyards.