Consider the Portland outfit a collective for people who are tired of collectives. Eschewing a troupe's avant-garde options in favor of the sheer fun it gets to have, the group makes a brawny country-rock indebted to Led Zeppelin and Crazy Horse.
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Week in review: A speedier new FirefoxMozilla's latest version plays catch-up with the browser competition. Also: the latest in Windows 7 news, and a Yahoo data center in a new shade of green.
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Photos: Spiral Jetty, Robert Smithson's wondrous earthwork
Technically Incorrect
After Wikipedia, JockipediaA new site collates the social-networking activity of sports people, tabulated by name, league, and country.
Beyond Binary
Windows 7 may get a 'Family Pack'Enthusiasts have spotted wording in a leaked test build of the operating system that suggests Microsoft may offer a three-PC deal with the new Windows.
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Video: iPhone 3G S launch in New York City
Digital Media
Fun with numbers a boon for StatCounterThe Web-tracking service claims IE market share has dropped off since March, but should we believe the numbers?
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A recipe for high-tech chocolate
Geek Gestalt
Spiral Jetty, earthwork extraordinaireOn the north edge of the Great Salt Lake, Robert Smithson's masterpiece sits peacefully, awaiting visitors willing to make the long trek to see one of the world's great land art pieces.
The Space Shot
Lunar mapping satellite snaps first test imagesNASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has snapped its first test images, showing the moon's starkly cratered terrain in preparation for the start of mapping operations.
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Photos: The Transcontinental Railroad's Golden Spike
Rafe's Radar
Marc Andreessen launches new venture fund$300 million Andreessen Horowitz fund to back companies large and small, but only Internet-focused.
The Car Tech blog
Fisker's good KarmaAt a dinner speech recently, Henrik Fisker laid out his plans for Fisker Automotive and its first car, the plug-in hybrid Karma.
