2010 Ohio Interactive Awards. Apr. 29 at the Arena Grand Movie Theatre, in Columbus’ Arena District.  [Ohio Interactive Awards]

E-lessons could keep Ohio students busy on snow days. [Ohio Tech Bits Blog]

One More Time! Ohio clinches fourth consecutive Site Selection’s annual Governor’s Cup award for states with the most new or expanded private-sector capital projects. [Site Selection Magazine]

Campaign effort for Ohio’s Third Frontier bond issue to emphasize jobs. [Crain's Cleveland Business]

What the iPad Release Means for Apple. [Digits (Wall Street Journal)]

Twitter Passes 10 Billion Tweets. The speed with which the tweet milestone was reached, however, does indicate that Twitter is still growing. [Digits Wall Street Journal)]

NorTech Innovation Awards 2010. Winners: View Ray, InSet Systems, NASA Glenn Research Center, Absorbent Materials, Kent Displays, MesoCoat, RSP Tooling, Catacel Corp., Cleveland State University, Parker Hannifin, Tremont Electric. [Crain's Cleveland Business]

MobileX Marks the Spot. [IT Martini]

Smart Grid Technology: What is it all about? March 10 at FirstEnergy Corporation. [NorTech]

The NorTech Innovation Awards 2010 will be held tonight at the LaCentre Conference and Banquet Facility in Westlake. The keynote speaker for the event is Harry Shimp Jr, operating partner of Pennsylvania-based Element Partners.

A list of 2010 finalists can be found here. Ticket sales for the event have closed. Good luck to all the finalists!

Reminder: NorTech Innovation Awards 2010. Feb. 24 at the LaCentre Conference and Banquet Facility in Westlake. Keynote speaker: Harry Shimp Jr. [NorTech/Crain's Cleveland Business] 

IT Martini: Congrats Columbus. Coverage of the 2009 TechColumbus Innovation Awards. [IT Martini]

Google launches Buzz… [Google]

…Raises privacy concerns. [NY Times Tech Blog]

Bloggers and tweeters take the 2010 Games global. Blogs, Facebook and Twitter streams are considered non-journalistic outlets of personal expression, but there are restrictions. [Vancouver Sun]

Ohio Energy Gateway Fund announced. The fund is a $40 million commitment of Advanced Energy Stimulus funds from the Ohio Jobs Stimulus Plan and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act State Energy Program funds. [Ohio Department of Development]

Third Frontier will be on May ballot. Voters will be asked to OK issuing $700 million in bonds over four years to continue Third Frontier. [Ohio Tech Bits Blog]

2009 TechColumbus Innovation Awards held Thursday night. Press release with winners here. EdHeads wins in Innovation in Non-Profit Service Delivery category. Congrats to all the winners! [TechColumbus]

ICYMI: TOT merges with other coalitions to form Midwest Consumers for Choice and Competition. [Ohio Tech Bits Blog]

Facebook Gets Another Facelift. Facebook began rolling out a new design, with various tweaks to encourage people to use the popular social network in new ways. [Digits (Wall Street Journal)]

IT Martini Community Calendar. Next week: TechLife AfterHours – Easton on Wed., Feb. 10.  2010 Symposium on Youth and Social Media on Fri., Feb. 12. [IT Martini]

Reminder: NorTech Innovation Awards 2010. Feb. 24 at the LaCentre Conference and Banquet Facility in Westlake. Ticket info here. List of finalists here. [NorTech/Crain's Cleveland Business] 

Support Telecom Reform: Contact your State Representative TODAY.

Last week to register for TechColumbus Innovation Awards. [Ohio Tech Bits Blog]

Reminder: NorTech Innovation Awards 2010. Feb. 24 at the LaCentre Conference and Banquet Facility in Westlake. Ticket info here. [NorTech/Crain's Cleveland Business]

Verizon and AT&T May Both Get Apple Tablet. Apple is in talks to bring its rumored tablet device to the 3G networks of both Verizon and AT&T. [PC World]

Foursquare Comes to the BlackBerry. The popular location-based mobile app has finally launched a version for BlackBerry. [Digits (Wall Street Journal)]

Dublin named a Top Seven Intelligent Community of 2010. [Intelligent Community Forum via TechLife Columbus]

Tech Bits Weekly Round-up is back! We hope everyone had a wonderful, relaxing holiday season. Back to it…

Ohio House should follow Senate’s lead in updating telecommunications laws. TOT ED Scott Schweitzer pens a letter encouraging the House to pass telecom reform. [Cleveland Plain Dealer]

eTech Ohio encourages teachers to do more with technology. eTech Ohio announced that it has submitted a five-year plan to Gov. Ted Strickland and lawmakers to prepare students for jobs and help grow the economy. [Ohio Tech Bits Blog]

Consumer Electronics Show in full swing. [CES]

CES: The Network Is Our Top Priority, AT&T Says. [Digits (Wall Street Journal)]

WSJ: Tech Show Reflects Optimism. A bumper crop of new products, full hotel rooms and respectable crowds at the annual technology conference are some of the most obvious differences from the CES held in January 2009, when the recession still seemed to be deepening. [Wall Street Journal]

New TV Apps Borrow a Page From iPhone. [Wall Street Journal]

NorTech Innovation Awards 2010. Feb. 24 at the LaCentre Conference and Banquet Facility in Westlake. Ticket info here. Award finalist info here. [NorTech/Crain's Cleveland Business]

Ohio Cities Rank Among Best in Country for Employment Opportunities. [Ohio Business Development Coalition Blog]

10 indispensable iPhone apps for IT administrators. [TechRepublic via TechLife Columbus]