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Catherine Michelle Schwartz (often called Cat for short) (born May 27, 1977) is an American television personality best known for her former role as co-host on the TechTV television program Call for Help with Leo Laporte. She earned degrees in Broadcast Communication Arts and Sociology from San Francisco State University. Cat Schwartz from the Screen Savers (Cropped Version) This is a screenshot of a copyrighted movie or television program. ... Cat Schwartz from the Screen Savers (Cropped Version) This is a screenshot of a copyrighted movie or television program. ... Call for Help is a computer and technology help television program that first aired exclusively on TechTV, a cable and satellite television network focused on technology. ... May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... TechTV is also the name of a closed-circuit television network based in Ruston, Louisiana TechTV (May 11, 1998 â€“ May 28, 2004) was a 24-hour cable and satellite channel based in San Francisco, California featuring news and shows about computers, technology, and the Internet. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Leo Laporte Leo Gordon Laporte (born November 29, 1956 in New York City, New York) [1] is a technology broadcaster and author. ... Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video signals (programs) to a number of recipients (listeners or viewers) that belong to a large group. ... Social interactions and their consequences are the subject of sociology. ... San Francisco State University is a branch of the California State University system. ...

After a stint on TechTV's The Screen Savers, Schwartz became co-host of Call for Help in 2002 with then co-host Chris Pirillo. After Pirillo left TechTV in April 2003, former host Leo Laporte returned to co-host with Schwartz. Call for Help was cancelled in May 2004 after TechTV's merger with G4, resulting in G4techTV. The Screen Savers (May 11, 1998 - March 18, 2005) was a live American TV show on TechTV. The show launched concurrently with the channel ZDTV (later known as TechTV) on May 11, 1998. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Galileo figaro Magnifico! Chris Pirillo (born July 26, 1973 in Des Moines, Iowa) is the founder and maintainer of Lockergnome. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... G4 is a United States cable and satellite television channel geared toward viewers aged 12â€“34 and devoted to the world of video games and the people who play them. ... G4techTV (May 28, 2004 â€“ February 15, 2005) was a cable and satellite channel resulting from a merger between Comcast-owned G4 and TechTV. The headquarters were based in Los Angeles. ...

In the period after the cancellation of Call for Help, Schwartz appeared as a G4techTV technology expert on the Today Show segment "Gender Wars". She also made guest appearances on short segments of The Screen Savers. She recently signed-on as a columnist with Stuff Magazine, with a column entitled, "Ask the Tech Chick". Today, commonly referred to as The Today Show to avoid ambiguity, is an American morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings on the NBC television network. ... Gadgets. ...

In June 2003 Schwartz became the subject of a stir in the Internet community when it was discovered that at least two cropped photographs of herself she had posted on her personal blog contained hidden EXIF thumbnail images clearly showing her bared breasts, because the program she used to edit them did not create replacement thumbnails. ^[1]-1... A photograph (often just called a photo) is an image (or a representation of that on e. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Exchangeable image file format (Exif) is a specification for the image file format used by digital cameras. ... The ThumbsPlus image file manager showing folder tree in the upper left and 12 thumbnail-size images to the right. ...

Schwartz also claims to have invented the Swiffer during her days as a college intern. Schwartz has said that she receives no royalties and signed away her rights to the product as part of Procter & Gamble's policy. The Swiffer logo Swiffer is a line of cleaning products by Procter & Gamble. ... In North America, an intern is one who works in a temporary position with an emphasis on education rather than merely employment, making it similar in some respects to an apprenticeship. ... Procter & Gamble Co. ...

In the early part of 2005, Schwartz and her friend Wynter Mitchell (Screen Savers teleprompter operator) started a podcast, hosted on Libsyn but there have been no new updates since May 10th 2005. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Schematic representation: A teleprompter is a display device that prompts the person speaking with an electronic visual text of a speech or script. ... An icon introduced by Mozilla Firefox to indicate a web feed was present on a webpage. ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ...

On November 25th, 2005, Schwartz married South Park editor Keef Bartkus in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her married name is now Catherine Michelle Bartkus but will still retain her professional name of Schwartz. On February 20th, 2006, she announced on her blog that she and Keef were expecting a baby boy, due June 6, 2006. Keef posted pictures of the baby, Jack, on his moblog on June 9, 2006. The baby was 8lbs 15oz.^[2] November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... This article is about the city of Las Vegas in Nevada. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ...

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	Schwartz, 57, who was well-known and respected in the national scientific community, was found dead Monday after co-workers at the center asked a neighbor to check on him because he hadn't shown up for work and then missed a 1 p.m.
	Schwartz had lived alone since his children went away to college, friends said; his wife, Joan Radius, died of cancer about four years ago.
	Hager said that he spoke to Schwartz recently, and that Schwartz had said he was looking forward to a holiday trip to St. Thomas that he had planned for the family.

Catherine Schwartz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (248 words)
	Catherine Schwartz (often called Cat Schwartz for short) (born May 27, 1977) is an American television personality best known for her former role as co-host on the TechTV television program Call for Help with Leo Laporte.
	Schwartz created a stir in the Internet community when she posted a cropped photograph of herself on her personal blog that contained a hidden nude thumbnail of herself.
	Schwartz also claims to have invented Swiffer during her days as a college intern.

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