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Observations from Jamie DeLoma, journalist and computer nerd

Archive for 2009

Court: Microsoft violated patent; Word sales threatened

Tuesday, December 22, 2009 by:Jamie DeLoma
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A federal appeals court upheld a $200M judgement against Microsoft Corp. and issued an injunction that will stop the technology giant from selling some of its Word software until it is altered, the Associated Press reports.

Reading the pulse of our society

Tuesday, December 22, 2009 by:Jamie DeLoma
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In its most recent company blog post, Facebook offered a perspective of the world as perceived through the words of the social network’s users in status messages over the past year.

$26 software used to breach advanced U.S. military equipment

Friday, December 18, 2009 by:Jamie DeLoma
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Insurgents are using inexpensive software to breach one of America’s primary tools in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, senior defense and intelligence officials were quoted in a prominent American newspaper as saying.

Twitter hacked by ‘Iranian Cyber Army’

Friday, December 18, 2009 by:Jamie DeLoma
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An Iranian ‘army’ has attacked one of the most prominent American Web sites late Thursday, according to an influential technology Web site.

Cracking Facebook, kinda

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 by:Jamie DeLoma
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Anyone who ever spent much time playing video games likely came across the Konami Code, one of the industry’s most infamous key sequences, named after the folks behind the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

The 20 second ATM visit

Monday, December 14, 2009 by:Jamie DeLoma
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ATMs are often slow, unresponsive and, frankly, often a displeasure to deal with. However, I recently had a very positive experience.

JetBlue tries to be a really, really good friend

Thursday, December 10, 2009 by:Jamie DeLoma
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How great would it be if you were connected to someone who could offer you some really neat perks — like free travel, for I don’t know, a year?

Riding the Wave — and you can too!

Friday, November 13, 2009 by:Jamie DeLoma
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If you would like to score an invitation to Google Wave, simply e-mail me at wave@jamiedeloma.com and mention this blog in the subject. I will select one person at random at midnight on Monday morning to nominate for an invitation — and announce it on this blog.