Monthly Archives: August 2009
Microsoft banned from selling Word in US – Telegraph
Ouch! Judge Leonard Davis, of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, ruled that Microsoft had infringed i4is patent, and ordered the software giant to pay $290 million £176 million in damages. This included $40 million £25 … Continue reading
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Earn a certificate in iPhone and Cocoa Development from the University of Washington
sweet. They may even make it an online course next year. via Earn a certificate in iPhone and Cocoa Development from the University of Washington.
Drug Dealer Offered Stay Out of Jail Card – and Still Continues Business
On Thursday night, Seattle police, prosecutors, friends, neighbors and family of 16 drug dealers operating in the city’s Central District gathered for a meeting, in which authorities showed the dealers evidence they had collected and gave them an ultimatum: clean … Continue reading
Bird experiment shows Aesop’s fable may be true – Yahoo! News
Wow. Remember the video from a few moths ago of the crow bending a wire to make a hook to get at food? Crows are starting to scare me now. NEW YORK – From the goose that laid the golden … Continue reading
John Hughes Dead at 59
John Hughes – the director of all those great 80′s films passed today. Including one of the best films ever, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and one of Robin’s favs Sixteen Candles. Thank you John. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Twitter crippled by denial-of-service attack | The Social – CNET News
This comes on the heels of a conversation in my office about using twitter and other social media to promote a favorable article about my employer in Consumer Reports. I think it’s the competition! Either that or it was the … Continue reading
Tweets from the beyond: John Quincy Adams Twittering
Starting today, the Massachusetts Historical Society will be offering up excerpts from John Quincy Adams’ line-a-day diary as tweets. The diary entries track Adams’ voyage to Russia, which kicked off on Aug. 5, 1809. Two hundred years after Adams’ journey … Continue reading
Got My Google Voice Account!
Finally got my Google Voice invite this morning. Setting it up now. Sweet. I was able to get a local number and the last 4 digits are 4297 – which spells HAWS I will play with it it for a … Continue reading
Student Invents Bicycle Which Folds Into 26-Inch Wheel Circumference For James Dyson Prize | UK News | Sky News
A student has designed a bike which can be folded completely into the space of the wheel’s 26in circumference. via Student Invents Bicycle Which Folds Into 26-Inch Wheel Circumference For James Dyson Prize | UK News | Sky News.
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Peninsula Light on Twitter
Peninsula Light Co. (PenLightCo) on Twitter. My electrical utility (Peninsula Light) is on twitter. Looks like they have been there since last may with a total of 5 tweets. I’m hoping this is useful during the winter when we have … Continue reading
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