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Response to the PHP2Shell Vulnerability
Approximately two weeks ago, on October 20th, an extremely serious security flaw was disclosed for PHP—the software that powers the vast majority of web servers and roughly 70%...
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It’s Official - We’re Expanding
Our occasional collaborator and co-host Dr. Nadine Robinson is now formally working with the Smartypants team to help communicators and adminstrative staff make safe and...
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The Battle of the Bots…And Best Tools for Transcripts
All of the major tech players are releasing every more powerful A.I. tools. While many freelancers just want a reliable way to create transcripts from recordings.
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AI in Everyday Life - Part 1 of 5
The first of five two-hour sessions about AI in Everyday Life. Discussions, demostrations, relevant videos and video clips, documents and some very recent news about the world...
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An Overview of AI in Everyday Life for SCANS (Senior Collage Association of Nova Scotia)
AI seems like it just arrived, when in fact it's pretty much everywhere. This hour-long overview was a pre-amble to a 10-hour course that went far and wide to find real-world...
Continue ReadingBlackberry Playbook - first impressions 02 - Missing Pieces
It didn't take long for the Apple fans to start in on my Playbook tablet notes. So perhaps some background info, and then let's address their comments.
Why Are We Doing This?
We...
Continue ReadingBlackberry Playbook - first impressions 01
We picked up the last Playbook on sale in Fredericton yesterday. And have been mucking about with it for the past 24 hours.
My first impressions is that I like the build quality, the...
Continue Readingdot.com bubble 2.0 - and away we go
$41 million. From Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital, and Silicon Valley Bank. Pre-launch.That’s how much a brand new startup called Color has to work with. Your eyebrows should already...
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Malware Targeting Web Developers
In the past few months, we've noticed an alarming new (and increasing) trend: websites compromised by way of "malicious software" (viruses, etc) that targets web developers. By all...
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Bank of Montreal's complaint procedure: Don't answer the phone
So you have a payment due to a company in Ontario - and it has to be made today - so you get a bank draft and take it to the local branch of their bank, the Bank of Montreal (on...
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I told you this treadmill desk was a good idea!
A scant two weeks after posting my first blog about being a walking talking blogging machine, researchers at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University in...
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