Oct

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Stealthy hacker dons a white hat

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The Globe and Mail - Section
July 1st, 1999 - 1450 words
- in Calgary

Brian Lynch looked like any other executive as he flew to his next meeting, typing notes on his laptop and finishing off yet another memo.

But the papers in the clean-cut young man’s carry-on told a different story. The bag contained a printout of 10,000 valid credit card numbers, taken after a successful penetration of a computer system.

Brian is a hacker. A White Hat hacker to be precise. A professional computer specialist working for ‘the forces of good’. Read more

Oct

10

PHOSPHOR PEDOPHILES (The New Evil of the Electronic Age)

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The Globe & Mail -
November 1999 - 2080 words
“Do you want to see some pictures? Some and naughty ones?”. Before Patty73 could reply, another line appeared; “Erin19 is a 19/f looking for some cute young girls to trade self-nudes and more…Msg Me”. Then another ” GOTO http://pornsex011alpha.com for 100% porn, no age check”

Line after line of cryptic text similar to what you’d find in the personal section of a tawdry tabloid appeared on Patty73’s screen. Scrolling upward on the monitor, multi-line advertisements for porn , FTP servers, and Fservs were constantly appearing, and being replaced by yet another appeal; “The first 100% PORN SITE with never before seen Pamela Anderson pics!…Sex stories, Live stream, 100% !…All you would ever need to get off!!…NO credit card checks and/or age verifications…”

In a quiet room in downtown , Patty73 stares at the console; face bathed in the soft glow from the screen and not really surprised by the passionate messages from who specialize in collecting and distributing child pornography.

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Oct

10

Fast Company — Blackstone Multimedia

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he Globe & Mail - Fast Company
September 1999 - 1130 wordsIn a modest office building on the south side of , a small company is bracing itself for a battle of biblical proportions. Blackstone Multimedia is the David of this heroic tale, and ’s educational system would be Goliath.

“Our role is to the educational system,” says Ron Manke, Founder and Vice President of Blackstone Multimedia. While some may think that decree rather grand, Mr. Manke considers it pragmatic. “It’s nice to have big goals, but obviously we can only do as much as we can in our limited life span,” Mr. Manke explains. “In order to the educational system, you have to create , ’cause there’s no good out there.”

Fast Company -- Blackstone Multimedia (image: work5a)But that’s about to . EON (Educational Operating Network) is a collection of and technologies created by Blackstone that address this need. “It’s a teacher-centric front-end for educators, a student-centric front-end for deploying the anywhere in the world, and an administration-centric back-end for system administrators and managers,” Mr. Manke explains.Teachers will use it to manage an exam, monitor student performance, and even create course and homework materials. “Its main benefit to the student was that it was designed to be student-aware,” Mr. Manke says. “It would adapt itself to the student’s age group and learning level.” Read more

Oct

10

A Working Vacation?

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National Post Vacation Article
May 8th, 2003

Breath deeply. Savour. That wonderful scent on the breeze is the smell of Holiday Season “ the period of time between the May and September long weekends when colleagues and co-workers juggle schedules, meetings and workflow to ensure that come Thursday afternoon the work week is over and the reward of a long summer weekend lies ahead.

Or does it? This summer, more than ever before, many Canadians feel it’s no longer an option to completely disconnect from the workplace while on vacation. Projects continue, clients need updates, and issues arise.

This begs the ; do you really need to stay connected to the office? Perhaps. For many , keeping in touch with the workplace offers them a greater sense of comfort, enabling them to relax and enjoy their vacation more, rather than worrying about projects back at the office.
There are new that can make working on vacation less painful. Workers have the option to effectively participate in critical meetings or collaboratively revise that marketing plan from the comfort of an Adirondack chair on the deck, rather than miss the meeting, or have commute in to the office.

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Oct

10

Freelancer Trial Version

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a snapshot by Brad Grier

FreeLancer hails from a very rich lineage of games. Elite, the old Atari//Amiga classic, is probably the closest and earliest example of a game of this type - being a fairly rich -combat-trading-ship-building-RPG style of game. Elite was one of the first that offered a 3d , albeit wire frame - you had to use your imagination a bit.

Freelancer Trial Version (image: elite_1)FreeLancer is Digital Anvil’s take on Elite and it’s brethren. You get ships. You get to fly from planet to planet using very funky lanes. You get to blow things up in a future universe that’s chock full of and places - and there’s lots of different things going on. You are not the focus of this universe, but what you accomplish does have an impact. Check out Microsoft’s site for the official background.

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