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  • Gawker Hacks [update: no Digsby]

    December 14, 2010
    in Apps, Tips & How To’s, Websites

    If you missed it, Gawker Media’s username/password database was hacked and paswords decrypted! This is very very bad. Lifehacker, has a comprehensive post about the compromise.

    They only left out one little piece of info, your password may have been exposed even if you’ve never logged in to a Gawker site. Multi-IM client Digsby is owned by Gawker and Digsby username/passwords are also in that database! Seriously, this is bad. No more blogging after midnight…This was totally incorrect, my apologies. I didn’t read the email very well (or possibly at all). Thanks for the comments from the Digsby team. I incorrectly made the connection based on the password Gawker had on file; it was an old password I was sure I had only ever used for IM clients.

    Again, if this is the first you’ve heard this, here are the important links:

    • Widget to check if your password has been compromised [salon.com]
    • Lifehacker FAQ [lifehacker.com]
    • The raw data [thepiratebay.org]

  • Pirate Party 0.6% in Winnipeg North

    November 30, 2010
    in Winnipeg

    Official results from the Winnipeg Norh federal by-election are in and the Pirate Party candidate Jeff Coleman won 0.6% of the vote! That’s twice as many as the Christian Heritage Party and only 20 votes less than the Green Party. Yes we can!

    Pro Tip: clean up the red-eye in your political party’s website profile picture.


  • Canadian Tech Roundup – Episode 4 – Kik, Google Bikes, Shopping Blockage

    November 30, 2010
    in Canadian Tech News, Podcasts
    Listen!
    [podcast]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/480185/podcasts/CanadianTechRondup-Ep4.mp3[/podcast]

    Kik booted off RIM devices
    RIM pulled Kik IM app after security concerns. Is RIM pulling an Apple?

    Google Bikes coming to Canada
    Google launches bike maps across the country. Not quite ready for prime time.

    40% of large Canadian businesses actively block online shopping
    How will office drones get their shopping on?

    Updates

    • Bad news for Rogers, still in trouble over Chatr
    • Samsung Focus – first Windows Phone 7 finally available
    • More WiFI FUD

    News Bits

    • RCMP accidentally tweet Cookie Monster video
    • Tim Hortons rolling out debit card support
    • Microsoft and i4i back in court

    Human powered ornithopter, stunning video.

    iTunes Link
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Hello, my name is Ryan! I’m a web developer in Winnipeg, Canada. I’ve been documenting my random thoughts and occasional bits of interesting code here since 2005. Twitter. Github. Instagram. Mastodon.

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