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The Heartbleed Bug

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First Base Solutions not affected by worldwide security breach Markham, ON, Thursday, April 10, 2014 – A major flaw with online security was recently discovered that can be exploited to intercept sensitive information like passwords, private conversations, and credit card numbers. This flaw, known as CVE-2014-0160, The Heartbleed Bug, has affected over 60 million websites around the world from Yahoo to Canada Revenue Agency.

Real Time Aerial Views

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The past, present, and future of remote sensing    From Icarus to Yertle the Turtle, the desire for a view from above transcends history and culture. Beginning thousands of years ago with kites and gliders, to Da Vinci's “ornithopter”, to hot air and helium filled balloons, to modern day avionics, humanity has invented countless contraptions to get airborne.  The technology has improved dramatically in just the last 100 years since the Wright brothers took flight at Kitty Hawk, NC in 1903.