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Develop Excel Conference, London, October 18

Sep17
by on September 17, 2018 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

On October 18 some of the world’s leading authorities on extending Excel using JavaScript, .NET, Python, VBA, and C++ will be flying in to London to present at our major community-driven not-for-profit conference on Excel Extensibility, “Develop Excel”.

If you are a developer or responsible for building Excel-based addins and solutions you really owe it to yourself to come and meet the speakers, hear the latest thinking on Excel extensibility and discuss the impact to your addins and solutions of the changes that Microsoft is making to core Excel function (including any changes announced at Microsoft Ignite September 24-28).

This is a unique conference: never before have so many Excel world-class developers gathered together to share their knowledge.

For details of the sessions see here

Conference places are filling up fast: make sure you register soon!

 

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These few lines of CSS code will crash your iPhone

Sep17
by on September 17, 2018 at 11:33 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


A security researcher has found out that due to a vulnerability in WebKit (a rendering engine used by Safari browser), it takes only a few lines of CSS code to crash an iPhone or an iPad. The code itself is not too complex and uses multiple nested elements like <div> tags inside a CSS effect called backdrop-filter, used for color shifting behind the element. This is a processor intensive task which takes up a lot of the device’s resources and can be used to make it crash. Sabri Haddouche – the man who found the vulnerability – posted a video…

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6 ways to repress your emotions at work

Sep17
by on September 17, 2018 at 11:08 am
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


We are all faced with obstacles at work, and sometimes just going back to work after a holiday can feel like a challenge. We might be faced with a backlog of work, new targets or systems, or looming deadlines – alongside all the usual criticism, office politics, and pressures from our personal lives. One way we can deal with all this is to build our resilience. Resilience is your capacity to respond to the pressures and challenges brought about by everyday life. In essence, it is about how well we can bounce back from difficult circumstances, disappointment and failure –…

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Moonday morning: Coinbase, Korean borders, and cryptocurrency in Canada

Sep17
by on September 17, 2018 at 9:58 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The weekend has come and gone, and hopefully – you’re reading this fresh-faced and ready to take on the week. Unlike us fleshy humans, the blockchain never sleeps, so here are five noteworthy stories that broke over the weekend. 1. Researchers have suggested that for cryptocurrency to be reliable it needs to be more heavily governed. Hard forks are bad for a coin’s stability. Except the Hard Fork you’re reading this on… 2. Cryptocurrency-backed debit card provider Wirex is expanding into Canada. According to the firm, five percent of Canada is holding cryptocurrency, apparently it will now be able to…

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Hackers secretly ran cryptocurrency mining malware on Indian government sites

Sep17
by on September 17, 2018 at 8:53 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The crypto-jacking epidemic has spread to India. It has come to light that tons of Indian government sites have been infected with cryptocurrency mining malware, designed to steal visitors’ computing power to earn coins. Among others, the attackers targeted the websites of the Andhra Pradesh municipality, the Tirupati Municipal Corporation, and the Macherla municipality, the India Times reports. The malware was first discovered by a group of Guwahati-based security researchers Shakil Ahmed, Anish Sarma and Indrajeet Bhuyan. The group identified that the affected websites were subdomains of the most visited websites in the country. The government has since confirmed the…

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