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	<title>George Favvas</title>
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		<title>Blogworld Expo 2008 Best of the Tradeshow Floor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m writing this from Blogworld and New Media Expo in Las Vegas, where I was on a Reblogworld panel yesterday talking about SmartHippo. 
As i write this, the tradeshow floor here at Blogworld has been open for a little over an hour. I&#8217;ve made the rounds of the various booths and come up with my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.favvas.com/2008/09/20/blogworld-expo-2008-best-of-the-tradeshow-floor/</link>
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		<title>Video interview with Stuart MacDonald of Tripharbour.com &#8211; Founders and Funders part 2 of 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the second installment in a series of video recaps of the second Founders and Funders event in Toronto. In part one, we talked with one of the organizers. In this second installment, we talk to one of the entrepreneurs who was at the event.
Stuart MacDonald is the founder of Tripharbor.com (Tripharbour.ca for Canadians), [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.favvas.com/2008/06/19/video-interview-with-stuart-macdonald-of-tripharbourcom-founders-and-funders-part-2-of-3/</link>
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		<title>Founders and Funders Toronto video recap (Part 1 of 3)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The second Toronto edition of Founders and Funders event took place last week, on June 4th. The event is organized by David Crow and Jevon McDonald.
Rather than write up a big long report, I decided to continue my experiments with video by bringing a camera along to give people who did not have the chance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.favvas.com/2008/06/11/founders-and-funders-toronto-video-recap-part-1-of-3/</link>
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		<title>Lending Club Puts the Breaks on Social Lending</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In February, I blogged about how Canadian P2P lender IOU Central had suspended activity while they sorted out regulatory concerns. (They&#8217;re still not back up.)
Now, it looks like it may be Lending Club&#8217;s turn in the US. According to a notice posted on their site, they have stopped allowing their lenders to initiate loans via [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.favvas.com/2008/04/08/lending-club-puts-the-breaks-on-social-lending/</link>
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		<title>Lost in the Mail: HSBC Loses Disk With Personal Data on 370,000 Insurance Customers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to this Bloomberg report, HSBC, Europe&#8217;s biggest bank, mailed a disk containing personal information from one city to another. But it didn&#8217;t make it there. And the data on it was not encrypted.
The disk, sent unregistered to Swiss Reinsurance Co., contained password-protected details including customers&#8217; names, life-insurance cover levels, birthdates and smoking status, London-based [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.favvas.com/2008/04/07/lost-in-the-mail-hsbc-loses-disk-with-personal-data-on-370000-insurance-customers/</link>
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		<title>Why I Think Google Will Offer Free Hosting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[About a month ago I had coffee with a friend, a systems administrator who pitched me on his plan to provide managed web services for clients. Where was he going to host everything? He had a relationship with a local data center. Who in their right mind would invest in hosting infrastructure, I asked him, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.favvas.com/2008/03/31/why-i-think-google-will-offer-free-hosting/</link>
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		<title>Help Emru Townsend Find a Bone Marrow Donor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Montreal animation writer and blogger Emru Townsend has been diagnosed with leukemia and needs a bone marrow donor. Emru needs your help.
Finding out if you&#8217;re a match requires just a cheek swab or simple blood test, and you are not under any obligation to follow through later.
Emru&#8217;s chances of finding a suitable donor are complicated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.favvas.com/2008/03/29/help-emru-townsend-find-a-bone-marrow-donor/</link>
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		<title>First TwittYul, Meetup of Montreal Twitterers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first TwittYul was last night. Sylvain Carle, who organized it, says that TwittYul was just like Twitter, with people popping in and out of unstructured conversations.
Here&#8217;s the list of people who were there:
@mikelbyl
@georgefavvas
@adamsimms
@zelnox
@afrognthevalley
@dmireault
@coolaid
@mcdoyon
@millette
@fbrunel
@nikolai35
@30sleeps
@johnbaku
@emjcox
@aranr
@cb
@inevernu
@sammyqc
If you&#8217;re not on the list aboce, or if you&#8217;re in Montreal but were not able to make it, leave your Twitter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.favvas.com/2008/03/28/first-twittyul-meetup-of-montreal-twitterers/</link>
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		<title>Microsoft Acquires Technology and Team from Montreal-based Credentica</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft this morning announced that it has acquired the technology and patents of Credentica, a Montreal-based provider of identity management solutions. The team, led by Stefan Brands, will join Microsoft&#8217;s Identity and Access Group.
(More blog coverage from Microsofties Kim Cameron and Adam Shostack, and on Stefan Brands&#8216; own blog)
Brands is the inventor of private credentials [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.favvas.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-acquires-technology-and-team-from-montreal-based-credentica/</link>
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		<title>Regulators force Canadian P2P lender IOU Central to suspend activity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past five or so years, the Internet has radically changed the way most industries (from content, to music, to travel) function. Central to this wave of change is a shift of power from large institutions to consumers. The financial industry is one of the last bastions where old-school business models still reign supreme.
But [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.favvas.com/2008/02/29/regulators-force-canadian-p2p-lender-iou-central-to-suspend-activity/</link>
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