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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
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ITSA Day 2010 - Free & Open to the Public
October 27, 2010 all day – Reitz Union Auditorium, 2nd Floor (Univ of Florida) The 2010 University of Florida Information Security Awareness Day (ITSA Day) is packed with powerhouse speakers from Damballa, InGuardians, Secure Ideas, GFI Software, and Verizon Business. This year… Organized by ITSA | Type: conference
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Google Maps in Depth: Geocoding and Rendering
October 27, 2010 from 6pm to 8:30pm – Community Foundation of Sarasota Our June 2010 presentation used Google maps as a sample platform to discuss jQuery and Ajax. Our presentation at the Sunjug this month will examine the Google Maps API in further detail. Steve Golds… Organized by David Moskowitz | Type: meeting
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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