30 richest techies in the world

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At RSA Conference, Android security chief discusses how Google fights malware Final thoughts on the RSA Conference Network World Daily News AM March 06, 2014 Share this email 30 richest techies in the world Forbes came out with its list of billionaires and techies make an impressive showing on the list. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. At RSA Conference, Android security chief discusses how Google fights malware 2. Final thoughts on the RSA Conference 3. Comcast is turning Chicago homes into public Wi-Fi hotspots 4. US intelligence group wants software to decide who is trustworthy 5. Readers react to RadioShack closing 1,110 stores 6. Long live PaaS - CloudBees gets $11M infusion 7. Linux Foundation to offer introductory Linux MOOC on edX 8. Stanford team tries for zippier Wi-Fi in crowded buildings 9. CIO not the only one to blame for Target breach 10. Red Hat to take on Microsoft with .NET hosted service 11. CyberLocker's success will fuel future copycats 12. Cisco execs address defective memory component issues with routers, switches 13. Cisco revamps enterprise product pricing 14. Stephen Colbert pitches own security solution at RSA Conference 15. NASA revels in ”Gravity” 16. 10 attempts to reinvent the world that flopped RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Wireless Infrastructure Seminar - Atlanta Network World Announces a New Seminar Wireless Infrastructure: Optimizing Performance for the Modern Network. April 29, 2014 Grand Hyatt Atlanta Buckhead. Free seminar. Register Now. At RSA Conference, Android security chief discusses how Google fights malware Android Security chief discusses new technology that "looks for the malware needle in the haystack" during a retrospective of the Masterkey Vulnerability. READ MORE Final thoughts on the RSA Conference The RSA Security conference 2014 has come and gone, and based upon my experiences in San Francisco, it certainly appears like we are in an "industrial revolution" as information security activity, innovation, and investment continue to grow. READ MORE Comcast is turning Chicago homes into public Wi-Fi hotspots Comcast recently launched a new project to leverage "hundreds of thousands" of Chicago residential customers' equipment for public Wi-Fi hotspots available to Comcast customers who happen to be walking through these neighborhoods, the Chicago Tribune reported today. READ MORE US intelligence group wants software to decide who is trustworthy In the security business one can never have enough trust. And one government group now wants your help in developing a software program that could help decide who's trustworthy and who isn't. READ MORE Readers react to RadioShack closing 1,110 stores Yesterday I posted a personal anecdote in response to the news that RadioShack would be closing 1,100 stores in the U.S. ... and a handful of readers reacted with stories of their own in comments: 'Just an annex for cell phone companies' READ MORE WHITE PAPER: VMware Ebook: A Guide to Hybrid Cloud Hybrid cloud allows you to augment your internal data center resources, providing a flexible and cost-effective solution for a variety of use cases. This eBook presents an inside-out approach for extending your data center to the cloud. Learn more! Long live PaaS - CloudBees gets $11M infusion About that whole "PaaS is dying" thing... READ MORE Linux Foundation to offer introductory Linux MOOC on edX The Linux Foundation will offer a Linux development course on edX, the massive open online course (MOOC) platform developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. The move is part of an edX effort, announced Thursday, to expand its course offerings to include content from nonacademic institutions. All edX content previously came from the nonprofit's 32 member schools, which include the University of California, Berkeley; Dartmouth College and McGill University. READ MORE Stanford team tries for zippier Wi-Fi in crowded buildings Having lots of Wi-Fi networks packed into a condominium or apartment building can hurt everyone's wireless performance, but Stanford University researchers say they've found a way to turn crowding into an advantage. READ MORE CIO not the only one to blame for Target breach That someone had to take the fall for the massive breach at Target is neither surprising nor unexpected. The only question is whether more heads will roll in the aftermath of one the biggest data compromises in retail history. READ MORE Red Hat to take on Microsoft with .NET hosted service Challenging Microsoft's Windows Azure on its own turf, Red Hat is ramping up services that would offer Microsoft .NET and SQL Server capabilities on its OpenShift platform as a service (PaaS). READ MORE WEBCAST: IBM Increasing the Value of Your Reports and Dashboards Learn how incorporating other analytical capabilities such as predictive modeling and visualization can increase the value of your reports and dashboards by providing insight from complex data or predicting a future outcome. Register Now CyberLocker's success will fuel future copycats Nothing spurs malware development like success and that's likely to be the case in the coming months with ransomware. READ MORE Cisco execs address defective memory component issues with routers, switches Cisco executives in a roundtable session with reporters this week addressed the industry’s memory component degradation issue in products developed between 2005 and 2010. Cisco’s taking a $655 million charge to address remediation actions customers are taking to replace products that include the defective memory components. READ MORE Cisco revamps enterprise product pricing SAN JOSE -- In an effort simplify enterprise customer procurements, Cisco is implementing a licensing model for data center, WAN and access product purchases. READ MORE Stephen Colbert pitches own security solution at RSA Conference Stephen Colbert’s pitch for new data security company “Cloud Fog” and other highlights from RSA Conference keynote in San Francisco. READ MORE NASA revels in ”Gravity” NASA celebrates Sandra Bullock, George Clooney's space movie "Gravity" after it gets seven Oscars READ MORE 10 attempts to reinvent the world that flopped Every startup founder dreams of changing the world, and sometimes it works. But more often, even the best ideas run into resistance and obstacles from unexpected sources. 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