Technology
This Hacker Wears a White Hat
Bryan Seely used to run lucrative online scams. His bid to atone could land him in prison.
IN THE SKYLINE BAR OF TOKYO’S PRINCE PARK TOWER, Rick Seely is winding down the day with a beer and some conversation. A longtime American expat nearing retirement age, Seely looks out at the megacity at dusk, the lights of nearby skyscrapers flickering on, Japans Eiffel Tower replica glowing orange. The topic at hand is…
Making IT Pay Off at Apptio
Eight years ago, Sachin Sunny Gupta was tasked with selling a company he helped manage. Having had a successful run as a serial entrepreneur, Guptas intention, once the company was sold, was to become a venture capitalist. But a client he was briefing on the sale posed a challenge that set him on a new…
On Reflection: Global Aspirations
Washington state has long enjoyed strong exports to China. It could soon benefit from easier access to some of Chinas most brilliant young engineers and scientists. Thats thanks to the establishment of the Global Innovation Exchange (GIX), an educational institute launched by the University of Washington and Beijings elite Tsinghua University. GIX will begin modestly…
Bright Idea: A New Dimension
Seattle startup Glowforge is developing a desktop laser device that can create three-dimensional objects from wood, leather, acrylic and other material. Unlike 3D printers, which build items by extruding a filament of plastic to create a three-dimensional model, Glowforges device is subtractive. It can cut three-dimensional objects from wood or metal, and cut sheets of…
Water Tech: the Next Emerging Business Cluster?
Washington state has a long history of doing things with and to water: collecting and moving it, cleaning it, putting it to work. Hydropower accounts for three-fourths of the electricity produced in this state. Irrigation water makes much of eastern Washingtons agriculture possible. Older companies like Romac Industries, the Bothell maker of water valves and…
Bright Idea: Qumulo Makes Data Storage Smarter
In this age of big data, more information is created in days than in all the centuries that went before. Whether its online retailers, cancer researchers or oil companies, every field is rushing to collect as much data as possible. As the methods of analyzing this raw information advance, however, the buckets in which the…
UW and China’s Tsinghua University team up on new master’s degree program
The University of Washington and Beijings Tsinghua University announced today the establishment of a new educational institution in Bellevue called the Global Innovation Exchange, or GIX, which will offer a masters degree program that teaches students to address real-world problems by drawing expertise from the areas of technology, design and entrepreneurship. “GIX will present students…
What women need to succeed in STEM?
The solution to the gender gap for women programmers boils down to two things: facing your fears and speaking up. So says a recent report released by the American Association of University Women (AAUW). Solving the Equation: The Variables for Womens Success in Engineering and Computing reports that by 2022, the United States will need…
Breaking the Code: Women Add New Perspective to Software Engineering
Its hard to imagine that when second-graders are learning to code and more and more young girls are choosing robotics as their favorite sport that there is still a gaping gender gap in the tech industry. But many women continue to shy away from the male-dominated tech sector for fear of geeky stereotyping and a…
Ensuring womens place in the tech revolution
While theres no easy way to bridge the gender gap in technology, the nations educators, business executives and community leaders are counting on a tech-based cradle-to-career learning culture to persuade young girls to become the next generation of programmers. The three Rs are no longer making the grade in todays tech-driven society. To be successful…
Bright Idea: Keeping Tabs on Your Credit Card’s Whereabouts
With fraud so rampant, its no wonder credit card companies are quick to freeze purchases when they spot a departure from routine by, say, noting a credit card was used hundreds of miles from home. Bellevue-based Finsphere has found a way around that inconvenience. Visa recently announced that it licensed Finsphere technology to offer what…
On Reflection: Changing the Dynamic
Jobs are the beating heart of every regional economy, providing the tax revenues and the wealth that support everything else. And when it comes to this region, technology jobs particularly in software are critical. The states information and communications technology (ICT) sector encompasses 8,610 companies that generate annual revenues of $37 billion, according to a…
Bright Idea: Steal Trap
As the number of devices connected to the internet explodes analysts estimate there will be more than 30 billion within the next five years so open many more doors through which hackers can penetrate corporate networks. The hackers who stole 40 million credit and debit card numbers from Target used information from a heating and…