Netflix is nearing two decades as a service, but if feels that the simplified streaming service has been around for time immemorial. However, you still have to pay for it every month, and the price keeps going up. If you win this week’s GeekWire Giveaway, you can...
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How Rainier created its first new beer in 20 years, using clues from 1930s
Rainier Brewing Co. decided to get crafty with its first new beer release in nearly 20 years, and to do so the brewer reached back...
Dozens of companies breached through SAP bug patched years ago
More than 36 organizations—some in the gas, telecommunications, and steel manufacturing industries—have been breached by attackers exploiting a vulnerability in older SAP business applications that gives them remote access to highly confidential data, the US government-sponsored CERT warned Wednesday.
The attacks were carried out over the past three years by attackers exploiting the "invoker servlet," which is a...
50 & 100 Years Ago
Nature 532 449 doi: 10.1038/532449a
Jon Zimmerman, CEO of Seattle startup Front Desk, passes away suddenly at 47 years old
Jon Zimmerman, the CEO of Seattle startup Front Desk, passed away suddenly Monday of...
Brazen no more, makers of account-draining bank trojan get 24 years
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Two men who built and sold a banking trojan that infected more than 50 million computers around the world and caused almost $ 1 billion in losses have been sentenced to a combined 24 years in prison.
Aleksandr Andreevich Panin, the chief developer and distributor of SpyEye, received a sentence of nine years...
50 & 100 Years Ago
Nature 532 185 doi: 10.1038/532185a
Predictions: Here’s what the Seattle tech scene will look like in 5 years
Last night’s GeekWire Bash, a celebration of all things geeky in Seattle, also marked the fifth anniversary of GeekWire. So we asked people to take a break from ping pong, playing...
50 & 100 Years Ago
Nature 531 452 doi: 10.1038/531452a
50 & 100 Years Ago
Nature 531 311 doi: 10.1038/531311a