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This seems rather extreme

A “Top News” tweet from TechCrunch, pictured above, informs me that Alaska Airlines is killing off Virgin America … and Richard Branson?

Clicking through reveals a less gruesome reality.

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If you’re interested in Alaska Airlines’ reasoning, which does not threaten Richard Branson, here is a company blog post.

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As third RSA Conference without ‘booth babes’ nears, no one seems to miss them

In March 2015, RSA Conference organizers made news by contractually insisting that vendors pitch their security wares without the help of “booth babes,” a first such ban for the technology industry.

Next week’s RSAC in San Francisco will be the third without the babes, so I checked in with event staff to see if the policy had evolved at all and how it has been accepted by various stake-holders.  

Here’s how the contract language read in 2015:

All Expo staff are expected to dress in business and/or business casual attire. Exhibitors should ensure that the attire of al staff they deploy at their booth (whether the exhibitor’s direct employees or their contractors) be considered appropriate in a professional environment. Attire of an overly revealing or suggestive nature is not permitted. Examples of such attire may include but are not restricted to:

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Network World Paul McNamara

Apple iOS 10 Jailbreak Seems Possible, iOS Hacker Confirms

(Photo by Stephen Lam/Getty Images) Now that the iOS has already been released, there are people having jailbreaking concerns, this is after the latest jailbreak tool from Pangu was rendered useless by the next iOS update. Luckily, popular iOS hacker Luca …
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Ukraine Power Grid Hack, All May Not be What it Seems – Hacked


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Ukraine Power Grid Hack, All May Not be What it Seems
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Furthermore, malware is software open to being reverse engineered and repurposed, akin to firing a missile into enemy territory with the blueprints to its construction attached. We have seen this in the past with Stuxnet, Duqu and Flame. Prophetically

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