CNetNews.com has dug up the “Silicon Alley 100” list for 2007 before its official debut. You can view the list of NY’s 100 most important tech influencers here.
In a different article on CNetNews.com, iMEGA chairman Joe Brennan today discusses the “recent antagonistic stance that government in the United States has taken toward social networking” and its “potential fallout.” Brennan points out that, for example, legislation proposed earlier this year in North Carolina “would not create any additional safeguards for minors”, but certainly “
InfoWorld reports that “Finnish security vendor F-Secure has collected twice as many malicious software samples this year than it has over the last 20 years, a trend that highlights the growing danger of malicious software on the Internet. Through the end of 2006 and 20 years prior, F-Secure counted a total of 250,000 samples, said Mikko Hypponen, F-Secure’s chief research officer. This year alone, 250,000 samples have been counted, he said. […] [O]ther security vendors have also noted the flood of new malware on the Internet over the last few years. Symantec said earlier this year that it detected 212,101 new malicious code threats between January and June, an increase of 185 percent over the same period a year prior.”
The Wall Street Journal writes that “Li Ka-shing’s interest in Facebook Inc., which aligns with a number of his other recent new-media investments, gives Facebook more funding for its growth efforts and could help the start-up with its coming international expansion. The Hong Kong billionaire has acquired a 0.4% stake in the social-networking site for $60 million, according to people familiar with the matter.”
Businessweek has an interesting article today on the World Economic Forum’s annual “tech pioneer” prizes.