First Data is run by Michael Capellas, the quirky former chief executive of computer maker Compaq and telecom outfit MCI in its post-WorldCom incarnation.
Presenters include Andrew House, president and group chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
Some corporations will also be concerned, said Chris Wysopal, chief technology officer of computer security consultant Veracode.
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So they conducted a "virtual teardown" to come up with an estimate of what it costs to build the tablet computer Apple Chief Steve Jobs announced last month.
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One of the first calls Bob Longo, a former sales chief for the failed computer company Jobs founded called NeXT Computer, made after getting diagnosed with cancer was to Jobs. (They shared the same oncologist and radiologist.) The pair kept in touch, Longo recalled to the Pittsburgh Business Times, and Longo received an exuberant e-mail from Jobs after telling him the news that Longo's surgery was successful.
Since founder Michael Dell returned to his computer company as chief executive in January 2007, there have been many promises of a turnaround.
"It's part of this overall story that the Chinese want to know what the West thinks of them, " said Richard Bejtlich, chief security officer with the computer-security company Mandiant Corp.
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"We are delighted to offer the Hulu Plus preview starting today on PlayStation 3 and that PlayStation 3 will be the only console to offer Hulu Plus in 2010, " said Jack Tretton, president and chief executive officer, Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC.
This plan is also how you could turn GM's impossibly broad lineup of cars into an unmatchable asset. n Michael Eisner, chairman and CEO of Walt Disney: Buy Apple Computer, and tell your board that the brilliant Steve Jobs is your successor. n Steve Jobs, chairman of Pixar Studios, chairman and interim chief executive officer of Apple Computer: Steve, take Eisner's offer.
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Brockman, 18, Pinpoint's chief technological officer, has done computer programming since he was 10.
Wadhwani, born in India 52 years ago and schooled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, had founded a software firm (since sold to ABB of Switzerland) and was chief executive of Cimflex Technology (computer-assisted manufacturing) before founding Aspect in Mountain View, California, in 1991.
Robert McCormick, the chief executive of Savvis Communications, a computer networking firm, is accusing the club of fraud.
The chief executive of Arm Holdings, whose computer chip technology powers Apple and Samsung smartphones, is retiring after 12 years in the role.
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Richard Bejtlich, chief security officer at Mandiant, a computer-security company, said that in cases handled by his firm where intrusions were traced back to Chinese hackers, 94% of the targeted companies didn't realize they had been breached until someone else told them.
According to L'Express, even the computer of Mr Sarkozy's chief of staff, Xavier Musca, was hacked.
Mr May is now a professor of computer science at Bristol University and chief technology officer at Xmos.
"My parents and teachers recognised I was something special, " says Tulsi, who won a prize and a personal computer donated by Bihar's chief minister in 1996.
The company has a new chief, thanks in part to former Dell Computer chairman Morton Topfer, who bought 2.7% of Measurement last December and joined the board.
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