ITworld Tonight | | Dozens of companies in St. Louis can't hire good programmers. It isn't from lack of trying, or resources: they have the money, the open positions, and the need. The problem in the past has been explained that either they can't find them or don't know where to look. But there is a third possibility: the coders exist, they just need some training to get started. That is where an effort called LaunchCode comes into play. | | Issue highlights 1. 2014 South by Southwest's most intriguing speakers 2. 7 new faces of the C-suite 3. Microsoft Patch Tuesday rounds up IE flaws 4. Startups vie to evaluate credit risk using Facebook profiles 5. Is Android the future of Microsoft? 6. Italian police investigate Skype use for 'porno blackmail' 7. Crane, sensor systems are key to removing Fukushima fuel rods 8. 7 things you need to know about WhatsApp 9. Strike at IBM's China factory falters as hundreds quit jobs | Austin's annual film, music and interactive event pulling in bigger names than ever. READ MORE | Chief Digital Officer, Chief Marketing Office and Chief People Officer are just a few of the new faces being introduced into C-suites around the globe. Spoiler alert: We're still waiting for the emergence of the Chief Martini Officer. READ MORE | Microsoft issues its penultimate round of patches for Windows XP. READ MORE | Two companies using Facebook profiles to generate credit scores, their stands side by side at Cebit, are chasing different customers -- although they are competitors in the trade show's Code_n startup contest. READ MORE | In today's open source roundup: Will the failure of mobile Windows push Microsoft into embracing Android? Plus: Is there too much hate for Ubuntu among Linux users? And a sneak peek at version 14.04 of Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Kubuntu and Ubuntu GNOME. READ MORE | Italian police in Genoa have opened an investigation into the use of Skype to trap victims into online sexual indiscretions, which are recorded and used as a pretext for extortion. READ MORE | While Japan on Tuesday marked the third anniversary of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that left over 18,000 dead or missing, a huge crane has been quietly moving fuel rods out of a pool at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. READ MORE | WhatsApp may have the most users but it's clearly not the only messaging app out there. In fact, it faces at least 50 competitors. So what makes WhatsApp a $19 billion baby? READ MORE | Hundreds of striking workers at an IBM server factory in China have decided to leave their jobs, disappointed with the U.S. company and the wages they will get once Lenovo takes over the factory. READ MORE | | | | | |
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