TechFlash: HBO quadruples office; Hackers target health care; Startup boosts

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HBO to more than quadruple Seattle office, take over space in new Hill7 building The television network is expanding its Seattle presence by signing a lease for 112,000 square feet of office space in a Touchstone-owned building on Boren Avenue and Stewart Street. Premera breach: Are hackers targeting more health records as credit card companies improve security? Puget Sound-area health insurance company Premera Blue Cross announced this month that it was the target of a cyber security attack. Could that be where hackers focus their efforts in the future? This six-person Renton tablet startup just got a major boost from Alaska Airlines Renton-based Skycast recently landed a massive deal to build 7,000 in-flight entertainment tablets for Alaska Airlines. Is Amazon about to get classy with its biggest acquisition ever? Several news sites are reporting that Amazon is in talks to buy Net-a-Porter, a high-end fashion retailer out of London, in a multi-billion-dollar deal. Instant replay: Here's why this Seattle entrepreneur launched a new startup a month after her first failed Farmstr founder Janelle Maiocco isn't ready to give up on her dream of helping farmers — and now she says she has found a better way to do it. Sound Strategies: Inrix moves fast into heavy traffic (subscription required) Inrix CEO Bryan Mistele remembers staring at a wall in a Mercer Island boathouse as he prepared to start his company back in 2004. 'Strive to do something that feeds your soul, not your pocketbook' and other advice from women business leaders On Monday, March 30, nearly 300 people are expected to attend Mentoring Monday, an event where they'll be able to ask 42 of the region's top women executives for career advice. Here's a sneak peek at some of the mentors. Why were Bill Gates and Ben Affleck talking to Congress about foreign aid? Hollywood star Ben Affleck and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates provided star power to a Senate hearing on foreign aid by talking about their foundations' work to improve the lives of people in poor countries needs to be supported by U.S. government investments. National Tech News 'Strive to do something that feeds your soul, not your pocketbook' and other advice from women business leaders Kleiner Perkins wins sexism trial brought by Ellen Pao Counting raindrops and courting Warren Buffett — all in a day's work for Bellevue couple Kleiner Perkins wins partial verdict, jury resumes deliberations on retaliation (Correction) Other tech giants join Salesforce CEO in slamming new Indiana law Ciena stockholders endorse raise for CEO Gary Smith Twitter case may have bigger impact than Kleiner sexism lawsuit Online service that matches tenants with office space expands to Denver Colorado attorney general asks Supreme Court to toss multi-state marijuana suit Intel is in talks for its largest acquisition ever, WSJ reports

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