Back in September, a series of burglaries at a Hyatt hotel in Houston had hotel management baffled. Now they believe that the rooms were opened using a device that takes advantage of a security vulnerability in keycard locks built by the lock company Onity, and is specifically a model of lock that appears in at ...

Microsoft’s ecosystem strategy is under the microscope after a Windows phone update has failed to come to fruition, and Microsoft has officially declared that it will support its initial Surface release for only four years. Early adopters of Windows Phone 8, namely Nokia Lumia 900 users, have been disappointed once again by Microsoft. SiliconANGLE Contributing ...

Google, Apple, Ebay and Yahoo were among almost 300 sites affected by a hack attack in Pakistan. The attack was focused on highly critical vulnerabilities at PKNIC.  SiliconANGLE Contributing Editor John Casaretto compared PKNIC to GoDaddy.com; it’s the organization which manages the country’s domains, in this case, .pk web domains. Casaretto described the attacks as ...

Europe is trying to address privacy issues with a proposal that’s been termed the “right to be forgotten.” Currently, users’ internet actions, whether they be Facebook updates or online purchases, are collected by various parties. The concept of the “right to be forgotten” is a privacy issue that focuses on that data not being collected, ...

Nokia’s new maps application “Here” for iOS is available today in the App Store. SiliconANGLE News Desk Editor Kristen Nicole gave a brief review on it, saying that it’s reminiscent of Nokia’s old Symbian operating system, which is good news for the vintage Nokia audience. The navigation system includes step by step driving and walking ...

Rumors are swirling that Yahoo and Facebook may be forming an alliance to combat Google. A November 18th early morning post from The Sunday Telegraph stated that Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has been in discussions with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, about how the two companies could possibly collaborate on a web-based search engine. Putting aside ...

A survey shows that Windows users are not rushing to do Windows 8 upgrades – what’s slowing them down? An antivirus company called Avast has released results from a survey they conducted of Windows PC users. Findings show that most Windows users in the U.S. know about Windows 8 but few have immediate plans to ...

Yesterday the lock-up expiration of shares held by Facebook insiders put 777 million shares up for free trading. Expectations were high as everyone looked for signals as to Facebook’s future from inside stockholders, but there were no major stock dumps. Investment firm Andreessen Horowitz was rumored to have been selling a large portion of its ...

Big Switch Networks is looking to turn the spotlight on SDN. The virtual networking start-up launched its Open SDN product suite on Tuesday. SiliconANGLE Founder John Furrier called Software-Defined Networking the hottest new segment in the tech business right now. “This is the big trend. We are seeing a massive inflection point where software is ...

Nokia is finally “HERE” with a new mapping service. On Tuesday, they announced their new service, branded as “HERE,” which is the first location cloud to deliver world maps and location experiences across multiple screens and operating systems. SiliconANGLE News Desk Editor Kristen Nicole highlighted some of its features, such as the cross-platform ability of ...