Kyt Dotson

Kyt Dotson is a Senior Editor at SiliconAngle and works to cover beats surrounding DevOps, security, gaming, and cutting edge technology. Before joining SiliconAngle, Kyt worked as a software engineer starting at Motorola in Q&A to eventually settle at Pets911.com where he helped build a vast database for pet adoption and a lost and found system. Kyt is a published author who writes science fiction and fantasy works that incorporate ideas from modern-day technological innovation and explore the outcome of living with those technologies.

Latest from Kyt Dotson

AT&T Considers Six-Strikes Anti-Piracy Policy in the United States

NEWS By KYT DOTSON14 YEARS AGO

November 28 will mark the date that AT&T will start sending out anti-piracy warning notices to its subscribers who get flagged for copyright violations. In the wake of these notices repeated offenders will be sanctioned by having “the access to frequently visited …

Microsoft Prototypes Bulky But Cool Hand Gesture Sensor Bracelet

NEWS By KYT DOTSON14 YEARS AGO

One of the challenges with augmented reality and human computer interaction is having a wearable computer connect with the human—for most mobile phones this is a tiny keyboard, a bunch of buttons, or a touch screen. However, with innovations such as Google …

Trend Micro Identifies “lol profile” Malware Spreading via Skype as DORKBOT

NEWS By KYT DOTSON14 YEARS AGO

If you use Skype, you’ve likely been privy to an odd message coming from some of your contacts that says, “lol is this your new profile pic?” The explosion of this Trojan through various gaming communities was covered by SiliconANGLE earlier; but …

Windows 8 App Marketplace Rings Death Knell for Microsoft Points

NEWS By KYT DOTSON14 YEARS AGO

It’s been a long rumor in coming but it’s finally been confirmed that Microsoft Points are being phased out in favor of cash transactions and it’s going to start with Windows 8. Microsoft has already started to remove MS Points as the …

Skype “lol profile” Trojan Spreads Like Wildfire Through Gaming Community

NEWS By KYT DOTSON14 YEARS AGO

In what looks like a new veneer on an old trick, a clickjacking Trojan that takes advantage of Skype users has been spreading like a pandemic through Skype affecting largely gamers. The malware hijacks a Skype session to send the message “lol …

Xbox Election 2012 Hub Goes Into Operation During Debates, Reviews Well [UPDATED]

NEWS By KYT DOTSON14 YEARS AGO

With the US Presidential election closing in, Microsoft’s bid to provide a new form of interactive polling, the Election 2012 hub for Xbox has started to promote questions about the recent debates. Every night at midnight PT, the hub gets updated with …

Applicasa Gives Mobile Game Developers a Monetization Platform

NEWS By KYT DOTSON14 YEARS AGO

Currently, a shift is happening in the mobile and social gaming experience away from making money by having would-be players download games (a one time purchase) towards keeping them on in a continuing social experience. In this way, a game can be …

3D Printed Gun Project Hits Setback When Printer is Repossessed

NEWS By KYT DOTSON14 YEARS AGO

Cody Wilson, a law student at the University of Texas at Austin, discovered his project to attempt to created a 3D printed gun with a leased uPrint SE 3D printer suddenly cut short when the company that leased the printer to him …

Bitcoin Foundation Flexes PR Muscles for Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin Gets Futures Market

NEWS By KYT DOTSON14 YEARS AGO

Looks like Bitcoin is getting itself a little more news recently with the formation of the Bitcoin Foundation—a recently formed PR organization seeking to clean up the bad reputation that the cryptocurency has gained in the wake of numerous hacks of trading …

Notch of Minecraft Fame Reignites Indie Gamer Issues with Windows 8

NEWS By KYT DOTSON14 YEARS AGO

As Microsoft continues to prepare Windows 8 for its eventual launch, more and more game developers in the indie spotlight have continued to highlight problems that they see potential in the platform. The most recent has been Markus “Notch” Presson of Minecraft …

Kyt Dotson

Latest from Kyt Dotson

AT&T Considers Six-Strikes Anti-Piracy Policy in the United States

Microsoft Prototypes Bulky But Cool Hand Gesture Sensor Bracelet

Trend Micro Identifies “lol profile” Malware Spreading via Skype as DORKBOT

Windows 8 App Marketplace Rings Death Knell for Microsoft Points

Skype “lol profile” Trojan Spreads Like Wildfire Through Gaming Community

Xbox Election 2012 Hub Goes Into Operation During Debates, Reviews Well [UPDATED]

Applicasa Gives Mobile Game Developers a Monetization Platform

3D Printed Gun Project Hits Setback When Printer is Repossessed

Bitcoin Foundation Flexes PR Muscles for Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin Gets Futures Market

Notch of Minecraft Fame Reignites Indie Gamer Issues with Windows 8

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