Kyt Dotson, Author at SiliconANGLE

Critical Adobe Reader Zero-day Vulnerability Seen in the Wild

By Kyt Dotson Dec 7, 2011

Yesterday, researchers at the Lockheed Martin Computer Incident Response Team (CRT) and members of the Defense Security Information Exchange informed Adobe that their products were being exploited by hackers. The exploit affects all versions…

Despite Setbacks Nexon Sets $1.2 billion IPO for Dec. 14

By Kyt Dotson Dec 7, 2011

With the upcoming Zynga IPO—and the subsequent roller-coaster ride of scheduling, rescheduling, and then getting raked through the mud—the massively-multiplayer gaming front almost feels like it’s a little bleak but for the drama of…

The Strange History of SMS as Text Messaging Turns 19

By Kyt Dotson Dec 6, 2011

As communication protocols go, SMS (or Short Message Service) hails from a Nordic birthplace, the same land that brought us Nokia, the once (and hopefully future) king of mobile. The protocol has a deep…

Microsoft Debuts New Xbox 360 Experience: Energizes TV-Viewing, Social Gaming, Kinect Voice Control

By Kyt Dotson Dec 5, 2011

Microsoft has fastened the armor on the Xbox, donned their helmet, and grabbed their jousting lance, and thrust their ever-popular console into the arena where it’s certain to dominate as the entertainment-center of the…

Mars Rover Curiosity Equipped with Laser Death Ray for Science!

By Kyt Dotson Dec 2, 2011

In 247 days, about the beginning of next year’s autumn, NASA’s newest robotic observer, Curiosity, will land on Martian soil. Any science fiction reader who has studied astronomy and followed humanity’s ever expanding interest…

Verizon Xbox LIVE FiOS TV Lackluster on Broadcast Content

By Kyt Dotson Dec 2, 2011

It looks like Verizon has taken a leap towards making their FiOS TV service a reality via Xbox LIVE thus sealing the dominance of the Xbox as an Internet TV platform and a major…

Augmented Reality Chipsets from Intel Integrated by Total Immersion

By Kyt Dotson Dec 1, 2011

The field of augmented reality is becoming an important part of the mobile ecology. Enabling tablets, smartphones and other mobile devices to “see” and overlay reality with meta-information. Total Immersion, an outfit who write…

Facebook Fattens Up Status Update Character Limit from 5K to 60K+

By Kyt Dotson Dec 1, 2011

In what almost feels like an exponential progression, Facebook has updated their previous 5,000 character limit to a whopping 60,000 characters. The change was first discovered by All Facebook on the Facebook+Journalists page announcing…

Microsoft Boasts Biggest Sales Week in Xbox History, 1 Million Consoles Sold

By Kyt Dotson Nov 30, 2011

The Xbox 360 has been out for almost seven years—that’s also how old Blizzard’s colossal MMO World of Warcraft is—and it’s still going extremely strong. According to the Official Microsoft Blog, last week closed…

Carrier IQ Android App Caught Secretly Logging Keypresses, HTTPS Queries

By Kyt Dotson Nov 30, 2011

A recent YouTube video posted Monday by Trevor Eckhart, an Android app developer, says that a particularly popular app that hides from plain view and watches everything that happens on the phone. During the…

Kyt Dotson

Critical Adobe Reader Zero-day Vulnerability Seen in the Wild

The Strange History of SMS as Text Messaging Turns 19

Mars Rover Curiosity Equipped with Laser Death Ray for Science!

Verizon Xbox LIVE FiOS TV Lackluster on Broadcast Content

Augmented Reality Chipsets from Intel Integrated by Total Immersion

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