Mike Wheatley
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Ever had that feeling that you’re being watched? Well, if you’re one of those people who likes to save on money by downloading torrent files, then your suspicions might just be correct. This is especially true if you happen to download your …
State Governments Urged To Adopt Big Data Strategies
IT experts are urging state governments to begin laying the foundations so that big data can be utilized for the public good at the earliest opportunity. The report, Is Big Data a Big Deal for State Governments?, was put out by the …
BitFloor Bites The Dust Following $250,000 Virtual Heist
A major Bitcoin currency exchange, BitFloor, has been shut down following an online ‘heist’ that saw 24,000 units of virtual currency, worth around $250,000, stolen from its servers. BitCoins, as the currency is known, are used in online transactions and trades and …
40% Of Mobile Ad Clicks Are Worthless
As if figuring out mobile advertising wasn’t hard enough in the first place, researchers are now claiming that a huge proportion – as many as 40% – of all mobile ad clicks are completely worthless. New research by the German mobile marketing …
FBI Denies Stolen Apple Codes Link
Hackers continue to hog the headlines this morning, with fresh doubts being cast on the origin of over a million Apple UDID codes that were allegedly stolen from an FBI agent’s laptop before being posted online by AntiSec. Late last night, the …
ClassedIn: The New Learning Social Network That’s Set To Take Education By Storm
Imagine this: Students, teachers, parents, all connected on a safe social networking platform, which allows document sharing for homework and assignments, provides online testing, a massive educational library, and real-time interactions – wouldn’t that be a great idea? Well, it already is, …
Hack Attacks, Cyber Wars, Data Theft… Just A Normal Day At The Office
It’s been a rip-roaring 24 hours or so in the hacktivist world, with dozens of Swedish government websites being forced offline in suspected DDoS attacks; Armenia and Azerbaijan engaging in Cyber-Wars, and the hacker group AntiSec stealing over 12 million Apple device …
Apple Shoots Down App That Tracks Military Drone Strikes
iPhone apps fit into just about every category there is, include media and games apps to keep us entertained, social apps that let us stay connected, and news apps that keep us informed about what’s going on in the world. Josh Begley, …
Big Brother’s Big Data: Just Go With The Flow
There are plenty of reasons to be paranoid about the government’s use of big data and how authorities could one day use it to control every aspect of our lives. This is the ultimate fear of many (usually the same people who …
Watch What You Think: Scientists Can Now Hack Into Your Brain
There’s nothing quite like the privacy of our own minds. It’s the most secure place we can ever go to, an intimate place where we can store our darkest secrets and safely think even the most unspeakable of thoughts. Of course, we …