Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Yahoo! investors agitate for a change of leadership

By Mike Wheatley Jan 7, 2016

The so-called activist investment firm Starboard Value LP is agitating for a complete overhaul of the management at Yahoo! Inc., claiming that the venerable Web giant is leaking cash with no recovery in sight.…

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Microsoft’s about to bid farewell to IE 8, 9 and 10

By Mike Wheatley Jan 6, 2016

Microsoft will drop support for several iterations of its Internet Explorer browser from Tuesday next week. On January 12, Microsoft will introduce a new policy on browser support, which means that most older version…

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Microsoft & Rambus team up to build quantum computing memory

By Mike Wheatley Jan 6, 2016

Semiconductor and IP technology vendor Rambus Inc. has revealed it’s collaborating with Microsoft Research to explore future memory requirements for quantum computing. The company announced the new partnership just before the holidays, saying that…

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Snapchat said to be developing an API for advertising

By Mike Wheatley Jan 6, 2016

Snapchat Inc. is reported to be holding discussions with various advertising agencies about building an API for its popular messenger app. If it did so, it would be the first time Snapchat has moved…

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Bidders bide their time as Dell’s Perot Systems goes up for auction

By Mike Wheatley Jan 6, 2016

Dell Inc.’s announcement that it wants to auction off Perot Systems, its healthcare IT consulting business, has led to a frenzy of speculation regarding prospective buyers, with at least four companies said to be interested. Dell…

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Diane Greene took $148.6M from Google and donated it all to charity

By Mike Wheatley Jan 5, 2016

Google’s new parent company Alphabet Inc. revealed today that it paid a whopping $380.2 million to acquire Bebop Technologies, the startup most recently led by its new cloud boss and ex-Vmware Inc. founder Diane…

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Intel snaps up drone maker Ascending Technologies

By Mike Wheatley Jan 4, 2016

Intel just can’t get enough of drones lately. Following on from last year’s $60 million investment in Hong Kong-based Yuneec International, the chip maker now says it’s going to acquire Germany’s Ascending Technologies GmbH…

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Microsoft claims Windows 10 growth is faster than any previous version

By Mike Wheatley Jan 4, 2016

Microsoft reckons Windows 10 is getting off to a flying start, and is now installed on upwards of 200 million devices. The boast comes just after Internet analytics firm Net Applications posted data showing…

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Sizing up the public cloud: Microsoft bets on the hybrid horse

By Mike Wheatley Jan 4, 2016

One of a series of articles analyzing the strategies the largest public cloud vendors are using to court enterprise customers. Previous installments looked at Amazon Web Services, IBM, Google and Oracle. While many cite Amazon Web…

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Windows 10 is rapidly gaining on Windows XP

By Mike Wheatley Jan 3, 2016

Microsoft will be quietly pleased to learn that Windows 10 is inching closer to surpassing the venerable Windows XP operating system in terms of desktop market share. End of year stats from Internet analytics…

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Yahoo! investors agitate for a change of leadership

Microsoft’s about to bid farewell to IE 8, 9 and 10

Microsoft & Rambus team up to build quantum computing memory

Snapchat said to be developing an API for advertising

Bidders bide their time as Dell’s Perot Systems goes up for auction

Intel snaps up drone maker Ascending Technologies

Microsoft claims Windows 10 growth is faster than any previous version

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