Mike Wheatley
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Microsoft just became a much nicer place to work
Microsoft employees woke up to some good news this morning, when bosses sent out a company-wide email announcing the end of its despised “stack ranking” review system for workers’ performance. The email, which was obtained by the ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley, came from Lisa Brummel, executive VP of Redmond’s human resources department, and explained that ...
Hong Kong Bitcoin site GBL goes missing along with $4.1M in investors’ cash
Bitcoin’s popularity in China has exploded in recent months, but its not just investors who’ve been tempted by the profit potential of digital currency trading – now it seems that scammers and fraudsters are every bit as keen to get in on the act, having recently made off with millions of dollars worth of Chinese ...
Apple Maps is back on track, fast catching up with Google Maps on iOS
Apple Maps has been subject to all kinds of jeering and finger pointing over the last year or so, and for good reason too – its made numerous high profile mishaps since it was first released. For example, the app was said to be potentially “life threatening” by police in Australia after a number of ...
How GCHQ faked LinkedIn and Slashdot to hack Belgacom, OPEC & others
Last September, Belgacom, one of the leading telecommunications providers in Belgium, reported that its systems had been infiltrated by a western intelligence agency. This was big news for a couple of reasons – one, because Belgacom provides internet access to dozens of key EU institutions based in its capital city Brussels; and two, because of ...
Microsoft shouldn’t ditch Bing or the Xbox: It’s not just about the money
There’s been lots of talk over the future direction of Microsoft over the last week, with shortlists of CEO candidates being drawn up and rumors that whoever takes over might decide to drop some of its less-profitable business, including the Xbox console and its search engine Bing. Last Friday, the big story was a report ...
China’s military hacks ongoing, driven deeper underground
And now, thanks to the NSA, we can’t even take the moral high ground… The public exposure of Chinese military hacking group PLA Unit 61398, also known as APT1 or Comment Crew, has done nothing to stop its activities, merely driving its members further underground, warns a new US congressional report. It was almost ...
Otoy introduces ORBX.js, brings cloud-based graphics processing to any browser
LA-based graphics company Otoy has teamed up with software giants Mozilla and Autodesk to deliver state-of-the-art graphics and gaming applications running on AWS that can be accessed from any web browser. According to Otoy’s press release: “By deploying a high-performance, pre-configured ‘OctaneCloud Workstation’ AMI [Amazon Machine Image], design and engineering professionals can access Autodesk 3DS ...
Intel wants inside the Internet of Things
In a few years time, you won’t be able to walk from the bedroom to the living room without falling over half a dozen devices that are connected to the web. For some, that might already be the case – if not, just give it some time. Smartphones, watches (Galaxy Gear) and glasses (Google Glass) ...
Twitter IPO: 3 things investors might not know
Twitter has finally announced how much it plans to sell its shares for, with stock going on sale at $26 a pop on the New York Stock Exchange from the start of today’s trading. In what’s billed as the biggest tech IPO since Facebook’s dismal debut on NASDAQ around 18 months ago, Twitter said it ...
Canada’s government said ‘no way’ to Lenovo’s BlackBerry takeover
BlackBerry’s troubled businesses might be on life support these days, but that hasn’t stopped a flurry of reports covering its ongoing troubles this week. First up was the news that Fairfax Financial Holdings, the company set to takeover BlackBerry for $4.7 billion, failed to raise the necessary cash, causing the deal to collapse. As a ...
