Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Amazon’s Cloudfront DNS goes cold turkey on eve of Thanksgiving

By Mike Wheatley Nov 27, 2014

It was only a couple of weeks ago that Microsoft’s Azure was hit by an extended global outage that took its cloud services offline for several hours. Now, just before Thanksgiving, Amazon Web Services…

‘Charted’ makes beautiful data visualizations in seconds

By Mike Wheatley Nov 26, 2014

Web publishing startup Medium has unveiled a handy new data visualization tool called Charted that allows anyone to make beautiful charts in seconds. Medium says Charted was initially built by its Product Science team…

IDC: Tablet sales set to slow dramatically

By Mike Wheatley Nov 26, 2014

International Data Corporation says it’s looking gloomy on the horizon for tablet vendors. The market watcher believes that growth in sales of tablets and ‘hybrid’ tablet/computers is set to slow dramatically next year. “The…

HP’s profits decline but analysts remain optimistic over split

By Mike Wheatley Nov 26, 2014

Just one month after announcing its plans to split into two new companies, Hewlett-Packard Co. has reported a 2% decline in its Q4 revenues, missing analysts estimates and causing its share price to plummet.…

Ever wondered why iCloud sucks? It’s an organizational thing

By Mike Wheatley Nov 25, 2014

Even the most passionate Apple fanboys will admit that the company’s iCloud serve can be a bit temperamental. Whether it’s the layout, syncing or security issues, iCloud just isn’t as good as similar cloud…

FAA shoots down commercial drone use with tough rule proposals

By Mike Wheatley Nov 25, 2014

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is expected to announce rules governing commerical drone use in the near future, but it’s unlikely enthusiasts are going to welcome them. That’s because the FAA’s rules are going…

Docker discovers critical flaws: Users urged to upgrade

By Mike Wheatley Nov 25, 2014

As the Docker container craze continues to gather pace, it’s a foregone conclusion that vulnerabilities in the technology will emerge. Docker containers sprung their first major leak back in June when a quickly patched…

Mozilla’s revenues stay flat: Is Firefox destined to flop?

By Mike Wheatley Nov 24, 2014

The Mozilla Foundation released its annual financial report for 2013 last Friday, and it wasn’t exactly good news. With revenues increasing by just one percent from the year before, and it’s main benefactor Google…

Analysts: Windows Phone will surpass Android in the enterprise

By Mike Wheatley Nov 24, 2014

The fortune tellers over at CCS Insight are forecasting good things for Microsoft, claiming its Windows Phone OS is set to become the number two platform for enterprise users by 2016. Speaking to The…

Symantec unearths sophisticated malware that’s been in the wild for at least 6 years

By Mike Wheatley Nov 24, 2014

Researchers from the security firm Symantec Corp. have uncovered evidence of “highly advanced malware” in the wild. They believe the virus was developed by a nation-state state to spy on targets in various industries,…

Mike Wheatley

Amazon’s Cloudfront DNS goes cold turkey on eve of Thanksgiving

‘Charted’ makes beautiful data visualizations in seconds

IDC: Tablet sales set to slow dramatically

HP’s profits decline but analysts remain optimistic over split

FAA shoots down commercial drone use with tough rule proposals

Docker discovers critical flaws: Users urged to upgrade

Mozilla’s revenues stay flat: Is Firefox destined to flop?

Analysts: Windows Phone will surpass Android in the enterprise

Symantec unearths sophisticated malware that’s been in the wild for at least 6 years

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