Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Symantec: Wearables can be hacked to track workouts and even sexual activity

By Mike Wheatley Aug 4, 2014

Here’s some jarring news for those who love to automatically tweet and track their exercise, sleep and sex routines. Adherents of “quantified self” might learn more about themselves, but they’re also making it possible…

Researchers claim Google can predict the stock market

By Mike Wheatley Aug 4, 2014

A group of British researchers believes they can harness the power of Wikipedia and Google searches to predict where the economy is going. The research comes just a few months after Google Search’s Big…

Twitter notes sharp rise in government requests for user data

By Mike Wheatley Aug 1, 2014

Twitter has just released its latest transparency report, revealing a 50 percent rise in the number of user data requests over the last six months. A total of 54 governments made requests for data…

Microsoft ordered to let Feds snoop inside its overseas servers

By Mike Wheatley Aug 1, 2014

Microsoft has just lost a key court case that could result in it being forced to give U.S. authorities access to its overseas data centers. On Thursday, District Judge Loretta Preska of the US…

BadUSB exploit can hack any device, and there’s no cure in sight

By Mike Wheatley Aug 1, 2014

Ready for another security scare? Good, because every single USB device that you plug into your computer could pose a threat that’s worse than any malware. It really is as bad as it sounds.…

Zillow-Trulia merger will create boundless new Big Data opportunities

By Mike Wheatley Jul 31, 2014

The two titans of online real estate plan to join forces, meaning that overnight they’ll literally own the world of real estate data. Zillow, Inc.’s planned acquisition of Trulia, Inc., which was announced earlier…

Red Hat teams up with 64-bit ARM server vendors

By Mike Wheatley Jul 31, 2014

Red Hat has moved a little closer to being able to support ARM-based servers by kicking off a new partner program for 64-bit ARM data center vendors. Called the Red Hat ARM Partner Early…

China probes Microsoft: More Middle Kingdom misery for Redmond

By Mike Wheatley Jul 30, 2014

Microsoft has been placed under investigation in China for possible breaches of anti-monopoly laws, according to various media reports. China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) posted a statement to its website on…

Israel defence firm denies being hacked by China’s Comment Crew

By Mike Wheatley Jul 30, 2014

A defence contractor that works on Israel’s Iron Dome missile shield system has come out to deny it was a victim of Chinese hack attack two years ago that allegedly stole classified information about…

Cisco warns that network virtualization does have its downsides

By Mike Wheatley Jul 30, 2014

Cisco has just posted a new whitepaper online, in which it suggests that virtualization of networks can be somewhat counterproductive, resulting in reduced productivity. The paper notes that while virtualization is hardly a new…

Mike Wheatley

Symantec: Wearables can be hacked to track workouts and even sexual activity

Researchers claim Google can predict the stock market

Twitter notes sharp rise in government requests for user data

Microsoft ordered to let Feds snoop inside its overseas servers

BadUSB exploit can hack any device, and there’s no cure in sight

Zillow-Trulia merger will create boundless new Big Data opportunities

Red Hat teams up with 64-bit ARM server vendors

China probes Microsoft: More Middle Kingdom misery for Redmond

Israel defence firm denies being hacked by China’s Comment Crew

Cisco warns that network virtualization does have its downsides

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