Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

The NSA’s MYSTIC powers – it can listen to and record every phone call in the world

By Mike Wheatley Mar 19, 2014

Remember not so long ago the NSA’s innocent claim that it only collects the metadata of people’s phone calls? Well, apparently that’s not not entirely accurate, for not only does it actually listen into…

Oracle blames US dollar exchange rates yet again as Q3 revenues disappoint

By Mike Wheatley Mar 19, 2014

Oracle has declared Q3 revenues of $9.3 billion, a four percent rise year-on-year that still fell somewhat short of Wall Street’s expectations. According to Oracle’s Q3 2014 fiscal report, the company saw its GAAP…

Security threat? 10% of government PCs still running Windows XP

By Mike Wheatley Mar 18, 2014

Just like countless businesses and individuals, the US government is finding it hard to let go of Windows XP. Even though its had more than six years to get ready for D-Day, when Microsoft…

Dorian Nakamoto: ‘I did not create, invent or otherwise work on Bitcoin’

By Mike Wheatley Mar 18, 2014

Did Newsweek make the mother of all cock ups when it fingered Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto as the creator of Bitcoin? It certainly looks that way, as the beleaguered 64-year old Californian has once again…

USA, UK are officially declared ‘enemies of the internet’

By Mike Wheatley Mar 17, 2014

The saying goes that any publicity is good publicity, in which case the NSA is absolutely lapping it up right now. So what’s the latest headline grabber courtesy of everybody’s favorite electronic surveillance agency?…

Game over for Windows XP – Or is it?

By Mike Wheatley Mar 17, 2014

With just over three weeks to go before Microsoft finally ends its technical support for Windows XP, everybody seems to be panicking. But is the situation really that urgent? Perhaps not, for Microsoft has…

Crowdsourcing the hunt for Malaysian Airlines flight 370

By Mike Wheatley Mar 14, 2014

As the hunt goes on for missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 and its 239 passengers continues, plenty of questions have been asked about how, in this day and age, a plane can simply vanish…

Russia brings the hammer down on opposition websites

By Mike Wheatley Mar 14, 2014

Russia has begun putting its controversial internet blacklist laws into action, blocking the websites of a number of opponents to the government of Vladimir Putin, according to reports. On Thursday, Russian ISPs were told…

Ubuntu smartphones to arrive this year – but only in Spain & China

By Mike Wheatley Mar 13, 2014

This year’s Mobile World Congress saw some positive developments for Android and Fanboi-haters, with the news that Canonical had finally found some hardware manufacturers to beging putting its Ubuntu smartphones together. Even so, little…

TURBINE: The NSA’s secret automated ‘mass-hacking’ program

By Mike Wheatley Mar 13, 2014

It’s no secret that the NSA has both the method and the means to get inside your computer if it has a vested interest in doing so. The existence of its secret specialist hacking…

Mike Wheatley

The NSA’s MYSTIC powers – it can listen to and record every phone call in the world

Oracle blames US dollar exchange rates yet again as Q3 revenues disappoint

Security threat? 10% of government PCs still running Windows XP

Dorian Nakamoto: ‘I did not create, invent or otherwise work on Bitcoin’

USA, UK are officially declared ‘enemies of the internet’

Crowdsourcing the hunt for Malaysian Airlines flight 370

Russia brings the hammer down on opposition websites

Ubuntu smartphones to arrive this year – but only in Spain & China

TURBINE: The NSA’s secret automated ‘mass-hacking’ program

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