Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Google removes two sneaky Chrome extensions for serving up ad spam

By Mike Wheatley Jan 20, 2014

Google has stayed true to its word and begun removing Chrome browser extensions that violate its terms of service, in particular by serving users with additional unwanted ads. According to the Wall Street Journal,…

Ubuntu Touch and Tizen phones a no-show for 2014

By Mike Wheatley Jan 17, 2014

Will anyone ever be able to break Android and iOS’s stranglehold on the mobile landscape? Last year we saw signs that ‘someone’ might just be able to threaten them, with the first demonstrations of…

The NSA reads up to 200 million SMS messages every single day

By Mike Wheatley Jan 17, 2014

The NSA’s gobbling up millions upon millions of emails and communications every single day. It’s hoovering up cellphone metadata faster than you can say “sorry, wrong number”. It’s building a quantum code-cracker. Hell, it’s…

Bitcoin to hit $100,000? Maybe one day…

By Mike Wheatley Jan 16, 2014

Just how high can the value of Bitcoin go? That’s a matter of debate, but if your name happens to be Chris Dixon, then your most optimistic answer would be “really, really high”. As…

Microsoft hands Windows XP a lifeline, but the clock’s still ticking

By Mike Wheatley Jan 16, 2014

Microsoft has thrown a lifeline to the millions of users who’re still running the decrepit Windows XP operating system on their computers, by announcing it’ll be extending anti-malware support for an extra year. This…

US Appeals Court tosses the FCC’s Net Neutrality laws into the garbage

By Mike Wheatley Jan 15, 2014

A landmark ruling in the Appeals Court has just seen the FCC’s net neutrality rules thrown in the garbage, and it could be bad news for smartphone-wielding internet users in the US . The…

The NSA uses good, old-fashioned radio waves to hack offline computers

By Mike Wheatley Jan 15, 2014

If there’s one way to protect your privacy from the prying eyes of the NSA, surely it’s by keeping your computer permanently offline, right? Well, you might have thought so – but you’d be…

When’s the best time to launch a cyber-attack?

By Mike Wheatley Jan 14, 2014

When the perpetrators of the Stuxnet worm decided to launch their attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, timing was everything. Designed to disrupt Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program, Stuxnet wreaked havoc on the Natanz uranium-enrichment…

Google’s Nest acquisition will speed up the ‘smart grid’, but it’ll come at a cost

By Mike Wheatley Jan 14, 2014

Google has just bought Nest, maker of the smart thermostat, for a whopping $3.2 billion. It’s not immediately clear what’s motivated this acquisition, but with it Google is getting its hands on a relatively…

Facebook kills ‘sponsored stories’ but your face will still be used in its ads

By Mike Wheatley Jan 13, 2014

Facebook has made good on an earlier promise to kill off its so-called “sponsored stories”, those annoying ads that use your friend’s identities and likes to promote various brands and pages. Last year, the…

Mike Wheatley

Google removes two sneaky Chrome extensions for serving up ad spam

Ubuntu Touch and Tizen phones a no-show for 2014

The NSA reads up to 200 million SMS messages every single day

Bitcoin to hit $100,000? Maybe one day…

Microsoft hands Windows XP a lifeline, but the clock’s still ticking

US Appeals Court tosses the FCC’s Net Neutrality laws into the garbage

The NSA uses good, old-fashioned radio waves to hack offline computers

When’s the best time to launch a cyber-attack?

Google’s Nest acquisition will speed up the ‘smart grid’, but it’ll come at a cost

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