Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Silk Road owner ‘Dread Pirate Roberts’ accused of two new murder attempts

By Mike Wheatley Nov 22, 2013

Ross Ulbricht, AKA Dread Pirate Roberts, the man accused of being behind the infamous Silk Road online black market, has been charged with ordering an additional four murders on his enemies, according to a…

Stuxnet’s evil twin highlights the very real threat of cyber-warfare

By Mike Wheatley Nov 21, 2013

Knowledge of the deadly Stuxnet worm that wreaked havoc with Iran’s nuclear infrastructure has been public for more than three years now, but cybersecurity experts continue to stumble upon new revelations – with the…

Future tech: Implantable brain chips could help unlock memories

By Mike Wheatley Nov 21, 2013

Imagine a world wherein you can just download information right into your brain? Just stick a jack into the back of your head, hit the ‘download’ button and away you go! It would be…

Ballmer hits out against Xbox & Bing naysayers

By Mike Wheatley Nov 20, 2013

Steve Ballmer is keenly aware that more than a few investors have the knives out for ‘under-performing’ divisions like the Xbox and Bing, but he’s determined to shut them up. In his last-ever shareholder…

Salesforce’s Benioff explains grand vision behind Salesforce1

By Mike Wheatley Nov 20, 2013

If your electric toothbrush comes with GPS and Wi-Fi enabled, Salesforce wants to be the company that manages the data it creates, keeping your dentist informed about your teeth brushing habits. That is the…

vBulletin forums hacked: Inj3ct0r Team tries to sell zero-day flaw

By Mike Wheatley Nov 19, 2013

It’s come to light that the makers of the popular web forum software vBulletin have admitted a major security breach last Friday, which saw their network successfully hacked and breached, with the hackers gaining…

Death by Bitcoin: Say hello to the anonymous, crowd-funded Assassination Market

By Mike Wheatley Nov 19, 2013

Would you be prepared to kill for a small fortune in Bitcoin? Well, that’s the reward on offer over at a new website called the Assassination Market, a sick and twisted take on crowd-funding…

Bitcoin value hits $649, you can blame it on China!

By Mike Wheatley Nov 18, 2013

Bitcoin is spiraling out of control – the cryptocurrency soared to a record high of $649, before tailing off slightly to $640 at the time of writing, on the Mt. Gox Bitcoin exchange. This…

Salesforce swoops on the Internet of Things with Salesforce1

By Mike Wheatley Nov 18, 2013

On Monday, Salesforce is set to announce its next-generation CRM platform called Salesforce1, which is envisaged as providing a way for software vendors, developers and customers to integrate third-party services like as Dropbox and…

Google crushes Authors Guild in long-running book scanning dispute

By Mike Wheatley Nov 15, 2013

For almost a decade, the Authors Guild has waged a bitter war against Google and its massive book search engine project, accusing it of violating copyrights on an industrial scale by scanning the pages…

Mike Wheatley

Silk Road owner ‘Dread Pirate Roberts’ accused of two new murder attempts

Stuxnet’s evil twin highlights the very real threat of cyber-warfare

Future tech: Implantable brain chips could help unlock memories

Ballmer hits out against Xbox & Bing naysayers

Salesforce’s Benioff explains grand vision behind Salesforce1

vBulletin forums hacked: Inj3ct0r Team tries to sell zero-day flaw

Death by Bitcoin: Say hello to the anonymous, crowd-funded Assassination Market

Bitcoin value hits $649, you can blame it on China!

Salesforce swoops on the Internet of Things with Salesforce1

Google crushes Authors Guild in long-running book scanning dispute

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