Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

AWS unveils new security service + games, apps and desktops streamed from the cloud

By Mike Wheatley Nov 14, 2013

Amazon Web Services rolled out a series of important, but admittedly not groundbreaking, services yesterday during day two of its AWS Re:Invent conference. The services were introduced by Andrew Jassy, senior vice president of…

“No Thanks” – Snapchat snubbed Facebook’s $3B buyout offer

By Mike Wheatley Nov 14, 2013

Did Facebook really offer $3 billion to buy the popular messaging service Snapchat? The Wall Street Journal says that it did, citing “unnamed people briefed on the matter” in its report. The WSJ says…

CEOs porn habits are biggest threat to IT security

By Mike Wheatley Nov 13, 2013

It’s a dirty little secret but its one that needs to be let out of the bag. IT professionals spend a lot of time worrying about security threats to their organizations from hackers and…

Microsoft just became a much nicer place to work

By Mike Wheatley Nov 13, 2013

Microsoft employees woke up to some good news this morning, when bosses sent out a company-wide email announcing the end of its despised “stack ranking” review system for workers’ performance. The email, which was…

Hong Kong Bitcoin site GBL goes missing along with $4.1M in investors’ cash

By Mike Wheatley Nov 12, 2013

Bitcoin’s popularity in China has exploded in recent months, but its not just investors who’ve been tempted by the profit potential of digital currency trading – now it seems that scammers and fraudsters are…

Apple Maps is back on track, fast catching up with Google Maps on iOS

By Mike Wheatley Nov 12, 2013

Apple Maps has been subject to all kinds of jeering and finger pointing over the last year or so, and for good reason too – its made numerous high profile mishaps since it was…

How GCHQ faked LinkedIn and Slashdot to hack Belgacom, OPEC & others

By Mike Wheatley Nov 11, 2013

Last September, Belgacom, one of the leading telecommunications providers in Belgium, reported that its systems had been infiltrated by a western intelligence agency. This was big news for a couple of reasons – one,…

Microsoft shouldn’t ditch Bing or the Xbox: It’s not just about the money

By Mike Wheatley Nov 11, 2013

There’s been lots of talk over the future direction of Microsoft over the last week, with shortlists of CEO candidates being drawn up and rumors that whoever takes over might decide to drop some…

China’s military hacks ongoing, driven deeper underground

By Mike Wheatley Nov 8, 2013

And now, thanks to the NSA, we can’t even take the moral high ground… The public exposure of Chinese military hacking group PLA Unit 61398, also known as APT1 or Comment Crew, has…

Otoy introduces ORBX.js, brings cloud-based graphics processing to any browser

By Mike Wheatley Nov 7, 2013

LA-based graphics company Otoy has teamed up with software giants Mozilla and Autodesk to deliver state-of-the-art graphics and gaming applications running on AWS that can be accessed from any web browser. According to Otoy’s…

Mike Wheatley

AWS unveils new security service + games, apps and desktops streamed from the cloud

“No Thanks” – Snapchat snubbed Facebook’s $3B buyout offer

CEOs porn habits are biggest threat to IT security

Microsoft just became a much nicer place to work

Hong Kong Bitcoin site GBL goes missing along with $4.1M in investors’ cash

Apple Maps is back on track, fast catching up with Google Maps on iOS

How GCHQ faked LinkedIn and Slashdot to hack Belgacom, OPEC & others

Microsoft shouldn’t ditch Bing or the Xbox: It’s not just about the money

China’s military hacks ongoing, driven deeper underground

Otoy introduces ORBX.js, brings cloud-based graphics processing to any browser

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