Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Skype for Android App Vulnerability Allows Lockscreen Bypass

By Mike Wheatley Jul 3, 2013

A security researcher has discovered a vulnerability in the Skype for Android application that could allow hackers to bypass the lockscreen function of certain Android phones, allowing them to access devices that fall into…

.NYC Gets a New Top-Level Domain

By Mike Wheatley Jul 3, 2013

Residents of New York City will soon have access to a brand new top level domain, something that’s bound to go down well with local businesses and travel sites given the city’s rather ‘pretentious’…

Samsung’s First Tizen Phone Hits a Stumbing Block

By Mike Wheatley Jul 3, 2013

Samsung has been working behind-the-scenes on the new Tizen mobile operating system for some time, but plans to release the first smartphone running the OS seem to have hit a snag. Reports from Korea…

Opera’s Revamped Browser: Has the Fat Lady Sung Already?

By Mike Wheatley Jul 3, 2013

Pioneering web browser Opera has never much of a threat to the likes of IE, Google Chrome and Firefox, instead styling itself as a niche product that appeals to a certain kind of web…

Big Data Goes Green: How Data Analytics Is Saving the World’s Forests

By Mike Wheatley Jul 2, 2013

Big Data’s going mainstream and at the same time it’s rewriting the rules of forestry management. Tree farmers, logging companies, plantations and conservation groups tasked with managing forestry assets can use Big Data analytics…

Double Trouble: Malware ‘Tag Team’ Creates Unending Malicious Infection Loop

By Mike Wheatley Jul 2, 2013

Security experts from Microsoft have stumbled across an interesting phenomenon – two unique malware programs that ‘collaborate’ with each other in an effort to outfox antivirus software by automatically downloading the other virus should…

The Chinese Just Found Out About Bitcoin

By Mike Wheatley Jul 2, 2013

A couple of months ago the Bitcoin community went silly with excitement as its value rose spectacularly against the US dollar, reaching the heady heights of around $250 for one Bitcoin, only to crash…

Skype for Android Goes ‘Metro’ With New Update

By Mike Wheatley Jul 2, 2013

Skype has just updated its Android app, and the new software feels an awful lot like Windows Phone. We’ve seen Microsoft attempt to take advantage of its Skype ownership before, most obviously when it…

Big Data’s Getting Bigger in Asia

By Mike Wheatley Jul 1, 2013

What with many of Asia’s countries still not quite having reached first-world status yet, many companies in the region can be a bit slow to adopt new technologies. Yet there’s one innovation that Asian…

ICANN To Require Verification to Register New Web Domains

By Mike Wheatley Jul 1, 2013

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a non-profit organization based in Los Angeles, has announced plans to make domain registrars more accountable for those who sign up and register internet domains.…

Mike Wheatley

Skype for Android App Vulnerability Allows Lockscreen Bypass

.NYC Gets a New Top-Level Domain

Samsung’s First Tizen Phone Hits a Stumbing Block

Opera’s Revamped Browser: Has the Fat Lady Sung Already?

Big Data Goes Green: How Data Analytics Is Saving the World’s Forests

Double Trouble: Malware ‘Tag Team’ Creates Unending Malicious Infection Loop

The Chinese Just Found Out About Bitcoin

Skype for Android Goes ‘Metro’ With New Update

Big Data’s Getting Bigger in Asia

ICANN To Require Verification to Register New Web Domains

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