Mike Wheatley
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Since the revelations erupted over the PRISM spying program, we've seen all manner of weird and wonderful ways to avoid the NSA's security dragnet. But this new method tops them all, and by some distance too, and not just because it's totally …
Making YouTube Faster
Watching some of the garbage on YouTube can be tortuous at the best of times, and even more so when you’re doing it with a piss-poor internet connection that causes it to freeze every few seconds. You sit there waiting for twenty …
Google Surpasses Apple as World’s Most Valuable Company
Google has apparently surpassed Apple as the most valuable company in the world. Rolfe Winkler writes in a MoneyBeat report for the Wall Street Journal that Google’s enterprise value finally overtook that of its fruity rival last week, attaining a value of …
How Shodan Searches for Holes in The Internet of Things
Few people realize, but most search engines index all kinds of things besides just web pages and services. In fact, search engines can be used to find just about anything – from printers that can be controlled remotely to openly accessible web …
The Frantic Race To Replace Google Reader
Google’s surprise announcement that it’s going to kill off its popular Google Reader at the end of this month has spurred a race among developers all eager to get their own alternative nSews delivery products out into the wild. This week and …
Samsung Denies It’s Dumping Desktops, But Maybe It Should?
Samsung could be about to shift away from its desktop PC business in light of falling demand caused by legions of consumers swapping them for mobile devices instead. The news comes from the Korea Times, which says that the move is a …
Federal Circuit Upholds Patent on “Viewing Ads Online”
Concerns have been raised that a recent decision by the Federal Circuit court of appeal could lead to an escalation in so-called patent abuse in the technology industry. The decision, which was taken last Friday, upheld a controversial patent owned by a …
Microsoft – Oracle Cloud Alliance Boosts Azure in Battle with AWS
Enterprise giants Microsoft and Oracle appear to have put aside some of their differences after announcing a major deal regarding their enterprise cloud services. In a surprise press call yesterday afternoon, the two companies divulged details of an unlikely alliance that was …
Flickr Flaw Leaves Yahoo Mail Accounts Exposed to Hackers
Fresh security fears have been raised over Yahoo’s email service since last month’s update of Flickr.com, the photo-sharing website that’s integrated with the wider Yahoo network. The concerns have to do with the way the services are inextricably linked together – i.e., …
Project Tempora: How the British GCHQ Helps the NSA Spy on US Citizens
Amidst all the media excitement over Ed Snowden’s dramatic flight from Hong Kong to Moscow, one story that slipped under the radar at the end of last week relates how the UK’s version of the NSA, the GCHQ, has been secretly tapping …