Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Mike Wheatley

Mike Wheatley is a senior staff writer at SiliconANGLE. He loves to write about Big Data and the Internet of Things, and explore how these technologies are evolving and helping businesses to become more agile.

Before joining SiliconANGLE, Mike was an editor at Argophilia Travel News, an occassional contributer to The Epoch Times, and has also dabbled in SEO and social media marketing. He usually bases himself in Bangkok, Thailand, though he can often be found roaming through the jungles or chilling on a beach.

Got a news story or tip? Email Mike@SiliconANGLE.com.

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Facebook Hacked: Once Again, Java Is The Weakest Link

By Mike Wheatley Feb 18, 2013

The reputation of Java was dragged through the mud once again this weekend as hackers exploited yet another zero-day vulnerability in the plugin, this time to infiltrate Facebook in one of the highest profile…

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Mega Embraces Bitcoin as BitTorrent Launches SoShare Rival

By Mike Wheatley Feb 18, 2013

The file-sharing wars are heating up, with Kim Dotcom announcing that his new storage service Mega has become the latest website to start accepting payment via the virtual currency Bitcoin (BTC). The news comes…

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Microsoft’s Stance On Office For iPad Costing It $2.5 Billion A Year

By Mike Wheatley Feb 15, 2013

Microsoft’s reluctance to develop an iPad variant of its industry-standard Office suite is both well-known and well understood, given that it has its sights set on gatecrashing the new computing environment with its own…

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Kiosked Wants To Make Every Site An E-Commerce Store

By Mike Wheatley Feb 15, 2013

Anyone who happened to be paying attention when it was announced that Angry Birds backer Kaj Hed and his investor friends had ploughed $5.75 million into Kiosked might have guessed that we could expect…

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Iceland Gets Cold Feet On Internet Porn

By Mike Wheatley Feb 15, 2013

We all know that the internet is for looking at porn, but (sadly for some) that may no longer be the case in Iceland if the country’s Interior Minister gets enough support for a…

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ComScore US Digital Report: One Third of Display Ads Never Seen

By Mike Wheatley Feb 15, 2013

ComScore has just released its Digital Future in Focus Report for 2013, offering reams of data on areas such as display advertising, social networking, search and mobile, as well as dozens of insights on…

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Big Data for Small Enterprise: Painful, But Worth It

By Mike Wheatley Feb 14, 2013

It’s not just big business that can get something from Big Data. While they might only be talking terabytes instead of petabytes, small to mid-sized businesses have to just as much to gain –…

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Google Files Lawsuit Against “Russian SOPA” Law

By Mike Wheatley Feb 14, 2013

Google is launching an appeal with a Russian court in what it describes as a test case against a new law that some critics say could lead to censorship of the internet. The internet…

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Cisco Shrugs Off Challenges With Record Q2 Earnings

By Mike Wheatley Feb 14, 2013

These might be uncertain times for the computer networking industry, but you wouldn’t know it going by the recent performance of pack leader Cisco, which has just recorded a 44% jump in quarterly profits…

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Spanish Cops Smash “Ransomware” Cybercrime Ring

By Mike Wheatley Feb 14, 2013

Police in Spain say that they’ve smashed a cybercrime ring that infected millions of computers with ransomware, using the virus to extort potentially millions of dollars from their unsuspecting victims, it was reported today.…

Mike Wheatley

Facebook Hacked: Once Again, Java Is The Weakest Link

Microsoft’s Stance On Office For iPad Costing It $2.5 Billion A Year

Kiosked Wants To Make Every Site An E-Commerce Store

Iceland Gets Cold Feet On Internet Porn

ComScore US Digital Report: One Third of Display Ads Never Seen

Big Data for Small Enterprise: Painful, But Worth It

Google Files Lawsuit Against “Russian SOPA” Law

Cisco Shrugs Off Challenges With Record Q2 Earnings

Spanish Cops Smash “Ransomware” Cybercrime Ring

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