Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Dell Buyout Edges Closer, but Microsoft’s Role Still Uncertain

By Mike Wheatley Jan 30, 2013

Dell’s proposed buyout that would see it become a private entity once again remains on track and a deal could be announced in the coming days, although two key issues still need to be…

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Eric Schmidt’s Vision of the Future: Virtual Kidnappings, Drone Wars, and the End of Repression

By Mike Wheatley Jan 30, 2013

Drone strikes targeting cyber-terrorists, hackers holding online identities hostage, and parents emphasizing ‘internet education’ ahead of sex education – this is the future that lies in store for us all, according to Google’s Eric…

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Smartphone Sensors Could Give Up Your Passwords

By Mike Wheatley Jan 30, 2013

Another day, another new security threat, only this time it comes from the unlikeliest of places. You know that accelerometer thingy in your smartphone – the sensor that makes sure the screen is always…

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Has Mobile Finally Paid Off for Facebook? Sure Looks That Way

By Mike Wheatley Jan 30, 2013

After months of humiliation on Wall Street as its stock price went from bad to worse to embarrassing, Facebook raised quite a few eyebrows with an impressive Q3 performance in the area that matters…

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Oracle Reinforces Its Commitment to the Cloud

By Mike Wheatley Jan 29, 2013

Oracle gave a detailed outline of its plans for the year ahead yesterday, with President Mark Hurd reiterating the company’s broad cloud strategy across PaaS, IaaS and SaaS. There’s quite a few moves worth…

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Office 365 Available Now on Pay-As-You-Go Subscription

By Mike Wheatley Jan 29, 2013

If there’s one thing that you can rely on Microsoft for, it’s the timely updates to its most essential software products. Last year we saw the release of its groundbreaking, touch-enabled Windows 8 operating…

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Self Destructing Electronics: Mission Impossible or Not?

By Mike Wheatley Jan 29, 2013

Fans of the Mission Impossible series will be no stranger to the concept of self-destructing messages, but real-life spies, probably not so much. Meanwhile DARPA, the research wing of the US military, would probably…

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Google Lifts The Lid On How It Handles Government Data Requests

By Mike Wheatley Jan 29, 2013

After receiving a barrage of feedback following its most recent Transparency Report, Google has just updated the original to add a new section that details how it goes about handling each government request for…

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Pentagon Bolsters Cybersecurity Force To Head Off Foreign Threats

By Mike Wheatley Jan 28, 2013

In the wake of the recent Anonymous hack of the US Sentencing Commission’s website in support of Aaron Swartz, Pentagon chiefs have announced timely plans to beef up cybersecurity, assigning thousands of new personnel…

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EMC Headhunts Vic Bhagat To Lead Big Data Transformation

By Mike Wheatley Jan 28, 2013

There’s been a bit of a shakeup over at EMC this morning, with the storage giant announcing the appointment of the vastly experienced Vic Bhagat as its new CIO. The company put out a…

Mike Wheatley

Dell Buyout Edges Closer, but Microsoft’s Role Still Uncertain

Eric Schmidt’s Vision of the Future: Virtual Kidnappings, Drone Wars, and the End of Repression

Smartphone Sensors Could Give Up Your Passwords

Has Mobile Finally Paid Off for Facebook? Sure Looks That Way

Oracle Reinforces Its Commitment to the Cloud

Office 365 Available Now on Pay-As-You-Go Subscription

Self Destructing Electronics: Mission Impossible or Not?

Google Lifts The Lid On How It Handles Government Data Requests

Pentagon Bolsters Cybersecurity Force To Head Off Foreign Threats

EMC Headhunts Vic Bhagat To Lead Big Data Transformation

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