The blogging site Tumblr has been hacked by group called GNAA. The hackers created a worm that flooded users’ dashboards with spam. This wasn’t their first venture at hacking big sites, as SiliconANGLE Contributing Editor John Casaretto reminded viewers about the AT&T and Apple iPad hacking story from last week. Goatse Security is also an ...

And the answer to that question is a resounding “YES!” Todd Brix, the Senior Director of the Windows Phone Apps Team for Microsoft has announced that Windows Phone app downloads and developer revenue has more than doubled since the advent of Windows Phone 8 in November. While it was unclear whether he was comparing the ...

Facebook is said to be in talks to acquire WhatsApp, a cross-platform mobile messaging app. WhatsApp has been in the news earlier this year to defend themselves from accusations that they’re stealing SMS revenues from mobile operators. WhatsApp insisted that they are benefitting operators by encouraging subscribers to use data plans. Although it’s a paid ...

The HP-Discover Conference kicks off tomorrow in Frankfurt, Germany and HP has made a number of corresponding storage announcements. Wikibon Co-Founder and CTO, David Floyer, met with Kristin Feledy on the Morning NewsDesk Show to comment on HP’s latest innovations. Floyer predicted that software-led infrastructure will take over data centers in the next five years. ...

The world of big data has spent the past two years in a frenzied shopping spree, with companies like HP snapping up 3PAR in an early effort to lay the foundation for tomorrow’s storage, analytics and networking needs.  And as 2012 comes to a close, major vendors like HP are through exploring the depths of ...

For a brief period yesterday, all traffic from Syria to the rest of the Internet stopped. The nation of Syria has experienced two other incidents of the same nature over the last week. SiliconANGLE Founding Editor Mark “Rizzn” Hopkins explained that there are a limited number of lines going into Syria, consisting of a mixture ...

Apple’s iPhone5 has received the green light from Chinese regulators, making way for a highly anticipated December debut. China is Apple’s second-largest market and its Chinese fans are eagerly awaiting the release of iPhone5. SiliconANGLE Contributing Editor John Casaretto noted that a report from IDC said Apple’s market share was basically cut in half while ...

Less than a month after his re-election, President Obama has delivered a slap in the face to many of the Silicon Valley firms like Apple, Google, Adobe and Microsoft, who gave hefty financial support to his campaign. The White House announced yesterday that Obama is opposing the STEM Act of 2012, which is set for a House vote ...

RIM announced a $10,000 guarantee program to developers as an incentive for creating Blackberry 10 apps. If a developer does not make $10,000 in revenue on their certified Blackberry app in the first year, RIM will pay the difference. However, there are some deterrents to keep Joe Schmoe Developer from slapping together some code and ...

PRWeb, a press release service, has many news outlets printing retractions over a story they released yesterday about Google acquiring ICOA Wireless, a wi-fi provider company based out of Rhode Island. The Marketing company Vocus owns the PRWeb site. Vocus Director of Public Relations Frank Strong posted a statement to the company’s Web site, saying ...