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Robert Pleasant

Robert Pleasant is a writer and unabashed nerd, contributing news coverage and editorial articles to SiliconANGLE. His experience includes writing articles for websites such as UCStrategies, G33k-HQ, and Green Tea Graffiti, covering a range of subjects in technology, gaming, and entertainment. Robert, known to his friends as Robbie, earned his degree in Creative Writing from University of California, Santa Cruz, before getting into the tech news field, and in addition to the writing he does for SiliconANGLE, enjoys creating original comedic stories in his downtime.

Latest from Robert Pleasant

Oracle targets business users with real-time analytics platform

NEWS By ROBERT PLEASANT10 YEARS AGO

Oracle is getting into the real-time analytics game with a new package that uses pre-configured dashboards and graphical modeling to make business insights available to business users. Oracle Real-Time Integration Business Insight works with existing Oracle applications to create reports using what …

Medical data breach exposes patient records

NEWS By ROBERT PLEASANT10 YEARS AGO

All it takes is one small mistake, and suddenly patient information is all over the Internet. That’s the case right now for Grand Street Medical Associates, after protected health information was left on an unsecured FTP server and leaked, putting personal information …

Ransomware holds hospital data hostage

NEWS By ROBERT PLEASANT10 YEARS AGO

An internal state of emergency has been declared in Kentucky’s Methodist Hospital, following a ransomware attack. Files have been stolen, encrypted, and held for ransom, unless the hospital pays up. The malware in question, according to KrebsonSecurity, is of the “Locky” ransomware …

iPhone SE security: What we still don’t know

NEWS By ROBERT PLEASANT10 YEARS AGO

Every time a new iPhone comes out, the Internet explodes with discussion over its new features, its upgrades, and whether or not the changes are really worth making (a common complaint, for instance, is how Apple can’t seem to make up its …

TeamViewer users the latest victim of ransomware

NEWS By ROBERT PLEASANT10 YEARS AGO

The remote access tool from TeamViewer GmbH may be great for working together across computers, providing computer access for professionals and tech support that allows them to assist users or work together on a single desktop remotely.  However, it may be not …

Oracle’s Q3 earnings described as “hypergrowth”

NEWS By ROBERT PLEASANT10 YEARS AGO

Oracle is entering a new stage of growth, with revenue from its software-as-a-service (SaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) in Q3 far exceeding expectations. With stock on the rise, renewal rates high, and growth exceeding that of its competitors, things are looking good for …

Independent games development shines at GDC 2016 | #GDC16

NEWS By ROBERT PLEASANT10 YEARS AGO

Talk at the Game Developers Conference 2016 may have been dominated by virtual reality but independent and amateur game developers also had their day. Amid the hubbub, upcoming, indie and amateur developers all had their own chances to shine, and there were …

The many uses of virtual reality at #GDC16

NEWS By ROBERT PLEASANT10 YEARS AGO

There’s no question that the main theme of the 2016 Game Developers Conference is virtual reality; it seemed at times that every vendor who wanted a crowd needed some level of virtual reality to demonstrate. Yet saying “virtual reality” alone does little …

Review: Taking flight in the Oculus Rift at #GDC16

NEWS By ROBERT PLEASANT10 YEARS AGO

With all the virtual reality (VR) demos at the Game Developers Conference, one of the most anticipated headsets comes from Oculus VR. Attendees to the event could (after waiting in lengthy lines) test out the Oculus Rift and see just how effective …

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