Tor network under attack
Specialised servers seized
The Tor project could face attempts to incapacitate its network in the next few days as the forces of darkness seize specialised servers. The project did not name the group or agency that may try to seize its directory authorities, which guide Tor users on the list of distributed relays on the network that bounce communications around.
Virgin wants to Kinect in flight
Less fun five miles up
Virgin Atlantic is to use Microsoft’s Xbox Kinect technology to read customer behaviour and movement.
BT gives more broadband to Scots
Thanks to Digital Scotland
BT has said that it will be able to give 170,000 additional homes and businesses in Scotland high-speed fibre broadband thanks to £409.8 million from the Digital Scotland programme.
Minor security error responsible for JP Morgan breach
Two step security overlooked
It is starting to look like a minor network security error was responsible for the huge JP Morgan breach this year.
GT will sell sapphire furnaces
Will give money to Apple
GT Advanced Technologies is flogging its sapphire furnaces and will pay former partner, Apple a portion of the cash it gets from the sale. The furnaces were installed to make sapphire glass for Apple, which loaned GT Advanced $439 million for the project.