TfL to trial new bus WiFi technology

The trial will see WiFi technology installed on a route 12 bus, operating between Dulwich and Oxford Circus, and a route RV1 bus, which operates between Covent Garden and Tower Hill, that will allow passengers to keep in touch through email and social media, browse the internet and even complete their weekly grocery shop.


Suppliers of the technology include: 

• On bus WiFi - Bluepod Media
• Upper deck seat availability - Timespace Technology
• Passenger information screens - Moviken Group and Navaho Technologies Ltd.

http://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2014/august/tfl-to-trial-new-bus-technology

Ubuntu's next test release dates and 14.10 release date.

UK's GCHQ certifies Master's Degrees in Cyber Security

This marks another significant step in the development of the UK’s knowledge, skills and capability in all fields of Cyber Security as part of the National Cyber Security Programme.

 

The National Cyber Security Strategy recognises education as key to the development of Cyber Security skills and, earlier in the year, UK universities were invited to submit their Cyber Security Master’s degrees for certification against GCHQ’s stringent criteria for a broad foundation in Cyber Security.

Full certified status:

• Edinburgh Napier University - Degree - MSc in Advanced Security and Digital Forensics
• Lancaster University - Degree - MSc in Cyber Security
• University of Oxford - Degree - MSc in Software and Systems Security
• Royal Holloway, University of London - Degree - MSc in Information Security

Provisional certified status:

• Cranfield University - Degree - MSc in Cyber Defence and Information Assurance
• University of Surrey - Degree - MSc in Information Security

http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/03/gchq-certifies-security-degrees/

http://www.gchq.gov.uk/press_and_media/press_releases/Pages/GCHQ-certifies-Masters-Degrees-in-Cyber-Security.aspx

Naked Security: Hacking, spamming, rogue SMSes and browsers - 60 Sec Security

Virgin Media UK Lab Testing 10Gbps DOCSIS 3.1 Broadband Upgrade

Good to see Virgin aren't sitting still. They also recently broadened their deal with Sky for Whole Sky sports channels so their offerings look pretty good. I personally find them a bit pricey compared to Sky FTTC though. 

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2014/07/virgin-media-uk-lab-testing-10gbps-docsis-3-1-broadband-upgrade.html

Ars editor learns feds have his old IP addresses, full credit card numbers

Seems like they are keeping a unnecessary amount of info back on travels in the US.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/07/ars-editor-learns-feds-have-his-old-ip-addresses-full-credit-card-numbers/

Google's not bringing its super-fast fiber internet to the UK anytime soon

Doesn't look like Google is coming over the pond to challenege the main ISP's anytime soon.

To be fair it wouldn't be easy without a partnership anyway as the market over here is extremely competitive and heavily regulated.

http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/18/google-fiber-rumor-uk/

UK anti-piracy campaign set to begin

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28374457

Rasberry Pi gets a useful update.

Same processor and RAM but vastly improved power management, two more USB ports and a micro sd card slot.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28263659

LibreSSL crypto library leaps from OpenBSD to Linux, OS X

Snipped the good bits fro The Reg. Link at the bottom:

The OpenBSD project has released the first portable version of LibreSSL, the team's OpenSSL fork – meaning it can be built for operating systems other than OpenBSD.

The LibreSSL project, which aims to clean up the buggy and inscrutable OpenSSL code, was founded about two months ago by a group of OpenBSD developers, so it only makes sense that getting it running on that OS would be their priority.

...

The LibreSSL developers have also worked to get OpenSSL's unorthodox and inconsistent source code into "kernel normal form" (KNF), a standard C coding style used by the OpenBSD project.

In addition, although the goal of the LibreSSL project is to create a secure, drop-in replacement for OpenSSL, the developers have also tried to undo some of the OpenSSL developers' more ill-advised design decisions.

For example, the OpenSSL library relies on a quirky custom memory-management layer that behaves in strange ways, which makes it impossible to audit the code with tools designed to flag memory management problems. The LibreSSL team has been replacing this code with new routines that use memory allocation routines from the standard C library, making it far easier to spot bugs.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/07/12/libressl_portable/

Getting a Logitech G510's Windows key to work as the command key on OSX

So the G510 has a joystick stick on the upper row of the keyboard next to mute and MR button. If this is on the Logitech Gaming software doesn't detect the Command key when you try to detect the button.

Click the plus sign next to the word 'Command', detect it and add it to your keystrokes list. Its also worth saving it to a separate profile if you switch between PC's a fair bit.

Chrome OS to mimic OS X Yosemite with smartphone continuity features

This might actually be the first feature to make me want to try Chrome OS. 

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2352134/chrome-os-to-mimic-os-x-yosemite-with-smartphone-continuity-features

NASA scientists have created 460GHz vacuum tubes

Won't be replacing those 4GHz Intel / AMD CPU's anytime soon though..



http://hexus.net/tech/news/industry/71493-nasa-scientists-created-460ghz-vacuum-tubes/

Two Days in the life of Football - Plusnet

Check out the link below on Plusnets analysis of the football, streamed on their network.




http://community.plus.net/blog/2014/06/23/two-days-in-the-life-of-football/

Slingshot - If you won't let Facebook buy you then they'll destroy you!

Looks like Facebook liked Snapchat so much so that when Snapchat rejected the 3 billion $ bid they went ahead and made their own very similar app.

iOS or Android