Disturbing cyber attacks hit UK

The UK has been subject to a “disturbing “number of cyber attacks, the director of communications intelligence agency GCHQ has said, writes the BBC.

Sensitive data on government computers has been targeted, along with defence, technology and engineering firms' designs, Iain Lobban said in the Times.

There was a “significant” unsuccessful Internet-based attack on Foreign Office computer systems this summer, he added.

Apple fans greeted the iPhone 4S with glee and record sales after the latest iPhone was introduced on 14 October, reports Appoliciuos.

But some consumers have been repaid with frustrating battery issues. Charles Arthur at the Guardian is reporting that Apple engineers are trying to crack the case of the rapidly-draining battery on the 4S.

The problem remains a mystery. Even Siri, the new device's hit voice-driven digital assistant, doesn't have an answer.

HP has been on something of a rollercoaster ride this year, with two different chief executives and huge confusion over the future of one of its most notable divisions, the Personal Systems Group (PSG), says V3.co.uk.

Only two months ago, then chief executive L'eo Apotheker announced plans to spin off the division, while buying Autonomy for a whopping $10 billion, in a move that shocked many in the industry. Clearly HP board members were not happy, and in a clean and precise power coup, Apotheker was booted out and replaced by Meg Whitman, who has set about righting the wrongs of her predecessor's short-lived reign.

The decision not to ditch the PSG division has been her first major move, and Ovum chief analyst Carter Lusher suggested that the decisiveness of her actions will be welcomed by those used to dealing with HP as a long-standing supplier.

Microsoft has revealed a series of changes in the pricing of its Azure storage service, with a tiny cut for everyone and big discounts for volume customers, according to The Register.

Redmond has announced a general price cut of 1% per gigabyte, from 15c to 14c per month for those storing under a terabyte of data.

This drops to 12.5c for those using up to 50TB, and then down to 11.2c per gigabyte per month for volumes over 500TB.