Blog Alert for BBC News - Technology, Oct 11, 2013

New Posts to BBC News - Technology on Oct 11, 2013:

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1) Apple 'should buy big companies'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24489156#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

11 October 2013 Last updated at 07:59 ET

By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News

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Apple should use its enormous cash reserves to make some big-name acquisitions, the company's former boss John Sculley says

Apple should use its enormous cash reserves to make some big name acquisitions, the company's former boss John Sculley has said.
He said it could shift the "whole landscape of e-commerce" if it bought, for example, eBay.
He said it should ignore the wishes of activist investor Carl Icahn, who wants the company to buy back stock.
"Apple's about building great products, building and shaping markets," Mr Sculley said.
"Carl Icahn has suggested to Tim Cook, 'Why don't you buy more stock back or make a bigger dividend?'
"I'd rather see Apple continue to invest in building... even make big acquisitions that were [...]

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2) Dark web 'will evolve' - cyber boss
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24495029#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

11 October 2013 Last updated at 09:17 ET

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Andy Archibald, head of the UK's National Cyber Crime Unit, says the "dark web" of criminal activity will continue to evolve

The "dark web" services used by criminals will continue to evolve in an attempt to evade authorities, the UK's cybercrime boss has warned.
Last week, notorious drugs market place the Silk Road was shut down after a lengthy investigation.
Andy Archibald, interim head of the National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU), said officers identified individuals who were using the site.
But he said new methods were needed to keep up with the threat.
"[Online anonymity service] Tor evolves, and will resecure itself," Mr Archibald told the BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones.
"The success we've had may not necessarily mean that by the same routes and same approaches [...]

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