Sam Varghese
A professional journalist with decades of experience, Sam for nine years used DOS and then Windows, which led him to start experimenting with GNU/Linux in 1998. Since then he has written widely about the use of both free and open source software, and the people behind the code. His personal blog is titled Irregular Expression.
Bitcoin worth half-a-million pounds seized from UK hacker
A British hacker has been given a jail term of 10 years and eight months for using phishing attacks to steal financial data from more than 100 companies which he then sold on the dark web.
Deal finalised for ZTE to reopen for business: report
The US has finalised a deal to let Chinese telecommunications firm ZTE Corporation start operating again, a little more than a month after it was hit with a seven-year ban on importing American-manufactured components.
Some sites shut down, others block EU users as GDPR takes effect
Some websites have shut down and others are either blocking users from Europe or trying to obtain consent before allowing them in as the General Data Protection Regulation comes into force in the 28 states of the European Union.
