James Hayes

'First great digital hack' nearly got the chop

One of the greatest achievements in the history of British IT, the Colossus project, was nearly shelved due to professional backbiting among top wartime techies. Colossus was developed to break German Geheimschreiber ciphers, and made a crucial contribution to the allied victory - and to the nascent UK computer industry. The Colossus project was the first great digital hack, which relied on breaking open a digital, online cipher, and set the pattern for modern computers and modern hacking.

Built-in security should give FRID chip edge [Analysis]

A new processor from Broadcom claims to be the first secure processor with integrated RFID functionality.