The owner of a snake sanctuary has died after apparently being bitten by one of his own animals.

Luke Yeomans, 47, had been due to open the King Cobra Sanctuary in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, this weekend.Police confirmed they were called to a property in Brookhill Leys Road, near Eastwood, where Mr Yeomans had suffered a suspected heart attack.Officers confirmed the snake had been contained and there was no danger to the public.Depleted habitatIt was also confirmed the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.The RSPCA, Health and Safety Executive and Broxtowe Borough Council have been informed of the incident.Nottinghamshire Police said an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death was under way.In an interview with the BBC earlier this year, Mr Yeomans said he started the sanctuary in 2008, in reaction to the depletion of the snake's natural habitat in the forests of...

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Al-Qaeda activists trying to download bomb-making instructions from its online magazine, Inspire, were on Friday greeted with a garbled recipe for cupcakes

Al-Qaeda activists trying to download bomb-making instructions from its online magazine, Inspire, were on Friday greeted with a garbled recipe for cupcakes after British intelligence agencies reportedly hacked into the site.According to media reports, the hacking was carried out by the MI6 and the GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) agency to disrupt al-Qaeda's bid to recruit potential “lone wolf” agents.“When [al-Qaeda] followers tried to download the 67-page colour magazine, instead of instructions about how to ‘Make a bomb in the Kitchen of your Mom' by ‘The AQ Chef' they were greeted with garbled computer code. The code, which had been inserted into the original magazine by the British intelligence hackers, was actually a web page of recipes for ‘The Best Cupcakes in America'...

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Skype, the free Internet calling service, crashed last week and would not allow certain users to make calls or even log into their accounts.

Enterprise managers may have questions about hosted services in the wake of Skype's problems, and they need to think about whether to use consumer services for business tasks.Users of both the free Skype service and the company's paid offerings were affected by the outage, which poses a challenge for Microsoft.Skype representatives acknowledged the problem with a May 26 post on the Skype Twitter feed. "Some of you may have problems signing in to Skype and making calls. We're investigating and hope to have more details to share soon," the company wrote.Service was restored rather quickly and the problem was attributed to a software client glitch. A Skype blog post provided instructions to resolve the problem just a few hours after the problem was reported. However, Skype's relatively quick...

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The second year of the Cyber Security Challenge has been launched, appealing to computer hackers to put their skills to good use and protect the UK's networks.

The second year of the Cyber Security Challenge has been launched, appealing to computer hackers to put their skills to good use and protect the UK's networks. A series of online games and competitions putting candidates to the test will run over 12 months and people up for the challenge can now register.Three skills sets will be tested in secure network design, informed defence and investigating cyber crime.Designed to inspire enthusiastic people with IT skills to consider a career in the cyber security industry, the competition will help spot future talent.Winners will be offered training opportunities to equip them with skills in cyber security, as well as cash to fund training courses.Last year's competition was won by Dan Summers, a postman from Wakefield, who was given £6,000 worth...

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