heise online news 27/09/2008

heise online news 27/09/2008 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news Sony Ericsson unveils prototype green phone The mobile telephone manufacturer has presented its environmentally-friendly mobile telephone study and wants to score points by recycling › Read article     General Teaching Council loses members' details The professional body for teachers in England has apologised after a disc containing details on over 11,000 of its members goes missing in the post › Read article     Linux Foundation snipes at Solaris Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, sees no future for Solaris, saying there are hardly any new Solaris installations, while ever more Solaris users are migrating to Linux on cost grounds › Read article     Webkit gets an A in Acid3 test Webkit passes the Acid3 browser test completely thanks to SquirrelFish Extreme › Read article     Kernel Log: Kernel Summit info; Plumbers keynote online; the latest on the e1000e problem LWN.net reports from the recent Kernel Summit now publicly accessible; developers tracking the cause of broken Intel PCIe network hardware; Plumbers Conference keynote the criticises Canonical/Ubuntu released on video › Read article     Alcatel-Lucent appeal fails in dispute over MP3 patents The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld the lower court's decision that the software group does not have to pay Alcatel-Lucent $1.53 billion › Read article     Firefox 3.0.3 on the way to fix bug in password manager Firefox 3.0.3 is being fast tracked for next week to fix a bug in the password manager which can lock international users out of their saved passwords. Ubuntu users will already find 3.0.3 available in their updates › Read article     This newsletter is sent to in a multipart format. If you want to read it as plain text, you will have to change the display mode of your e-mail program. You are receiving heise online news because you subscribed at our website. If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter, you can cancel your subscription at http://www.heise-online.co.uk/newsletter/manage/news. For more news from the world of technology, subscribe to our other newsletters: Newsletter heise open source: All the latest about Free and Open Source software from heise online, including news, features, analysis and case studies. www.heise-online.co.uk/newsletter/manage/open Newsletter heise Security: IT security news and alerts to keep your systems secure, with features giving an in-depth look at the world of IT security. www.heise-online.co.uk/newsletter/manage/security Newsletter heise networks features: In-depth articles, tools and techniques for networking and communications. www.heise-online.co.uk/newsletter/manage/networks Legal notice Publishers: Christian Heise, Ansgar Heise, Christian Persson Editor-in-chief: Jonathan Bennett All rights reserved. Any copies or dissemination on any medium, either in part of whole, requires the written consent of the publisher. Copyright (c) 2008 Heise Media UK Ltd.