heise online news 03/10/2008

heise online news 03/10/2008 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news Apple drops iPhone NDA for developers Apple has lifted the NDA restrictions it had placed on iPhone developers which stopped developers discussing the development of iPhone applications. Developers and publishers have already made use of their "newfound freedom" › Read article     Hackers using Google Trends in social engineering Hackers have started using data from the search tracking tool to write fake blogs containing popular search terms to attract more victims › Read article     Speculation surrounds DoS vulnerability in the TCP protocol Attackers can apparently use a narrowband internet connection to throw servers connected via broadband off the net but so far there is only speculation about the cause of the problem › Read article     Hewlett-Packard buys iSCSI storage specialist LeftHand HP is set to acquire LeftHand Networks for $360 million. The company specialises in software that allows standard servers to be integrated into storage area networks via SCSI › Read article     Is Microsoft trying to take control of ODF? A report suggests that Microsoft's hand is behind moves to get the ISO SC34 OOXML committee gain control of the future of the Open Document Format › Read article     Python 2.6 finalised, Python 3.0 soon? Python 2.6 is the latest release of the Python language, developed to provide a bridge to Python 3.0's features; there are also new multiprocessing and json modules. › Read article     Gimp 2.6 released with new graphics library The GEGL image processing library should pave the way to higher bit depths and non-destructive editing, but there's plenty of other changes in the new Gimp › Read article     Metropolitan Police announces new dedicated e-crime unit Scotland Yard plans a new unit, the Police Central e-crime Unit, for spring 2009 › 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.