heise online news 04/10/2008

heise online news 04/10/2008 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news Red Hat introduces its HPC offering The commoditisation of cluster computing continues with Red Hat's new bundle of specialist node OS and cluster management tools. › Read article     Thunderbird 3.0 beta turns into alpha Thunderbird 3's will be waiting for take off for longer, as the developers push back the beta release date › Read article     WinZip blasts hole in Windows 2000 security WinZip versions 11.0, 11.1 and 11.2 contain a vulnerable version of Microsoft's gdiplus.dll graphics library. The bug can result in infection when users view crafted images › Read article     Beta Ubuntu 8.10 released The Ubuntu beta sees some issues fixed, including the controversial Firefox EULA, but the Intel e1000e network driver stays disabled to avoid it breaking network cards › 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.