heise online news 18/10/2008

heise online news 18/10/2008 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news Court of Appeal eases the patenting of software The Court of Appeal has confirmed a decision by the High Court that the IPO was incorrect in law to refuse a Symbian patent application for a DLL indexing system › Read article     Study: 6.5 million robots are in use worldwide They are everywhere and their number is increasing, says the IFR World Robotics 2008 report, which researches sales of robots every year. But they aren't taking over quite as fast as the report suggests › Read article     Kernel Log: Ext4 completes development phase as interim step to btrfs Linux 2.6.28 completes the main development phase of Ext4; numerous well-known filesystem developers advocate btrfs as the "next generation filesystem" for Linux. A new version of NTFS-3G removes previous limitations › Read article     VLC update fixes critical hole Users still using an old version of the VLC multimedia player should update to the current version VLC 0.9.4 › Read article     Critical security holes in Adobe Flash Player 9 Adobe has closed a total of four security holes, one of which might even enable attackers to take control of vulnerable systems if users visit manipulated web sites › 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.