heise online news 24/10/2008

heise online news 24/10/2008 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news Microsoft plans to patch critical hole separately Microsoft plans to release an update to close a critical hole in all versions of Windows today. The vendor doesn't comment on whether there already is an exploit, but this is usually the case when Microsoft acts this way › Read article     Another cross-site hole in Opera Attackers can allegedly use a flaw in connection with the browser history to make the browser retrieve and execute malicious code from external web pages › Read article     Re:Versions - JBoss Seam 2.1 and Talend Open Studio 3.0 JBoss Seam 2.1 is released and adds numerous new features; Talend's Open Studio can now talk to SAP in version 3.0 › Read article     Study: How much is Linux worth? The Linux Foundation has estimated what it would cost to develop a Linux distribution starting from scratch, using Fedora as a basis; they estimate it at more than $10 billion › 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.