heise online news 04/11/2008

heise online news 04/11/2008 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news Anti-piracy agreement re-discusses copyright infringement liability The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) criticises that the EU Commission has put the existing liability regulations for providers up for re-discussion during the secret ACTA negotiations. › Read article     Trojan steals access data for 300,000 bank accounts The Sinowal trojan injects its own code into pages shown by a browser, so that it can capture the relevant details when a bank page is visited. It is said to be able to recognise and react to the URLs of around 2,700 international banks › Read article     TrueCrypt 6.1 encryption software released TrueCrypt can now encrypt complete data partitions under Vista without causing data loss. Smart cards and security tokens can now be used to enable partitions › Read article     Google closes critical security hole in Android The users of T-Mobile's G1 are offered the update for auto installation. According to a system message, no emergency calls can be made while the update is being installed › Read article     Solaris 10/08 with improved ZFS The most important changes in Solaris 10 affect the ZFS file system, virtualisation, and the support of the latest Xeon processors › Read article     Android applications flourish in the US T-Mobile's first G1 Android phone has only been available at US retail outlets for just over a week and application downloads are already flourishing › Read article     Free Unix derivative OpenBSD 4.4 released The new version of the Unix-derived OpenBSD offers new and improved drivers. It fixes numerous bugs and security issues and also runs on more 64-bit SPARC platforms. › Read article     SCO v Linux: Novell demands payment of withheld income In the dispute over Linux, Unix, and the SCO Group's legal claims to ideas and concepts, Novell wants an immediate payment of $625,486.90 › Read article     OpenNMS distributed network monitor now also available on Windows OpenNMS 1.6.0 is the new stable version of the open-source network monitor. Now also available on Windows, OpenNMS handles distributed network monitors and can trigger alarms › Read article     heise online background MacBook and MacBook Pro in detail In matching aluminium style, the MacBook and the MacBook Pro show how well the touchpad can manage without buttons, what's so good about the Nvidia chipset, and how bearable reflective displays can be › 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.