heise online news 06/11/2008

heise online news 06/11/2008 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news Market research says Firefox has crossed the 20 per cent line Market researchers at Net Applications say that in two weeks in October the Firefox web browser scored an average worldwide market share of more than 20 per cent › Read article     BBC joins Parrot Foundation advisory board The BBC joins the Parrot Foundation, looking to contribute to the development of the Parrot dynamic language virtual machine › Read article     Even more RPC worms for Windows hole Currently, two "real" worms exploit the Windows hole in the server service. One of them also spreads via P2P networks. The malware discovered last week wasn't a real worm as it didn't include any distribution routines › Read article     Google and Motorola join Gnome Foundation Motorola and Google hope to help the foundation increase the software platform's distribution, especially on mobile devices › Read article     Firefox developers incorporate Private Browsing mode Originally planned for the current version of the web browser, the feature which removes any traces of a web browsing session can now be tested in a pre-release beta version › Read article     Setbacks for the development of ultra-wideband wireless technologies Both chip giant Intel and WiQuest, once the most promising start-up company in the UWB business, have stopped their activities in the ultra-wideband wireless sector › Read article     New ODF toolkit from Sun and IBM The open source project is to be a central collecting point for APIs, SDKs and other tools for processing files in the open document format (ODF) › Read article     ApacheCon keynotes streamed for free Apachecon keynotes are being made available as free live video streams for those people who couldn't make it to New Orleans › Read article     Several critical holes closed in Adobe Reader 8 and Acrobat 8 Adobe has released version 8.1.3 of Adobe Acrobat and the free Acrobat Reader to close eight security holes. Some of the holes allow attackers to inject code in a system and execute it via specially crafted PDF documents › 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.