heise online news 08/11/2008

heise online news 08/11/2008 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news Rambus wants to stop Nvidia products from being imported into the US Next step on the lawsuit escalation ladder: Rambus has asked the US International Trade Commission to ban the import of many graphics cards and mainboards containing Nvidia chips › Read article     Help for Bletchley Park WWII secret HQ for code-breakers is to receive an English Heritage grant › Read article     Creative release GPL X-Fi drivers Creative finally go open source with a GPL licensed driver for the Sound Blaster X-Fi cards › Read article     ITU and ICANN – a loveless forced marriage The ITU wants to patch up its rocky relationship with the private network administrative body. This has not, however, stopped ITU Secretary General Hamadoun Touré from sharply criticising its unloved partner at the ICANN meeting in Cairo › Read article     Flaw in VMware's CPU emulation allows privilege elevation The problem is caused by a trap flag processing flaw. The vendor has released an update to fix the vulnerability › Read article     Microsoft's CEO rules out takeover of Yahoo While Yahoo's CEO Jerry Yang has recently been open for a takeover by Microsoft, Steve Ballmer has rejected speculations about a new takeover bid. › Read article     Only two security updates for upcoming MS patch day The software giant gives a 'critical' rating to a vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 that allows remote code execution › Read article     British government will reportedly record email traffic and web access in black boxes "The Independent" says the government plans to record every email and every web visit in black boxes, and then transfer the information into a large database for storage › Read article     Microsoft CEO interested in open source browsers When asked about why Microsoft still build their own browser Steve Ballmer doesn't dismiss open source, calling it "Interesting" › Read article     AMD: 45 nm Opterons to function on current server boards Like last year, AMD promises that the next generation of server processors will also work on the current mainboards after a BIOS update › 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.