heise online news 12/11/2008

heise online news 12/11/2008 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news Microsoft: few companies to provide cloud computing services There will only be a relatively small number of providers in the cloud computing market because of the high levels of investment required, says Microsoft senior vice president Brad Smith › Read article     Final curtain for UIQ Symbian interface Swedish software company UIQ has given notice to all of its 270 employees. The company's user interface for Symbian OS will not be developed any further › Read article     SpringSource acquires Groovy and Grails expertise SpringSource gets into the dynamic language business with its acquisition of G2One, a Groovy and Grails consultancy › Read article     VMware wants to virtualize mobile phone operating systems A virtualisation layer for mobile phones aims to accelerate development and give users the ability to switch between multiple profiles. › Read article     Vulnerability closed in ClamAV 0.94.1 An off-by-one heap overflow caused by specially crafted VBA project files can crash the virus scanner and can potentially also be exploited for injecting and executing malicious code › Read article     Next generation C++ "goes beta" C++0x, the next generation of the standard for C++, has moved forward to Committee Draft stage, at a Google hosted meeting of the ISO C++ Standards Committee. › Read article     Apple patches critical holes in iLife Attackers can use specially crafted TIFF and JPEG images to inject code onto a computer and execute it. However, only MacOS X 10.4.9 to 10.4.11 (Tiger) are affected › Read article     Kernel Log: New kernels, open audio drivers for X-Fi After various attempts with proprietary drivers, Creative has now released open source drivers for X-Fi; Alsa driver 1.0.18 released; new Linux kernels offer corrections and fix security holes; X-Server 1.5.3 › Read article     OpenSolaris 2008.11 release candidate available A first release candidate build of OpenSolaris 2008.11, the open source operating system is available, with some limitations, and the ability to install from USB memory sticks › Read article     IPFire, the Lean Linux firewall IPFire 2.3, the Linux-based firewall includes updated versions of the kernel, network drivers and many system services. IPFire will also work as a wireless access point with suitable Wi-Fi hardware › 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.