heise online news 13/11/2008

heise online news 13/11/2008 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news OLPC notebook coming to Europe Europeans will shortly be able to join in the "Give One Get One" campaign by the One Laptop Per Child Foundation by buying two XO laptops - one for themselves and one as a donation › Read article     Joomla update eliminates vulnerabilities Errors in two modules allow attackers to inject JavaScript into submitted articles and weblinks and run it in the victim's browser › Read article     SpiceWorks, the free network admin program for small LANs, gets an update The new 3.2 release of the free Spiceworks IT management software suite fixes numerous bugs in the previous version and now supports LDAP outside of Active Directory › Read article     Cell processor specialist buys Linux distributor Fixstars, a Japanese vendor specialising in software for the Cell processor, has bought Terra Soft Solutions, creators of the PowerMac and PlayStation 3 Linux distribution Yellow Dog › Read article     AVG gives false alarm for Windows system library Shortly after G Data and Kaspersky did so, AVG too finds a nonexistent trojan in the Windows file user32.dll › Read article     OpenWRT Kamikaze pre-release available The OpenWRT Kamikaze open source Wi-Fi router distribution sees a pre-release of the new 8.09 version, in which there are updates to the Linux kernel, plus the addition of LuCI, a new web configuration front-end › Read article     Microsoft closes critical hole in Windows Through an error in XML Core Services, a visit to a specially crafted website is all it takes to become the victim of an attack. Microsoft has also released a patch to protect against SMB reflection attacks › 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.