heise online news 15/11/2008

heise online news 15/11/2008 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news Passwords snooped on during break-in to TYPO3.org web server Attempts by password thieves to use the stolen passwords to access other web sites are already being reported. Users who use the same passwords on other sites and TYPO3.org are being urged to change them › Read article     Sun sheds up to 6000 jobs The server, UNIX and Java specialist will make 18 per cent of its workforce redundant. The business groups will also be restructured › Read article     Google: Russia and France are ahead in IPv6 According to a Google study, the use of IPv6 in the internet is more widespread than previously thought › Read article     Microsoft explains the seven-year delay in issuing a patch The company claims that a patch for the SMB flaw would probably have rendered network-based applications inoperable. The experience gained over the years has made it possible to produce a patch without negatively impacting network applications › Read article     Kernel Log: What's coming in 2.6.28 - Part 5: updates for netbooks and notebooks Improvements to backlight brightness adjustment; CPUs sleep longer thanks to range timer; touchpad and framebuffer drivers for Eee PC; hard drive shock protection for HP notebooks › Read article     Sun closes critical hole in StarOffice 8 Update 12 fixes security holes which allow malicious code to be injected and executed via specially crafted documents › Read article     AMD reworks processor roadmap for desktop PCs and notebooks 2009 is to see the introduction of 25 Watt processors for lean notebooks, 2010 a quad core for mobile computers, and from 2011, AMD intends to supply 32 nanometre processors. After that it also plans to introduce the first CPU/GPU combo processors › Read article     Apple closes eight critical holes in Safari for Windows Only four holes had to be closed in the new version 3.2 for Mac OS X, but two of them can be exploited for injecting code › Read article     EU Data Protection Supervisor seeks a roadmap for transatlantic data protection Peter Hustinx, the European Union's Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), is asking for a thorough discussion of the scope of a possible transatlantic agreement on data transfer and data protection, and for the drawing up of data protection principles › Read article     Ubuntu desktop for ARM CPUs ARM and Canonical are to port Ubuntu to ARM v7 CPUs. This should give a complete Linux interface to mobile internet devices and other mobile equipment fitted with Cortex A8 and A9 CPUs › 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.