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26 November 2008

heise online news 26/11/2008


heise online news 26/11/2008
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Spam falls to an annual low

Last weekend, spam volumes dropped to their lowest level for eighteen months, due to the disconnection of hosting company McColo and the recent DDoS attacks on internet providers that began on 11 November

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First alpha version of Ubuntu 9.04

The first alpha version of the forthcoming Ubuntu 9.04 is available

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Programming for all with Processing 1.0

A deliberately simplified version of Java lets programming beginners write graphical applets and even simple games with just a few lines

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Ruby on Rails 2.2 turns international

Ruby on Rails 2.2 offers many improvements, most importantly to its internationalisation and database connections

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Identity theft breaches on the increase

The Identity Theft Resource Center says that trade in stolen data is still on the rise and that a clearer picture is emerging of the amount of data that is being passed on for direct marketing purposes

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IETF wants to improve the routing of P2P data traffic

Several developer groups have proposed drafts about how to locate the nearest P2P host. The challenge is to avoid unnecessary P2P data traffic "diversions" across network boundaries

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IETF won't standardise reputation systems yet

The Anti-Spam Research Group (ASRG) of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has for the time being put off any standardisation of reputation systems as part of its efforts to curb unwanted advertising messages and email fraud

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Award for free roaming service in Africa

Mobile phone group Zain, which operates in Africa and the Middle East, has received the AfricaCom award for the "best pan-African initiative" for its free roaming service

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Hole in Google Mail allows mail to be hijacked

Recent reports claim that attackers have succeeded in exploiting a vulnerability to get control of victims' domains

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New version of the Opera Mini web browser released

Unlike its bigger brother Opera Mobile, Opera Mini is free and runs as a Java application on most newer mobile phones. The new web browser now has skins and improved support

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New beta version of Chrome, Google's browser

Google has given its browser a Bookmark Manager and has reworked the pop-up blocker and privacy settings

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DoS vulnerabilities in Wireshark

Wireshark goes into an endless loop when analysing certain SMTP requests to a server

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Critical vulnerability in ffdshow audio and video codec

The ffdshow codec contains a buffer overflow that can be remotely exploited to infect a PC with malicious code. The error occurs if an overly-long link is parsed when ffdshow is working with a media stream

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Patent disputes about chip technologies

Publications by the US International Trade Commission business watchdog point towards a complicated copyright dispute between LSI/Agere and numerous other chip manufacturers

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Microsoft boss to take the stand in "Vista capable" class-action suit

A Seattle court believes that Steve Ballmer can make an important contribution to explaining the background of the 2006 "Windows Vista capable" logo program

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