heise online news 30/10/2008

heise online news 30/10/2008 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news EC to publish open source procurement guidelines A new European Commission funded document aims to explain the benefits of open source software and open standards to government agencies and aid them in compiling invitations to tender › Read article     Motorola backs Android The new CEO of Motorola's Mobile Unit wants to develop on fewer software platforms in the future. Android is among those platforms, but according reports the change is likely to claim more jobs › Read article     Asus plans Android smartphone With HTC already marketing its G1 Android mobile for T-Mobile USA, Asus now wants to join the fray with its own smartphone running the Google operating system › Read article     OpenOffice 2.4.2 fixes critical vulnerabilities According to an OpenOffice security advisory, the vulnerabilities are heap overflows when processing EMF and WMF files, which, using crafted documents, can be exploited to inject and execute malicious code › Read article     Yahoo shows phase two of their social networking plan Yahoo's moves to remake itself as a social networking hub take another step forward with the release of Y!OS 1.0, its new social and application platform › Read article     Schneier: Enjoy surveillance while it is still visible The surveillance culture in the UK might seem draconian but that is only because we can still see the devices that are monitoring us, according to the security expert › Read article     Red Hat releases beta of Enterprise Linux 5.3 The new RHEL5 update offers better support for more hardware including Wi-Fi,Gigabit networking and Webcams and enhanced virtualisation › 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.