heise online news 31/01/2009

heise online news 31/01/2009 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news Symbian trojan steals money from mobile accounts The trojan can transfer small sums of money by texting, but infection requires that a number of conditions be met. Australian media sources are warning of a wave of mobile phone trojans heading for Australia › Read article     Microsoft's Web Sandbox is now open source The software vendor has released the source code of the Web Sandbox project for developing secure mash-up solutions under the Apache 2.0 open source license › Read article     Microsoft PR blunder over Internet Explorer security Microsoft's security evangelist Jeff Jones appears to have miscounted when trying to prove that Internet Explorer is as secure as its open source competitor, Firefox › Read article     PHP 5.3 beta released - testing invited The PHP development team has released the PHP 5.3 beta and has issued an invitation to those interested, to test the new version › Read article     Google fixes security vulnerabilities in Chrome A bug in the JavaScript Engine means that it is possible to circumvent the Same Origin Policy. According to Google, JavaScript can be used to read the URL, other attributes and data from other frames. The update also fixes XSS vulnerabilities › Read article     How to make open web sites - BBC RadioLabs tutorial A presentation from the BBC steps developers through the BBC design process for creating web sites and resources › Read article     OLPC XO-2 to be open source hardware According to a Guardian report, the next version of the OLPC will be open source 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: Dj Walker-Morgan 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.