heise online news 06/02/2009

heise online news 06/02/2009 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news Fedora 11 Alpha released Leonidas goes forth to battle the testers, as Fedora 11 alpha is released › Read article     Wikipedia offers print-on-demand Wikipedia is now offering print-on-demand on the German language site, through PediaPress › Read article     advertisement QCon London, UK (March 11-13) is an enterprise software dev conference featuring speakers such as Martin Fowler, Tony Hoare, Joe Armstrong, Rod Johnson and others. BBC, guardian.co.uk and Linked-In architectures will be presented. Tracks include Emerging Languages, Real World SOA, Agile Organizational Patterns, DDD,.NET, Java.Next... Register before February 22nd and save £130! OpenOffice installs insecure version of Java OpenOffice 3.0.1 installs an outdated and insecure version of Java 6, which can leave systems vulnerable › Read article     Java updates all round Java SE 6 update 12 and IcedTea6 1.4 have been released, with improved Java support for most platforms › Read article     Cisco patches Wireless LAN Controllers Cisco has reported that several vulnerabilities exist in Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers › Read article     phpBB hacked, 400,000+ account details intercepted The online open source bulletin board phpBB was taken offline on Sunday, following a security breach › Read article     Parking tickets lead to malware A novel new way to distribute malware, where a fake parking ticket on windscreens of cars leads victims to a malicious web site › Read article     Sun promises continued Swinging Sun has responded to worries from the community that they may be abandoning Java's Swing GUI framework › Read article     MySQL founder leaves Sun Monty Widenius has left Sun on good terms after failing to open up the development of MySQL to a wider community › 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.