The H news 13/03/2009

The H news 13/03/2009 www.h-online.com Overview of the news from the past 24 hours The H Security news The BBC acquired a botnet, but was it legal? - Update The BBC bought a botnet as part of a programme on internet security, but did they break the law? › Read article     Russian youth movement claims to have carried out cyber attacks on Estonia An operative of the Russian Nashe ("Ours") youth movement has told the Financial Times that he was instrumental in the cyber attacks on Estonia in April 2007 › Read article     The H Open Source news Google creates Android team in Taiwan Google has established an Android team in Taiwan to provide support for phones › Read article     OLPC XO-2 may use ARM-based processors According to reports, the OLPC project may switch to an ARM-based processor for the upcoming OLPC, the XO-2 › Read article     Kernel Log: What's new in 2.6.29 - Part 5: Filesystems Btrfs, SquashFS, Ext4 without journaling The kernel developers not only added the two new Btrfs and SquashFS file systems, they also improved Ext4, OCFS2 and XFS › Read article     Debian Project updates Package Policy The Debian Project Policy team have updated the Package Policy to version 3.8.1 › Read article     PCLinuxOS 2009.1 released The PCLinuxOS developers have released version 2009.1 of the free PCLinuxOS distribution which includes the 2.6.26.8 kernel and KDE 3.5.10 › Read article     Kodak releases scanning application for Linux Kodak has released a free scanner application for Linux called ScanTWAIN under the GNU General Public License version 2 › Read article     Open Source Mediaplayer Songbird 1.1.1 released The open source media player Songbird has been updated to version 1.1.1 and includes several new features › 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 The H news because you subscribed at our website. If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter, you can cancel your subscription at http://www.h-online.com/newsletter/manage/news. For more news from the world of technology, subscribe to our other newsletters: Newsletter The H Open Source: All the latest about Free and Open Source software from The H, including news, features, analysis and case studies. www.h-online.com/newsletter/manage/open Newsletter The H 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.h-online.com/newsletter/manage/security 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) 2009 Heise Media UK Ltd.