The H news 26/02/2009

The H news 26/02/2009 www.h-online.com Overview of the news from the past 24 hours The H Security news Malicious advertising banners distributed by eWeek Scarcely a web portal is immune against malicious code contained in Flash advertising. This time, web pages owned by the Ziff Davis network were affected › Read article     Adobe patches critical hole in Flash Player, but PDF hole remains open Adobe has updated its Flash Player to fix a critical security vulnerability that could allow an attacker to take control over a users system. The Adobe Reader critical security hole has yet to be patched › Read article     Microsoft fixes AutoRun disable option Microsoft has announced an update to fix the option that allows administrators to disable AutoRun as a precaution against Conficker worm infection › Read article     The H Open Source news Novell and VMware cooperate The two software vendors expand their cooperation in the virtualisation sector › Read article     Fedora project plans to use 64-bit and PAE kernels Starting with Fedora 11, the developers already plan to incorporate an x86-64 kernel as standard, even in the distribution's 32-bit version › Read article     Fedora to use Nouveau driver for Nvidia graphics The Fedora Project has selected Nouveau to replace the xf86-video-nv driver as the default driver for Nvidia graphics hardware in Fedora 11 › Read article     Open Source Vendors welcome new Government policy, but want more action With a new U.K. government policy on open source announced, The H sounded out open source vendors for their reactions › Read article     Google asks to join EU case against Microsoft Google has asked to join Mozilla in the European Commission case against Microsoft regarding its bundling of Internet Explorer with the Windows operating system › Read article     New Apache Top Level Project: Buildr The Ruby based build system for Java developers is promoted to a top level Apache project, offering a powerful alternative to Maven and Ant › Read article     The H Open Source feature Mozilla interview: Opening up mobile browsing Location, privacy and web standards: as the first alpha and beta releases of Fennec come out, Mozilla VP Jay Sullivan tells us the phone isn't a separate world any more › 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.

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AMD Business Solutions eNewsletter, February 2009 In This Issue: » March is AMD Virtualization Ecosystem Month! » Aiso.net: A 100% Solar-Powered Data Center Running on AMD Opteron™ Processors. » Sun and AMD Power Fast-Growing Social Networking Sites. » HP and AMD: Providing Excellent Virtualization Servers for All Server Categories. Welcome to AMD Business Solutions, an e-Newsletter you can rely on for the latest about AMD products, solutions, technology partnerships, promotions, and more. Add AMDbusiness.solutions@amd.com to your address book now.    Articles & Reviews   AMD named Top 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World for 2009   Why Virtualization Runs Faster on AMD Opteron™ Processors   Rackable Systems to Support New Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ HE and SE Processors   IT Executives See ROI From Green Projects   How Businesses Can Get More From Social Networking      Links     AMD Opteron™ Processors AMD Business Class Technology All AMD/ATI Products Competitive Benchmarks:    Server    Workstation Shop AMD             March is AMD Virtualization Ecosystem Month! AMD will celebrate our virtualization software partnerships this spring by declaring March “AMD Virtualization Ecosystem Month”!  With online and offline activities, AMD and its virtualization software partners will highlight the collaborative approach we’re taking in delivering valuable technology innovation for customers and the industry. The activities for Virtualization Ecosystem Month will be reflected on AMD’s homepage, in AMD’s corporate blogs, at industry partner sites and blogs, and in social and more traditional media.        AMD's Virtualization blog     The Benefits of Live Migration. The AMD Opteron™ processor family continues to provide a consistent, reliable architecture to support live migration, which is the ability to move virtual machines between physical servers without interruption. AMD, in collaboration with Red Hat, demonstrates for the first time live migration of a virtual machine across vendor platforms. Learn more about AMD's Leadership in Live Migration Technology:    Live Migration    Live Migration flyer (PDF)    Red Hat Video     AISO.net: A 100% Solar-Powered Data Center Running on AMD Opteron™ Processor-Based Systems. AISO.net, is a solar-powered data center powered by renewable energy that's generated on-site. All of AISO's servers are running AMD Opteron™ processors with VMware's virtualization technology to reduce cooling and electrical requirements to the bare bones, which works out to roughly a 60/70:1 ratio of virtual servers to physical servers.       Future leaders solve complex math problems using Colfax systems based on AMD computing technology. Colfax clusters based on AMD Opteron™ processor technology are empowering students with the tools to solve complex mathematical problems in engineering, math, life sciences and economics, helping reduce processing time to seconds versus minutes. This performance has enabled students to have access and experience the latest in computing technology.       Mark your Calendars: Microsoft and AMD webinar on new features and benefits of running Windows® HPC Server 2008 clusters with AMD Opteron™ processors. March 18, 2009, 8:00AM Pacific Time (US & Canada) Learn about the benefits of running Windows® HPC Server 2008 clusters on AMD processor-based servers. With today’s economic environment, companies need to balance IT costs and performance more than ever. They need to find new efficiencies in the design process and in their computing environments. Now, Microsoft’s HPC Server 2008 and the latest AMD Opteron™ processor technology can help companies achieve new levels of efficiency and performance in their HPC clusters. In this webinar, learn about the new features and benefits of both technologies in deployments running real-world applications, and performance per watt efficiencies.       Sun and AMD Power Fast-Growing Social Networking Sites. The Sun Fire X4100 M2 and Sun Fire X4600 M2 servers, each using Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors, are key elements of the server infrastructures at fast growing social networking sites. This new social ecosystem is as rich and diverse as the individuals defining it, and technology is at its foundation.       The HP ProLiant DL585 G5 sets record in virtualization performance - again! The 16-core HP ProLiant DL585 G5, running Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors, has posted a leading score of 20.43 @ 14 tiles on the VMmark benchmark. This server offers customers a well-balanced 4-socket architecture that provides power efficiency along with ample I/O and memory to support large number of virtual machines.       New on amd.com! Customer reviews of the AMD Opteron™ processor family of products.       Dell and AMD: Bringing Energy Efficiency to Versatile General Purpose Servers. The Dell PowerEdge 2970 server, using enhanced Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors, has achieved the highest published SPECpower_ssj™2008 performance to power ratio for two-socket, 2U servers using x86 processors with specified power of 80W TDP or 75W ACP. Dell has also introduced the Dell PowerEdge 2970 Energy Smart server.       HP and AMD: Providing Excellent Virtualization Servers for All Server Categories. The HP ProLiant DL785 G5, DL585 G5, BL685c G5, DL385 G5p, and BL495c G5 servers, each using enhanced Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors, have achieved the highest VMmark scores for eight-socket servers, four-socket rack servers, four-socket blade servers, two-socket rack servers, and two-socket blade servers.       IBM's System x3755 offers outstanding performance at a low cost with industry-unique three-processor configuration. IBM’s System x3755 bridges the price/functionality gap via IBM’s CPU PassThru card, providing near-linear scalability to accommodate changing workloads. x3755’s industry-unique three-processor configuration affords customers greater performance at far lower cost. This 4U, rack-optimized platform features IBM’s Xcelerated Memory Technology™ and Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors for outstanding memory-intensive performance.       Coming to a city near you! Sun's Open Road to Savings Roadshow. Learn how Sun and AMD are blending the scalability and reliability of traditional systems with the breakthrough performance, eco-efficiency and cost effectiveness of technology innovations that reduce costs while increasing business agility.           Top of Page © 2009 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Opteron, AMD Phenom, AMD PowerNow!, Cool'n'Quiet, ATI, the ATI logo, FireGL, and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. Other names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners. 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