heise online news 22/11/2008

heise online news 22/11/2008 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news International domain names get a bit closer and more European-friendly In early 2009, the Internet Engineering Task Force plans to adopt the standards update for non-ASCII IDNs. Although it's one of the smaller issues, German users will be happy that their special ß character has been added to the list › Read article     Verizon staff break into Obama's cell phone account The US mobile communications provider has apologized to the president-elect because a number of staff members got access to his account and took a look at data without authorisation › Read article     The 100 largest European software companies Truffle Capital has presented its third list of the largest European software companies in Brussels. As in previous years, SAP, Dassault and Sage top the list. Software AG moves up one position to 4th › Read article     Netbeans 6.5 with PHP integration Developers can now for the first time use Netbeans, Sun's free integrated development environment, to work with PHP › Read article     Microsoft and Novell celebrate second anniversary Microsoft and Novell are celebrating the partnership they formed two years ago by announcing a beta version of the free Moonlight implementation of Silverlight and the Advanced Management Pack › Read article     Mesh WLAN in a power plug The WLAN operator Meraki has released its Wall Plug repeater and access point, which sets up meshed wireless networks inside buildings › Read article     IBM plans to copy the brain The idea of simulating the human brain with machines has been an inspiration for scientists for decades. Now, in partnership with some universities, IBM plans to copy the structure of the brain and create a consciousness in the process › Read article     Mozilla turnover up 12 per cent in 2007 The company's annual report reveals that, as in previous years, revenue from the partnership with Google made up the majority of Mozilla's turnover › Read article     IETF committee calls for a simple system for DNS security The Internet Architecture Board, the central committee of the Internet Engineering Task Force (a standards organisation) is calling for a simple system for signing the DNS root zone, and for the ICANN's interest groups to be given a say › Read article     Yellow Dog Linux 6.1 uses the graphics memory of the Playstation 3 Fixstars has released the latest version 6.1 of Yellow Dog Linux for the Playstation 3, IBM Power System and Apple G4/G5 › Read article     iPhone dials by remote control The Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT) has found a security hole in the iPhone which allows a web page to make the mobile phone dial arbitrary phone numbers › 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.