heise online news 25/11/2008

heise online news 25/11/2008 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news New secondary battery design uses porous silicon instead of graphite A team of South Korean researchers have developed a novel anode material, made of a porous structure of silicon crystals, which promises greater capacity for lithium-ion batteries › Read article     Blackberry Storm: Buying frenzy cripples website US mobile telephony provider Verizon was unable to cope with the rush of customer interest following the release of the new Blackberry › Read article     Palm cuts jobs According to reports in the US media, the loss making PDA and smartphone vendor has started cutting jobs to save money › Read article     British police to be equipped with 10,000 Tasers According to the Home Office, trials in some police forces have proved that the electric shock weapons are effective, offer protection to policemen and women and that merely drawing the weapons often has a deterrent effect › Read article     Internet Explorer 8: release candidate should be publicly available in early 2009 Microsoft generally uses the term "release candidate" for essentially finished pre-release versions which only require a last few bug fixes › Read article     Chinese government pays citizens to provide spin in online discussions The other kind of Chinese Democracy: the authorities in the People's Republic are trying to handle the vagaries of the internet by paying surfers for being loyal to the government › Read article     Europol to establish a centre to fight cyber crime EU home affairs ministers have adopted a conclusion to establish an EU-wide platform for collecting information on cyber crime and child pornography › Read article     Searching for new ways in Digital Rights Management The restrictions of DRM have alienated many potential buyers of digital entertainment media. UK scientists have proposed a switch to digital watermarks, combined with simultaneous usage control via the internet › Read article     SCO vs. Linux: case against Novell closed A US District Court has ruled that Novell did not sell the copyright in Unix when it sold it to SCO, and it is consequently entitled to a share of SCO's income › Read article     Flourishing underground economy on the internet Symantec's research says that stolen goods and related services are among the most sought-after commodities on the net, worth $276M in one year › Read article     PC vendors to pre-install Google's Chrome Google plans to push its browser into the market via distribution agreements with PC vendors › Read article     Europeana digital library launches - and almost immediately falls over The first version of the digital European library with its three million objects was originally supposed be online last week, but its servers were incapable of handling the large number of visitors › Read article     US Congress report says China is already beating the USA in cyber warfare According to the report, China is massively arming itself for cyber warfare and "currently has the intent and capability to conduct cyber operations anywhere in the world at any time" › Read article     Dolby Axon enables surround sound chat for online gamers Dolby has developed a new system for speech transmission during online games so that speakers can be "placed" using surround sound, while an operator can monitor all conversations. Heise online witnessed Dolby Axon in action for the first time › 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.