heise online news 27/11/2008

heise online news 27/11/2008 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news Secunia Personal Software Inspector version 1.0 released Personal Software Inspector shows users whether the applications installed on their systems are up-to-date, allowing them to avoid surfing with the bow doors open › Read article     France wants to remove intellectual property aspects from the telecoms package The French European Council Presidency has issued a draft of the Council's position on a revision of EU regulations governing the telecoms market, which makes no mention of measures to fight copyright infringement › Read article     The environmental cost of games consoles According to a US study, the PS3, Xbox 360 etc. consume a total of 16 billion kilowatt hours of electricity per year in the United States alone, equivalent to the total energy consumption of San Diego › Read article     Microsoft invests massively in data centres for cloud computing In an effort to relocate its applications as services on the internet and so gain a dominant position in cloud computing, Microsoft plans to build up to 10 million servers at 20 different locations › Read article     Gartner: supply and demand disparity in the used PC market Demand for used computers has outstripped supply, according to market researchers at Gartner. They point to customs fees and high shipping costs as the cause of the disparity › Read article     WordPress update fixes vulnerabiliy The Wordpress developers have fixed a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability and three non-security-related bugs in version 2.6.5 › Read article     SVG Tiny 1.2 about to be adopted Version 1.2 of SVG Tiny, the mobile-devices version of the 2D vector graphics description language, has been given the Proposed Recommendation status - the last stage before its adoption › Read article     Apple is alleged to have violated a patent for simplified web navigation US company EMG Technology claims that the way the iPhone navigates the internet infringes its patent 7,441,196 › Read article     More driver versions for Windows Updates by AMD, Intel, JMicron, Microsoft, Nvidia, Realtek and VIA/S3 › 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.