heise online news 03/12/2008

heise online news 03/12/2008 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news Silverlight for Linux : Moonlight 1.0 almost complete A beta version of Moonlight, the Silverlight implementation for Linux developed under open source .NET port Mono, can now be downloaded as a Firefox plug-in › Read article     OpenOffice's UI will be getting a refurb The new Renaissance project wants to thoroughly modernise the office suite's user interface and hopes to attract as much user participation as possible › Read article     Video editor Kdenlive for KDE 4 The Kdenlive developers have released Version 0.7 - the first stable version of the video editor for KDE 4. As well as porting to the new version of the desktop, they have improved KDE integration and added a range of new features › Read article     New version of Linux Test Project The Linux Test Project has released version 0.7 of the LTP test suite › Read article     OpenSolaris 2008.11 is ready In keeping with their six-monthly release cycle, the developers have now released OpenSolaris 2008.11 › Read article     Austrian Linux for the Administrator Version 2008.11 (codename Schluchtenscheisser) of the popular grml Linux Live CD for administrators and console users is now available containing updates to many of its software tools, together with new scripts and programs › Read article     Google release open source iCal utility Google Calendar now officially supports CalDav and Mac OS X users can use a new open source utility from Google to quickly make use of the two way syncing between gCal and iCal › Read article     Intel Core i7's microcode sparks discussion Like almost all newly-introduced processors, Intel's first "Nehalem" CPUs have sparked a discussion about bugs › Read article     Security update for cpCommerce shop software Crafted HTTP requests can be used to acquire administrator rights and even run injected PHP › Read article     Email Trojans threaten to block email accounts The "account-rendered" Trojan is appearing in a new guise, alarming its recipients by threatening to close their accounts. So far, only a few virus scanners can recognize it › Read article     Botnet rises again Srizbi, one of the largest known botnets, appears to be regaining strength. Following the loss of their main artery of communication, the bots have switched to a kind of emergency communication › Read article     Bugzilla 3.2 launched with NASA's help With NASA's help the new version of the web based issue tracker has had a UI revamp › 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.