heise online news 12/12/2008

heise online news 12/12/2008 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news Slackware Linux 12.2 released Only just over half a year after the previous version was released, the developers have once again updated what is probably the oldest Linux distribution › Read article     Analysis of an exploit pack: IE6 still most commonly exploited target Security provider Prevx has published the statistics of a publicly available exploit pack and while Opera users were also infected, Firefox users remained uncompromised › Read article     December edition of the Silverlight Toolkit available Microsoft has released the December 2008 edition of the open-source Toolkit for its Silverlight web presentation technology › Read article     MS Malicious Software Removal Tool damages harmless software An erroneous signature has led MSRT to remove the uninstall components of some software products. A new version of it is claimed to contain corrected signatures, but doesn't fix affected apps › Read article     US court halts the sale of scareware The FTC has obtained a temporary restraining order to prohibit two scareware manufacturers from selling their products. Scareware alarms users by falsely warning them that their PCs are infected and tricking them into buying dubious anti-virus products › Read article     AGPL essential for the future of FOSS in cloud computing The CEO of Funambol says greater use of the Affero General Public Licence is essential for FOSS to flourish in the future cloud computing environment › Read article     Wordpress 2.7 released Wordpress 2.7 comes with a new faster user interface and automated updating › Read article     Firefox 3.1 beta 2 gets multi-touch Without mentioning it, Mozilla's Firefox 3.1 beta 2 has acquired support for multi-touch gestures, but only on the Mac OS X laptops › Read article     Mozilla's security chief leaves Window Snyder joined Mozilla in September 2006 to be the company's security representative to the outside world is, for the moment, saying nothing of her future plans › Read article     OpenSolaris 2008.11 officially released Having first being made available last week, OpenSolaris 2008.11 is now officially released, along with some useful extra resources for those interested in the open source Unix › 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.