heise online news 17/12/2008

heise online news 17/12/2008 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news Extra patch for Internet Explorer Microsoft has announced that a patch for the critical security hole in Internet Explorer will be released tomorrow, Wednesday, 17th December › Read article     JSR310 in danger of missing Java 7 JSR310 offered a better way to do dates and times in Java 7, but the specification is in danger of not being ready in time › Read article     XFree86 4.8.0 released XFree86 4.8.0 has been released, but is very much on the sidelines for most Unix and Linux vendors › Read article     Microsoft details their ODF 1.1 implementation Microsoft lifts the veil on their ODF 1.1 implementation with an annotated version of the ODF 1.1 specification › Read article     It's Christmas for cyber-criminals too The rise in e-shopping as Christmas approaches offers rich pickings for cyber-criminals › Read article     Security update for Opera Opera 9.6.3 is a security update which addresses a number of "Extremely Severe" or "Highly Severe" vulnerabilities in the web browser › Read article     Mobile Wikipedia officially launched Wikipedia goes mobile with a lightweight version of the on-line encyclopaedia, powered by HawHaw › Read article     Early port of Pygame for Nokia S60 Python and games come to the Nokia S60 platform as a developer releases a port of Pygame › Read article     Perl 5.8.9 released Perl 5.8.9 is the latest and probably last significant release of the Perl 5.8.x series › Read article     Apple close 21 holes with 10.5.6 Apple has released Mac OS X 10.5.6, which shuts down 21 security holes and includes a large number of non-security fixes › 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.