heise online news 23/12/2008

heise online news 23/12/2008 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news Rails hits the Metal Rails now has the ability to handle low overhead high performance requests thanks to Rails Metal › Read article     Debian 4.0 updated Debian 4.0 gets refreshed to release 6, with bug fixes and some security updates › Read article     Vulnerabilities in several virus scanners [Update] The security products of AVG, Avast, BitDefender, ESET, Sophos and Trend Micro have reported security holes, including some remote code execution vulnerabilities › Read article     Perl 5 completes move to Git Perl 5 has completed its move to the Git distributed source code control system, opening up easy access to the code to more than just the core developers › 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.