heise online news 29/12/2008

heise online news 29/12/2008 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news Now bootable - FSF membership cards The FSF will be shipping a bootable membership card to FSF members in January, complete with the gNewSense Linux distribution and advocacy tools › Read article     Vulnerability in Windows Media Player An exploit is available which demonstrates how Windows Media Player can be made to crash with a maliciously crafted WAV, SND or MIDI file. The exploit could be used to remotely execute code › 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.