heise online news 16/01/2009

heise online news 16/01/2009 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news IBM – patently the best IBM, once again, dominate the US patent statistics. In the past year they have been granted the largest number of U.S. patents for any company, making it the sixteenth time in a row they have held the top spot › Read article     Google house cleaning frees Jaiku Google has decided to clean house, examine its product offerings and close redundant, unsuccessful and non-core services. As a result their Jaiku Engine is to be released as open source › Read article     Virus creator taunts Windows Defender Team with New Year greeting The Zlob Windows trojan contains a hidden message from its author greeting the Team and praising its work › Read article     Version 2.2 of .NET alternative Mono released Version 2.2 of open source .NET derivative Mono is now available. The new release includes numerous revisions and bug fixes › Read article     Marketcetera releases free open source trading software Marketcetera have released version 1.0.0 of their free open source Automated Trading Platform for stock market traders and brokers › 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.