heise online news 28/01/2009

heise online news 28/01/2009 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news coreboot boots Windows 7 Beta Microsoft's public beta version of Windows 7 can now be booted by coreboot, the open source firmware for PCs › Read article     Virus and spam protection for small networks Netgear's Security Appliances investigate network traffic between the firewall and the local network to detect unwanted e-mails, viruses and other attacks › Read article     Samba 3.3.0 file server released Version 3.3.0 of the open source file and print server fixes numerous flaws of previous versions and improves cluster support › Read article     DoS vulnerability in Sun Solaris 10 An exploit has been found for Sun Solaris 10 on x86 based systems, where a kernel panic can be caused by an IPv6 vulnerability › Read article     Linux Kernel - eCryptfs vulnerability Due to a vulnerability in the Linux kernel, a local attacker on a system with Kernel 2.6.xx could crash the system or possibly obtain root rights › Read article     Ohloh claims 250,000 open source projects indexed The open source directory Ohloh has said that it now has more than 250,000 projects inventoried › Read article     First release candidate of Internet Explorer 8 available As IE8 is approaching completion, with the release of it's first feature complete release candidate, the developers offer a first glimpse at what's in store for version 9 › Read article     Mozilla backs open video for the web Mozilla is helping to financially back the advance of an open video format for the web › 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.