heise online news 13/02/2009

heise online news 13/02/2009 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news Microsoft, ICANN and others, move to block Conficker A collaboration of Domain Name registrars, Microsoft and others, has moved to block the Conficker worm calling home. Microsoft are also offering a $250,000 reward for information about whoever unleashed Conficker › Read article     Twitter: No more swapping passwords Add-on services to Twitter use the micro blogging service's API to offer extended functionality to users. Until now, users often had to entrust these services with their passwords to allow them to log in automatically › Read article     advertisement QCon London, UK (March 11-13) is an enterprise software dev conference featuring speakers such as Martin Fowler, Tony Hoare, Joe Armstrong, Rod Johnson and others. BBC, guardian.co.uk and Linked-In architectures will be presented. Tracks include Emerging Languages, Real World SOA, Agile Organizational Patterns, DDD,.NET, Java.Next... Register before February 22nd and save £130! New stable real-time kernel 2.6.26-rt The Open Source Automation Development Lab (OSADL) recommends the RT-Preempt realtime Linux kernel 2.6.26.8-rt16 as latest stable version › Read article     Busy Bees childcare voucher data leak plugged - Update A user finds that a "web" application is not only a front end on a Windows 2000 application, but that the front end gives access to all customer data › Read article     No 2.6.29 kernel for Jaunty Jackalope Ubuntu 9.04 will have the 2.6.28 kernel, even though 2.6.29 will be out before 9.04's release date › Read article     Roadmap for Moonlight 2.0 Miguel de Icaza, the Novell manager for Moonlight development, provides a glimpse of the future of Moonlight › Read article     Nova: Cubans roll their own Linux Reuters report today, 12th February 2009, that the government of Cuba aims to replace the all pervasive Microsoft software running on its administrative infrastructure with its own Linux distribution › Read article     JavaFX goes mobile Sun has released version 1.1 of their rich internet technology JavaFX and included JavaFX Mobile › Read article     Moonshine released Moonshine version 0.2 has been released, providing Windows Media playback in Linux › Read article     SQL injection vulnerability in ProFTPD closed By creating crafted usernames and passwords it is possible to create an arbitrary user. An exploit is already available › Read article     H minus 5 Changes are coming to heise online UK. Today, we reveal our new logo › 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: Dj Walker-Morgan 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.