The H news 18/03/2009

The H news 18/03/2009 www.h-online.com Overview of the news from the past 24 hours The H Security news Dirty bomb mail leads to malware infection A spam email is using location targeting to create bogus local news, luring recipients to a false 'news' web page containing malware › Read article     Confusion over Comcast customers passwords exposure According to The New York Times the user names and passwords of Comcast customers were found unprotected online for anyone to see. Numbers have dropped from 8,000 to 700 › Read article     More information on Microsoft's DNS and WINS patches Last weeks patch for Microsoft's DNS and WINS servers immunises clean systems, but does not clean up already affected systems › Read article     Twitter opens OAuth interface Twitter has now opened it's OAuth interface to all developers, following a short closed beta period › Read article     The H Open Source news Red Hat responds to patent criticism Red Hat responds to criticisms of their patent application on XML message routing saying they "appear to originate in an attempt to spread FUD" › Read article     JRuby 1.2.0 released JRuby is updated to 1.2, with better performance, Ruby 1.9 compatibility and faster parsing. The release also sees the appearance of experimental aggressive optimisation and preliminary Android support › Read article     OpenStreetMap surpasses 100,000 registered user accounts The OpenStreentMap Project has announced that it now has more than 100,000 registered users › Read article     Free GLib 2.20 library released The new version 2.20 of the platform-independent GLib library is downwards compatible with the previous version 2.18 › Read article     IDC says Linux offers firms potential savings An IDC survey of IT decision makers in Europe, America and Asia suggests that the current economic situation is promoting the use of Linux on servers and company desktops › Read article     "Ruby on Rails" comprehensively renovated David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Rails, has issued the new version 2.3 of his popular "Ruby on Rails" web framework, which incorporates a large number of innovations › Read article     Kicking off Debian Squeeze Adeodato Simó from the Debian release team has officially launched the development of the next stable release of Debian, code named "Squeeze" › Read article     The H Open Source feature Interview: Patrick Curran, chair of the JCP The H went to Qcon and sat down with Patrick Curran, chair of the Java Community Process and had a chat about how the JCP is changing and looking for more transparency in all aspects of its work › 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 The H news because you subscribed at our website. If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter, you can cancel your subscription at http://www.h-online.com/newsletter/manage/news. For more news from the world of technology, subscribe to our other newsletters: Newsletter The H Open Source: All the latest about Free and Open Source software from The H, including news, features, analysis and case studies. www.h-online.com/newsletter/manage/open Newsletter The H 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.h-online.com/newsletter/manage/security 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) 2009 Heise Media UK Ltd.