The H news 21/03/2009

The H news 21/03/2009 www.h-online.com Overview of the news from the past 24 hours The H Security news Twitter PINs down SMS tweet spoofing Twitter has quietly added PIN authentication for international users who update their Twitter account by SMS, but its not as easy to use as it should be › Read article     New firewall for the Linux kernel nftables is a new, alpha release, of a firewall for Linux kernels from the Netfilter.org developers › Read article     Adobe fixes critical vulnerability in older versions of Acrobat and Reader Adobe has released the Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.4 and 7.1.1 updates for Windows and Mac to address a previously reported critical vulnerability, which were patched in version 9.1 last week › Read article     The H Open Source news GNOME desktop project migrates to Git The open source desktop project has changed version management systems. Git has been chosen as the new system, which is also used for the open source Ruby on Rails, WINE, X.org and Perl projects › Read article     openSUSE Build Service 1.5 now supports distribution builds The openSUSE developers have released version 1.5 of their Build Service, which they used to create the openSUSE 11.1 release › Read article     New firewall for the Linux kernel nftables is a new, alpha release, of a firewall for Linux kernels from the Netfilter.org developers › Read article     TomTom sues Microsoft TomTom has responded to Microsoft's claims against them by filing a counter suit › Read article     The H Open Source feature Health Check: Open Source and the UK Government Despite the UK governments continued insistence that it is in favour of open source, in practice the opposite seems to be true. The H examines the evidence › 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.