heise online news 29/11/2008

heise online news 29/11/2008 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news European Council agrees on new version of the Telecom Package EU government representatives have come to an understanding on the planned amendment of the Telecom Package. A clause that would require a court order before interference with user rights has been dropped › Read article     Manufacturer claims that passwords in Acrobat 9 are easier to crack than in version 8 Software manufacturer Elcomsoft says it can crack the encryption on Adobe 9.0 files 100 times faster than the previous version due to a weakness in the password verification system used in Acrobat 9 › Read article     DirectX 10 in software, without a DX10-compatible card The forthcoming Windows Advanced Rasterization Platform allows DirectX 10 applications to be processed exclusively by the main processor so they can be displayed even without DirectX support on the graphics cards › Read article     Anti-DRM campaign calls for MacBook boycott The Free Software Foundation kicks off its annual anti-DRM campaign "Defective by Design" with a swipe at Apple › Read article     Microsoft clears 1 million PCs of fake anti-spyware The Malicious Software Removal Tool has cleared almost 1 million Windows PCs of "scareware" in just 10 days. US users were particularly susceptible to infections, with 550,000 cases; in the UK, there were just under 75,000 › Read article     EU Interior Ministers want to set up an anti-cybercrime platform The Justice and Home Affairs Council of the EU is campaigning for enhanced efforts to combat cybercrime, including "exchanges on the mechanisms for blocking and/or closing down internet sites in Member States containing child pornography" › Read article     Programming competition for Cisco routers Cisco is offering the winners a total of $100,000 in prize money for programs to extend the abilities of its Linux-based routers › Read article     Rambus hopes for the go-ahead to collect on licensing fee claims An important decision has been reached in a legal battle over patents: DDR2, DDR3, GDDR2, GDDR3 and GDDR4 SDRAM chips manufactured by Hynix, Micron, Nanya and Samsung infringe on Rambus' rights › Read article     Microsoft adds malware detection to its Webmaster tools The malware detection tool looks for malicious code in all retrievable web pages of a site and checks links to external pages for possible infection. This is to enable web site operators to provide better protection for their visitors against attacks › 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.

heise online news 28/11/2008

heise online news 28/11/2008 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news MySQL 5.1 is ready After three years and numerous pre-releases, the final version of MySQL 5.1 has been released as MySQL 5.1.30 › Read article     Linux distribution Fedora 10 (Cambridge) released Thanks to kernel-based mode-setting, the new Fedora promises to deliver a faster, better-looking startup sequence. Its software range is comprehensive and state-of-the-art with OpenOffice 3.0 as well as the "glitch-free" version of PulseAudio › Read article     Obama doesn't intend to give up independent communication on his mobile He will not enter into the information bubble that usually surrounds a US president, said Barack Obama in an interview with TV journalist Barbara Walters › Read article     Online civil rights campaigners criticise Apple iPodhash, an open source project aimed at unlocking the secrets of the iPod and iPhone using reverse engineering, has been forced to close down following a copyright warning notice › Read article     Fraunhofer SIT certifies BlackBerry security After two years of work, Fraunhofer and RIM certify that the BlackBerry is has no holes, back doors or other security breaches › Read article     Internet addiction is classified as a "mental illness" in China The classification has caused such an agitated online discussion that one of the medical experts responsible for defining the ailment has now been forced to try and calm the uproar › Read article     Panasonic develops 3D standard for BD disc Panasonic wants to have its say in the future standard for 3D content on Blu-ray discs and has now submitted a predominantly MPEG-4 based proposal to the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) › Read article     US Army gets $50M for modern video game training $50M has been approved to allow the US Army to expand its "games for training" programme. The money will be invested in modern gaming hardware and in modifying off-the-shelf games to meet Army requirements › Read article     Windows worm infection accelerates Microsoft is currently observing an acceleration in the spread of another Windows worm that exploits the known vulnerability in the RPC functions of the Server service. The worm is reported to be spreading over company networks in particular › Read article     Google denies security hole in Google Mail Google says that, after working with the victims, it's found that the reported security holes in GMail were the result of hackers getting users' account details via phishing › 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.