The H Roundup for the week ending 12 May
Welcome to The H Roundup, your rapid review of the week with the most read news on The H, the security alerts and open source releases, and the essential feature articles – all in one quick-to-scan news item.
Top News
The first stable release of the OpenOffice productivity suite under the governance of the Apache Software Foundation arrived, Adobe put a price tag on getting security fixes for Photoshop and Illustrator, and Dell and Red Hat entered into an OEM partnership. The Ubuntu project announced its first open hardware device, a VGA Switch, and game maker Electronic Arts launched two browser-based titles on Ubuntu.
- Apache OpenOffice 3.4.0 debuts
- Adobe puts a price tag on security updates for Photoshop and others
- Dell and Red Hat sign OEM partnership
- Ubuntu releases open hardware VGA Switch
- EA launches two games on Ubuntu Linux
- Dell announces prototype development laptop with Ubuntu
- Microsoft Patch Tuesday more extensive than anticipated
- Flash 11.3 to bring protected mode for Firefox
- PHP team makes another attempt to close critical CGI hole
- CyanogenMod 9 nightly builds now available
Featured Articles
This week, The H took a look at the systemd Linux init system, and Thorsten Leemhuis detailed the changes related to graphics chips that are coming in Linux 3.4.
Open Source Releases
- Scala/Akka-based GeoTrellis released under GPLv3
- Calibre ebook manager adds KF8 export function
- CyanogenMod 9 nightly builds now available
- Remote desktop tool Guacamole connects via VNC and RDP
- Graphical tool makes compiling CyanogenMod easier
- Node.js update fixes information disclosure vulnerability
- Apache OpenOffice 3.4.0 debuts
- LibVNCServer 0.9.9 arrives with full IPv6 support
- PHP team makes another attempt to close critical CGI hole
- Kolab Server 2.4: modularised with new web frontends
- Pinguino IDE updated with new user interface
- WordPress for Android 2.1 adds autosave feature
- Mageia 2 approaches with release candidate
- Rocks "Mamba" release unites CentOS 5 and 6 code base
- Vert.x offers event-driven framework for the JVM
- Rosegarden MIDI & audio multitracker updated
- Gyrex 1.0 sees project leaving Eclipse incubation
- DNSCrypt arrives for Windows
- Version 5 of OpenVAS vulnerability scanning and management tool arrives
- Powertop 2.0 power management tool available
Security Alerts
- Mac OS X leaking passwords of FileVault users
- iOS 5.1.1 closes iPhone holes
- PHP team makes another attempt to close critical CGI hole
- Microsoft Patch Tuesday more extensive than anticipated
- Adobe puts a price tag on security updates for Photoshop and others
- Critical vulnerability in vBSEO patched
- Apple closes numerous holes in Mac OS X and Safari
- Opera 11.64 closes critical code execution hole
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