The H Roundup for the week ending 2 June

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

A team of hackers showed how they briefly cracked Google's reCAPTCHA system, a backdoor was discovered in a popular FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) chip used by the military, and Moonlight, the open source Mono-based Silverlight clone for Linux, was abandoned. Security specialists discovered a security vulnerability in VMware vSphere 5 that could be exploited to access all data on a virtualised server, and researchers discovered and detailed a new malicious super-spy worm called "Flame".

• Google's reCAPTCHA briefly cracked
• Backdoor found in popular FPGA chip
• Moonlight sent into twilight
• Security problem in VMware vSphere 5
• Security researchers ensnare Flame super worm

• Fedora 17 "Beefy Miracle" released
• LibreOffice 3.5.4 boosts large file performance
• Critical hole in Seagate BlackArmor NAS
• Mageia desktop background causes foreground headache
• Google's launches new Chromebox and Chromebooks

Featured Articles

This week, Thorsten Leemhuis detailed the changes and new features in the latest Fedora Linux release, while Richard Hillesley discussed the fight to enforce compliance of the GPL. The H Security also answered frequently asked questions about the Flame super-spy program, which has been billed by some as a "deadly cyber weapon".

• What's new in Fedora 17
• Enforcing the GPL – Kernel hackers join the fight
• FAQ: Flame, the "super spy"

Open Source Releases

• FFmpeg adds Blu-ray and ProRes support
• Spring Roo 1.2 update arrives
• WordPress 3.4 approaches as iOS app is updated
• Alpha debut for Apache Hadoop 2.0
• Apache JMeter 2.7 measured up
• NetBSD 6.0 gets a final beta
• Wine 1.5.5 adds support for Mono as an add-on package
• SilverStripe CMS 3.0 moves to final beta
• CentOS-based SME Server 8.0 arrives
• Canonical releases EC2 image for Ubuntu ARM Server
• Grml 2012.05 released with NUMA tools
• Fedora 17 "Beefy Miracle" released
• Etherpad Lite plugs in video conferencing and more
• First Knoppix 7.0 update arrives
• Snowlinux 2 delivers a GNOME 2 based Ubuntu
• LibreOffice 3.5.4 boosts large file performance
• Mobile apps with JavaScript and Wakanda
• Amarok project seeks testers for new 2.6 beta release
• Bodhi Linux 2.0 alpha arrives for testing
• Linux Foundation introduces bar code tracker for FOSS licences
• Spring arrives for Android apps
• XBMC media centre audio sub-system rewritten for HD audio
• Critical vulnerability derails Ruby on Rails
• Exim 4.80 improves security

Security Alerts

• Critical hole in Seagate BlackArmor NAS
• Critical vulnerability derails Ruby on Rails

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