This week’s news on The H was dominated by repercussions of the targeted attacks on US companies and reports on the holes in Microsoft software that the attackers exploited. Final efforts were made by the ‘free MySQL’ campaign as the Oracle acquisition of Sun Microsystems approached its conclusion
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An update for the open source BIND name server fixes a flaw that can make DNSSEC vulnerable to Denial-of-Service attacks
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Google has confirmed that its upcoming Chrome OS operating system will include a built-in media player, allowing users to easily play back audio and video files, or view images and PDFs from an external device
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WordPress founder and lead developer Matt Mullenweg has officially announced the launch of the WordPress Foundation, a tax-exempt, non-profit organisation
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The Debian Project developers have announced that security support for Debian 4.0, code named "Etch", will end on the 15th of February, 2010
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With an unscheduled patch, Microsoft has closed a security hole in Internet Explorer that was already being actively exploited in order to sniff on firms. Microsoft takes the opportunity to close another seven holes
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The Skype for Linux developers have released the second beta for version 2.1 of their Linux Skype client, adding support for screen sharing
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Mozilla has released the first security and stability update for version 3 of its open source Thunderbird email and news client, closing three critical vulnerabilities
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Without any prior warning, Adobe has released an update for Shockwave to close two critical security problems
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Marc Fleury, former head of JBoss, has criticised Monty Widenius’s Save MySQL campaign saying it makes open source acquisitions "dicey and dangerous"
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