The Nullsoft developers have released a beta, Build 3033, for version 5.59 of the Winamp media player that closes two previously reported security vulnerabilities and one new exploit related to the media player’s VP6 video codec
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The CyanogenMod Project has issued a first release candidate for version 6.1 of its modified Android firmware, bringing numerous performance improvements, FM radio support and several camera app updates
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A Cisco bug report warns of a critical vulnerability in CiscoWorks. A buffer overflow allows code injection and remote launching of the injected code. No prior authentication is required
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Following more than one thousand commits after version 4.0 arrived earlier this year, the KDevelop development team has released the first point update to the 4.x branch of its C++ integrated development environment
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Apple, Google, IBM, Intel – the IT market is buzzing. Leaving only AMD to step up a gear. Sadly IBM has lost a famous Fellow Emeritus: Benoît Mandelbrot, prominent mathematician and chaos theorist, died on the 14th of October
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As reported by Computerworld UK, the London Stock Exchange has announced that its new Linux based system will achieve world record breaking trading speeds
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Oracle’s proposals for the current elections to the executive committee of the Java Community Process have failed to meet with approval from the Java community. Long-time committee member Doug Lea has announced his resignation, citing disappointment over Oracle’s policy towards the JCP
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Hadoop service provider Cloudera has announced that it has secured $25 million in venture funding from Meritech Capital Partners, bringing its overall funding total to $36 million
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The developer of the ZeuS trojan toolbox has apparently handed over all of his code to the rival developer of SpyEye. At the same time Dutch authorities have brought down the Bredolab botnet, which spread across 30 million PCs
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Following unofficial reports that the Android Market had surpassed 100,000 applications, Google has confirmed this is the case
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