Microsoft gets VeriSign to revoke the ceritificate for the Atsiv
utility because it allows admins to load unsigned kernel drivers:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/scrt/098FC3312E81D386CC25732F00709C49
Microsoft also manage to reverse the decision against them on the MP3
patent infringement, though an appeal is likely:
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9755745-7.html
Lenovo announces during LinuxWorld that it is to offer Novell's SUSE
Linux on its laptops at the end of the year, even in NZ:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6933859.stm
A serious vulnerability is discovered in OpenBSD and NetBSD’s
Systrace, sudo and sysjail. Sysjail has been withdrawn:
http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2007/08/06/usenix-woot07-exploiting-concurrency-vulnerabilities-in-system-call-wrappers-and-the-evil-genius/
In memoriam: Sir Angus Tait, founder of Tait Electronics, dies at
the age of 88. He is survived by his wife and three children:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4156176a28.html
And finally. US medical giant Johnson & Johnson are suing the Red
Cross for selling things with a red cross on them:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/09/america/NA-GEN-US-Red-Cross-Lawsuit.ph
News collated from various sources by Vik Olliver for Diamond Age Solutions Ltd. The views presented in this document are the personal opinion of the collator, and should not be taken as any more than that.