Local root exploit in the Linux kernel 2.6.17 - 2.6.24, based on a fault
in vmsplice. It's in the wild and requires shell access:
http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/190587
Indications are that Yahoo! will refuse Microsoft's US$44 billion offer:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120257515426256541.html
Microsoft now faces an EU commission over reports that it "stacked"
standards committees in an attempt to get OOXML mad a standard:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206106956
Google News now supports a local news section. Even works in areas
of NZ (at time of writing must be enabled from news.google.com):
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-02-07-n63.html
Cross-site scripting exploit in Firefox 2.0.12. Using the "noscript" plugin
fixes the problem, or wait for a patch:
http://www.0x000000.com/index.php?i=515
Microsoft, Google, Verisign and IBM join up to OpenID to allow a single
login, though the issue of actually "owning" a user is yet to be settled:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/07/openid-welcomes-microsoft-google-verisign-and-ibm/
http://openid.net/
And finally. Doctors in New York experimentally bypass spinal injuries in
rats using nerves exiting the spine above the injury:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7231226.stm
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.