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Red Hat Enterprise Linux: A new tzdata package that updates Daylight Saving Time observations for several countries is now available.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated openmotif packages that resolve several issues are now available.

RHN Satellite and Proxy: Updated Red Hat Network Satellite packages are now available that address an issue with snapshots rollback where 32bit packages were installed during rollback.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated cups packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. CVE-2010-0302

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated java-1.5.0-ibm packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and 5 Supplementary. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. CVE-2009-3555

RHN Satellite and Proxy: Updated Red Hat Network Satellite packages that address issues with the API are now available.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated libXi packages that resolve an issue are now available.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated systemtap packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. CVE-2009-4273, CVE-2010-0411

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated systemtap packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. CVE-2010-0411

A number of former Sun Microsystems employees who worked on Drizzle, an offshoot of the MySQL open-source database, have ended up at cloud infrastructure provider Rackspace, where they will continue their efforts, developer Jay Pipes wrote in a blog post Monday.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated kvm packages that fix two security issues and two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. CVE-2009-3722, CVE-2010-0419

The Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) is looking to develop a new electronic voting system for the next State election, due on 27 November.

A new industry group is trying to apply open-source principles to the design and construction of data centers, which it says could accelerate the use of new technologies and increase competition in the industry.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated openssh packages that resolve an issue are now available.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An updated sudo package that fixes two security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. CVE-2010-0426, CVE-2010-0427

North Korea has reportedly developed its own version of the Linux operating with a graphical user interface that closely resembles Microsoft Windows.

A Chinese company is tweaking Google’s Android operating system to run on a laptop using homegrown Chinese microprocessors, which are backed by the government.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated dump packages that resolve an issue are now available.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An updated coreutils package that fixes a bug in the readlink command is now available.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. [Updated 23rd February 2010] This update adds references to two KBase articles that includes greater detail regarding some bug fixes that could not be fully documented in the errata note properly. CVE-2009-2849