MySQL co-founder quits

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Widenius the MySQL co founder has quit sun microsystems. According to him Sun Microsystems gave MySQL 5.1 a generally avaiable status which Widenius opposed. The 5.1 version has lots of bugs that are still not solved. Giving MySQL 5.1 a general status means that it becomes a standard product which can be used. Now he has started his own company which will work on a open source database development project.

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The criminals behind the widespread Conficker worm have released a new version of the malware that could signal a major shift in the way the worm operates.

The new variant, dubbed Conficker B++, was spotted three days ago by SRI International researchers, who published details of the new code on Thursday. To the untrained eye, the new variant looks almost identical to the previous version of the worm, Conficker B. But the B++ variant uses new techniques to download software, giving its creators more flexibility in what they can do with infected machines.