Daily news beat for June 2, 2008

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Jun 2, 20081 min

H-1B opponents challenge Bush administration in court. Groups file a suit in response to a recent decision that extends the amount of time foreign nationals can work in the U.S. on student visas.

Thanks in large part to ongoing market consolidation, the Java market is in flux, meaning that developers now have fewer choices — and some vendors are left wondering whether selling tools even makes sense as a business anymore. The shrinking Java tools market.

IBM, meanwhile, starts a Jazz product launch wave beginning with Team Content 1.0, due on June 30, and to be followed by some 20 Jazz-related collaborative development products that will emerge by year’s end.

Microsoft is warning that a previously disclosed flaw in Apple’s Safari browser could have dire consequences for Windows users because it allows attackers to litter a victim’s desktop with executable files, a practice otherwise known as “carpet bombing.”

And Adobe Systems on Monday released Acrobat 9, which enables users to incorporate Flash Player files and applications into PDF documents. The latest version also brings PDF Portfolios, a feature for assembling multiple media types such as documents, videos and 3D objects into a compressed PDF file.