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RSS Adobe in newsAdobe patches 28 flaws: Reader and Acrobat plugged
News Adobe has released a bulletin patching 28 vulnerabilities affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat. See Adobe fixes 28 holes in Reader and Acrobat on CNET News.com for more on this story. The... [14 Oct 2009]
Adobe's Flash coming to smartphones, netbooks
News Flash is ubiquitous on the desktop - now Adobe is hoping it can repeat the trick with mobiles. For more, see Adobe takes Flash to smartphones on ZDNet UK. The company has just announced Flash Player... [05 Oct 2009]
Intel takes aim at clever TVs as the gogglebox gets connected
News By virtue of compatibility with other x86 processors such as Intel's mainstream Core line, its TV-oriented chips can run software written to run on Adobe Systems' Flash Player with relative ease. Intel may not have... [28 Sep 2009]
Adobe snaps up Omniture in $1.8bn analytics acquisition
News Adobe said on Tuesday that it has reached a deal to acquire web analytics firm Omniture for $1.8bn, or $21.50 per share. That represents a 45 per cent premium on Omniture's average closing price for the last 30 days,... [16 Sep 2009]
Silverlight 4: Microsoft casts light on next version of Adobe Flash rival
News In particular, Microsoft said the next version of the Adobe Flash rival would support its PlayReady digital rights management technology for offline content. That's still a far cry from Adobe's Flash,... [09 Sep 2009]
Google Chrome for Linux, arriving soon in 64 bits
News In the browser world, for example, it can be problematic running a 64-bit browser with a 32-bit plug-in such as Adobe Systems' Flash, Microsoft's Silverlight, or Sun Microsystems' Java. They hammered... [21 Aug 2009]
£50,000: The cost of unlicensed software for four businesses
News All four businesses were found to be using unlicensed Microsoft software, while individual businesses also had instances of unlicensed versions of Adobe and Autodesk software. Four manufacturing companies have reached... [18 Aug 2009]
Google's $106.5m software buy to be challenged in court
News On2's video-compression technology is used in Adobe's Flash software and the Hulu video site, among others. Google's acquisition of video-compression software company On2 Technologies is being challenged in court by On2... [13 Aug 2009]
Security: Why Adobe could be the new Microsoft
News They are slowly realising that they have become a main vector of getting into a machine.We as an industry must push hard" to get Adobe to improve security. Now it's Adobe's turn to step up to the plate. [07 Aug 2009]
Adobe patches critical Flash hole
News Adobe has released a patch for a critical Flash Player problem that could let attackers take over people's computers through content viewed in a browser. The vulnerability affected a file that shipped with Flash Player... [31 Jul 2009]
Microsoft releases emergency patch to plug critical ActiveX hole
News Microsoft also has had discussions with Adobe, Sun and Google about some components involving their software that are affected, said Mike Reavey, director of the Microsoft Security Response Center. Internet Explorer... [29 Jul 2009]
Flash hole fix coming next week, says Adobe
News Adobe said Thursday that it will issue fixes next week for a critical hole in Flash that is being exploited in attacks against Adobe Reader version 9 on Windows. The vulnerability exists in current... [24 Jul 2009]
Adobe probes Flash zero day bug after exploit found
News Adobe Reader is vulnerable because its Flash interpreter is vulnerable, said Paul Royal, principal researcher at Purewire, a web security services provider. In a post on its website, Adobe said it "is... [23 Jul 2009]
Flash of Silverlight to put Microsoft hot on Adobe's heels?
News Microsoft kicked off its latest effort to challenge Adobe's Flash by launching Silverlight 3 at an event on Friday. Silverlight still has a long way to go to match Flash's ubiquity, with Adobe's... [13 Jul 2009]
Google's Chrome OS: On the frontline of the new operating system war
News A is for Acer, Adobe and Asus Google is developing its own PC operating system in its latest attempt to move into a new market and threaten established rivals. Chrome, which shares its name with Google's web browser,... [09 Jul 2009]
