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Tim Berners-Lee defends the open web from patent threat
- The inventor of the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee testified in Federal Court on Tuesday giving evidence as part of the defense of a rather remarkable patent trial that’s getting under way in Tyler, Tx, where Michael Doyle is…
Adobe prepping sandboxed Flash Player for Firefox, beta available now
- Adobe is working on a new Flash Player sandbox for Firefox that will essentially work in “Protected Mode” in an effort to protect users against exploits. The design of the sandbox is similar to what the company used with Adobe…
Adobe is bundling Shockwave Player with Norton's security software
- It's recently come to our attention that the installer for Adobe Shockwave Player is coming bundled with an optional installation of Norton Security Scan. The bundle was pointed out by Martin Brinkmann from gHacks and confimed by our Editor in Chief,…
Hackers exploit zero day vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat
- Adobe confirmed yesterday that its Adobe Reader software contains a zero-day vulnerability, crediting the security team at Lockheed Martin, which itself was a victim of an attack through the exploit, and members of the Defense Security Information Exchange for discovering…
SOPA loses backing of tech giants amid policy concerns
- After initially backing the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the Business Software Alliance (BSA), which counts the likes of Apple, Microsoft, Adobe, Intel, Dell, Symantec and 23 other tech companies among its members, has withdrawn their support saying that valid and…
RIM will continue to support Flash without Adobe
- Research in Motion has announced they will continue to support Flash player on their BlackBerry PlayBook tablet despite the fact that Adobe revealed yesterday they were no longer planning to develop future versions of the software.
Adobe stops mobile Flash development, will focus on HTML5
- In a rather unexpected move, Adobe has told developers that it no longer plans to develop future versions of its Flash Player for mobile browsers, and will instead focus on HTML5 and other web technologies. ZDNet broke the news earlier…
Adobe previews prototype blur-fixing feature at MAX 2011
- Adobe has offered a peek at an upcoming feature for Photoshop that could make blurred photos a thing of the past by calculating the movements of the camera at the time the image was taken and enabling a one-click fix.…
Unreal Engine 3 comes to Adobe Flash 11
- Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 now supports Adobe Flash, meaning many popular gaming titles will soon be finding their way to web browsers and social networking sites. Epic’s gaming engine was originally designed for high-end PCs and gaming consoles, but has…
Flash 11 coming soon with GPU-assisted 3D graphics engine
- Adobe's Flash Player is about to receive its largest update since the introduction of hardware-accelerated H.264 video decoding in 2009. Version 11 of the software is set to go live early next month and will reportedly introduce a GPU-assisted rendering…
Microsoft puts Flash on notice with 'plug-in free' Metro IE10
- In what could be a major blow for Adobe's Flash, it seems Microsoft is now distancing itself from the technology with claims that the Metro version of Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8 will be a plug-in free experience. You'll…
Adobe releases Flash 11 beta for Windows, Mac, and Linux (64-bit support!)
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Adobe has announced a beta release of Flash Player 11. You can download it directly for Windows, Mac, and Linux. At the same time, the company has announced the availability of the Adobe AIR 3 beta. Last month, Adobe killed AIR for Linux and announced it would focus on mobile instead.
Adobe kills AIR for Linux, focuses on mobile instead
- Adobe has announced it is discontinuing further support of Adobe AIR for desktop Linux. The latest release of Adobe AIR for desktop Linux is version 2.6. You can download it directly from here: Adobe AIR 2.6 for Linux.
Adobe CEO talks Android tablets, dispute with Apple
- Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen says that Android tablets will soon overtake the iPad, just as Android smartphones now outnumber the iPhone. Speaking on stage at the D9 conference hosted by All Things Digital, the executive nudged aside notions that Apple's…
Adobe releases Flash Player 10.3 for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android
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Adobe has released Flash Player 10.3. You can download it directly for Windows, Mac, and Linux. In addition for the first time ever, Adobe has simultaneously released the same new version of Flash Player for Android.
Adobe releases three Photoshop apps for the iPad
- As part of its Creative Suite 5.5 update, Adobe has released three Adobe Photoshop Touch apps for the Apple iPad: Adobe Color Lava ($3), Adobe Eazel ($5), and Adobe Nav ($2). You can grab them now from the Apple App Store.
Adobe, Apple, Google, Intel, others sued for wage fixing
- Siddharth Hariharan, a former software engineer at Lucasfilm, has filed a class action lawsuit in California Superior Court in Alameda County, charging that several leading technology companies in the US violated antitrust laws by conspiring to fix the pay of…
Adobe releases Creative Suite 5.5 with subscription options
- Adobe Systems has released the Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 product family, improving HTML5 and Flash authoring, adding innovation in the areas of video production and editing, and delivering new capabilities in the area of digital publishing. Creative Suite 5.5 content…
Adobe unveils Creative Suite 5.5 with subscription options
- Adobe has rolled out an upgrade for Creative Suite, version 5.5, that better integrates with touch-based tablets or smartphones and serves up a subscription model that lets users rent individual programs for a monthly or yearly fee instead of buying…
Adobe warns of Flash vulnerability, Mozilla promotes HTML5
- Adobe has warned of a critical vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player that affects a vast majority of users. The flaw (CVE-2011-0609) has been exploited in the wild and allows an attacker to gain control of a machine by embedding a…
Adobe releases Flash 10.3 beta for Windows, Mac, and Linux
- Adobe has announced a beta release of Flash player 10.3 on Adobe Labs. You can download it directly for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Flash Player 10.3 beta introduces a number of features including enhanced privacy controls, VoIP tools and analytics.
Adobe releases experimental Flash to HTML5 conversion tool
- Not only has Adobe launched its own HTML5 video player, added HTML5 export tools to Adobe Illustrator and Dreamweaver CS5, but it has now released an experimental Flash to HTML5 conversion tool, codenamed Wallaby, over on Adobe Labs. Wallaby, currently…
Adobe releases Flash Player 10.2 for Windows, Mac, Linux
- Adobe has released Flash Player 10.2, introducing Stage Video, a new API that delivers high performance video playback across platforms and browsers. The new version also offers everything introduced in the beta, including custom native mouse cursors, multiple monitor full-screen…
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