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- Is 64-bit Flash support just around the corner?
- A few weeks ago, I noted the explosive growth in sales of 64-bit Windows in recent months and wondered aloud when Adobe plans to release a 64-bit Flash player. A commenter on that post suggested that Adobe was planning to unveil 64-bit support in its upcoming Flash 10...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Flash Player, 64-Bit, Network Technology, Microsoft Windows, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
- Adobe: Beware of fake Flash downloads
- Amidst confirmed reports that malicious hackers are starting to use fake Flash Player downloads as social engineering lures for malware, Adobe has issued a call-to-arms for users to validate installers before downloading software updates. The company's notice comes on the heels of malware attacks on Facebook, MySpace...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Flash Player, Adobe Flash, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- Web worms squirm through Facebook, MySpace
- My colleagues at Kaspersky Lab see disclosure have intercepted two new worms squirming through MySpace and Facebook, using social engineering lures to plant malware on Windows systems. The worms propagate via the comments features on the two popular social networks, using video lures and fake Flash Player...
- Tags: Web, Facebook, Kaspersky Lab, Network, Macromedia Flash Player, Social Engineering, Worm, MySpace, Victim Machine, Cyberthreats, Social Networking, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- Dear Adobe, can we please have a 64-bit Flash player?
- Dear Adobe, can we please have a 64-bit Flash player?nspluginwrapperWorks like a champ. It does the mapping between the 64-bit calls from Firefox and other compatible clients and the library's native 32-bit API.RE: Dear Adobe, can we please have a 64-bit Flash player?That update must have been a typo...
- Tags: Web browsers, Network technology, Kinda, 64-bit, Adobe Systems Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Macromedia Flash Player
- Discussion threads 2008-07-30
- Dear Adobe, can we please have a 64-bit Flash player?
- In the TalkBack section of my earlier post on the sudden popularity of x64 Vista, a commenter notes that Adobe's Flash player is not yet available in a 64-bit version, which means that if you go to a site that uses Flash, your 64-bit browser will not render the content...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Flash Player, Microsoft Internet Explorer, 64-Bit, Network Technology, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Networking, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- Flash Player and Pentium 2 CPUs don't play nice together
- Flash Player and Pentium 2 CPUs don't play nice togetherNot just flash and not just P2Pentium II cpu's are not the only one's that might still be out there that don't support SSE. The AMD K-6 series which was contemporary with the P2 and the early Athlon's (contemporary with...
- Tags: Processors, Pentium II CPU, CPU, Intel Pentium, Pentium 2 CPU, Macromedia Flash Player, Pentium 2, SSE
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
- Flash Player and Pentium 2 CPUs don't play nice together
- Not sure how many of you this will affect, but it's well worth keeping in mind if you run the Flash Player on a PC built around the Pentium 2 processor. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Intel Pentium, Macromedia Flash Player, CPU, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- Apple releases Leopard 10.5.4 update
- Apple releases Leopard 10.5.4 updateLeopard and Flash PlayerI have re-downloaded the Adobe Flash Player 8 times since installing Leopard and I still get blank pages in Safari that say I have no player. Am I the only one? This is such a frustrating operating system.
- Tags: Leopard, Leopard 10.5.4, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- Flash Player (zip)
- Note: Beta or prerelease software is intended for advanced users and developers only. Normal Flash users should download the latest stable release.Note: You must uninstall any prior versions of Flash Player in order to install Flash Player 10 beta.This is a prerelease version of the Adobe Flash Player 10 software...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Flash Player, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Software downloads 2008-06-23
- Adobe Flash drive-by attacks redux
- Adobe has finally issued an almost-definitive statement on the reports of a zero-day attack targeting its flagship Flash Player, suggesting kinda that the vulnerability is already patched. In a progress report posted to the official Adobe PSIRT blog, David Lenoe stops short of making definitive statements on...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Vulnerability, Macromedia Flash Player, Malware, Attack, Malware Attack, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- Flash Player 10 codename "Astro" goes beta
- Flash Player 10 codename "Astro" goes betaAvailable for *all* operating systems! Great!Thanks for bringing out a Linux version straight away! Will version 10 for Linux, be more stable than version 9 for Linux? Because (although it was a big improvement upon the unstable version 7), stability is still an issue...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Flash Player 10 codename, Flash Player 10, Macromedia Flash Player
- Discussion threads 2008-05-15
- Flash Player 10 codename "Astro" goes beta
- We made available a prerelease version of the Flash Player last night which has a lot of new features. There isn't yet a tooling release we just posted a new Flex SDK that works to support the Flash Player beta so for the time being this is primarily so that...
- Tags: 3D, Macromedia Flash Player, Flash Player 10, Complex Effect, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Adobe opens up Flash, but leaves out Google and Apple
- In a well timed move today Adobe announced the Open Screen Project and lifted restrictions on the use of Flash related specifications. The initiative is supported by several industry leaders including ARM, Intel, LG, Motorola, Nokia, NTT DoCoMo, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba, and Verizon. Notably absent from the list...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Macromedia Flash Player, Apple Inc., Flash, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Marketing, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Adobe Open Screen Project
- Adobe is making a couple of big announcements today that relate to our openness and the openness of the Flash Player. Starting today, there will be no restrictions on the use of the SWF specification or the FLV and F4V specifications that make up video in Flash. Previously, in order...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Flash Player, Specification, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- JavaFX preview coming in May with a 1.0 release "shortly thereafter"
- JavaFX preview coming in May with a 1.0 release "shortly thereafter"JavaFX 3-4 times faster than Flex?This Sun fella posts some benchmarks where JavaFX is already 3-4 times faster than Flex: http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joshy/archive/2008/04/at_the_speed_of.htmlI think this must be because JavaFX uses hardware accelerated graphics, and the Flash Player doesn't (only for full-screen video,...
- Tags: JavaFX, graphics, Macromedia Flash Player
- Discussion threads 2008-04-06
- Adobe clarifies CEO's iPhone Flash comments
- Adobe clarifies CEO's iPhone Flash commentsExpect to see many of these type of trial balloons..Doesn't it seem clear that part of what Adobe is doing is playing the court of public opinion to get Apple to play ball?On the Apple side, this is a great test of the control v....
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Inc., phone, Macromedia Flash Player
- Discussion threads 2008-03-19
- Adobe, Apple and Microsoft all talking about rich Internet applications on mobile devices
- Adobe, Apple and Microsoft all talking about rich Internet applications on mobile devicesFlash and Java Lite?I think we need both. Thanks for the link to YouTube!! Great video.RE: Adobe, Apple and Microsoft all talking about rich Internet applicationsI could understand what Steve concerned, when user surf the web site with...
- Tags: mobile device, mobile, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Apple iPhone, Macromedia Flash Player, rich Internet application, Flash Lite
- Discussion threads 2008-03-04
- Macvide Flash Player (zip)
- Macvide Flash Player is a simple and useful player for viewing flash on your computer with Mac OS. You can watch your favorite flash SWF and video FLV files without internet. And it allows you to watch downloaded flash files from youtube and other video websites. Macvide Flash Player it's...
- Tags: Macromedia Flash Player, Video, Web Site, Macvide, Macvide Flash Player, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Apple Mac OS, Marketing, Internet, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-02-26
- Adobe ships 'critical' patch for Flash Player
- Adobe ships 'critical' patch for Flash PlayerYet still no 64 bit versionI guess they are to busy squashin bugs/threats in their 32 bit code to pay any attention to those of us running 64bit....The most critical flaw affects Linux usersThe Linux update for Flash Player addresses a memory permissions issue...
- Tags: Linux, Web browsers, Macromedia Flash Player, Adobe Systems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-12-19
- Adobe ships 'critical' patch for Flash Player
- Adobe said Thursday that it is shipping a highly critical patch to address multiple vulnerabilities that could affect Windows, Mac and Linux machines. The update addresses at least nine flaws--CVE-2007-6242, CVE-2007- 4768, CVE-2007-5275, CVE-2007- 6243, CVE-2007- 6244, CVE-2007- 6245, CVE-2007-4324, CVE-2007- 6246, CVE-2007-5476--across all platforms. Versions affected...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Vulnerability, Macromedia Flash Player, CVE-2007, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-12-19
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