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Adobe Flash player update hassles

Adobe Flash player update hasslesReceived the update automatically... this morning, on my Ubuntu boxes, through the automatic central update function. :-)Important update indeed. High time that Adobe open-sources it's Flash Player: security flaws will be fixed much sooner then.64-bit Linux Adobe Flash 10.0.32 Update URLAdobe Flash player update hassles...

Tags: Word processors, 64-bit, SECURITY, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Flash, Adobe Flash Player

Discussion threads 2009-07-31

Adobe Flash player update hassles

OK, here's an update that you really need to install on all your systems. The new Flash player update patches up around a dozen security vulnerabilities in the software, including one that hackers are actively exploiting. Annoyingly, you might need to install this update more than once. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Update, Adobe Flash Player, Patches, Hacking, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-07-31

Adobe Flash Player 10.0.32.18 (Mac)

Flash Player 10 is a lightweight, highly expressive client runtime that delivers powerful and consistent user experiences across major operating systems, browsers, mobile phones, and devices. Adobe Flash Player software is a cross-platform browser plug-in that delivers breakthrough web experiences and is installed on more than 98% of Internet-connected desktops....

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Macintosh, Macromedia Flash Player, Adobe Flash Player, Flash Player 10, Web Browsers, Internet

Software downloads 2009-07-30

Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?

Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?Yup it's time to do soI have disabled flash in both firefox and IE and only enable them when opening youtube. Unlike flash, Silverlight runs in a sand boxed environment. Remember Vista was hacked last year in that hacking contest? Vista was hacked...

Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Is It Time, Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Flash, Novell AppArmor, Adobe Systems Inc., IS IT, IE8

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

UPDATE x1: Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?

With news that 92% of Windows PCs are vulnerable to a zero-day attack that Adobe won't patch until Thursday, is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player? The most current versions of Flash player, 9.0.159.0 and 10.0.22.87, are both vulnerable to hackers. According to security companies, hackers...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe Flash Player, Hacking, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-07-29

HTC announces the Hero with HTC Sense and Adobe Flash Player 10

HTC announces the Hero with HTC Sense and Adobe Flash Player 10RE:If this phone is under $200 I will buy it without hesitation, but it needs to happen soon. I have a SE phone that I've had for years, no web, no email...no sanity. I'm very close to just buying...

Tags: Keyboards, HTC Lancaster, High Tech Computer Corp., keyboard, Apple iPhone, HTC Sense, Adobe Systems Inc., phone, Adobe Flash Player

Discussion threads 2009-06-24

HTC announces the Hero with HTC Sense and Adobe Flash Player 10

HTC held a big event in London today to announce the new HTC Hero Google Android device running with their new HTC Sense user interface. The Hero is a sleek looking Google Android device that appears similar to the HTC Magic with a slimmer form factor that still incorporates that...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Adobe Flash Player, Hero, HTC Sense UI, Mobile Operating Systems, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-06-24

Flash Capture 2.6 (Windows)

Flash Capture shows a download menu on flash objects which lets you download any flash file off Web pages. It includes a build-in flash player and easy to use cache searching for saving flash files from Web sites that you have already been to. Version 2.6 has fixed the compatible...

Tags: Web, Adobe Flash Player, Dreamingsoft, Channel Management, Web Site Development, Microsoft Windows, Marketing, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-03-26

Heads-up: Critical Adobe Flash Player patch coming

Heads-up: Critical Adobe Flash Player patch comingFlash Player VersionThe latest version of the Flash Player isn't 10.0.22.87? I'd be interested in hearing if I'll still need to keep an eye our for a patch for Flash 10.Flash Player 10 is affectedThis patch covers a total of five vulnerabilities and affects...

Tags: Patches, SECURITY, Flash Player 10, Macromedia Flash Player, Heads-up, Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-02-24

Heads-up: Critical Adobe Flash Player patch coming

[ UPDATE:  Here's the official alert from Adobe with information on the patch.  It covers a total of five vulnerabilities and affects Flash Player 10.0.12.36 and earlier ] Sometime later today, Adobe will issue a patch for at least one critical vulnerability affecting its ubiquitous Flash Player. ...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Shockwave, Attacker, Vulnerability, Macromedia Flash Player, Adobe Flash Player, iDefense, Shockwave Flash, Security, Patches, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-02-24

Adobe Flash Player 10 Administration Guide

Flash Player is the software that allows computers to play multimedia content contained in SWF (pronounced "Swiff ") files, which are the main type of file used by Flash Player. This content can be created by Adobe Flash Professional, Adobe Flex Builder, or other tools that output the SWF file...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Administration, Macromedia Flash Player, Adobe Flash Player, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Internet, Productivity, Workforce Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources

White papers 2008-10-01

Adobe Flash Pwn2Own details released by ZDI...

... and unfortunately leaves much to be desired.  I think many people were hoping for the disclosure from ZDI to contain a lot of details on what could've been exploited with this issue, unfortunately, the details just aren't really there.  In fact, after reading it, I think I have more...

Tags: User Interaction, Adobe Systems Inc., Vulnerability, Adobe Flash Player, ZDI Advisory, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-04-08

Adobe Flash Player 9 Security

Security is a key concern of Adobe, users, website owners, and content developers. For this reason, Adobe Flash Player 9 includes a set of security rules and controls to safeguard the user, website owner, and content developer. This white paper provides an overview of the Flash Player security model. The...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Flash Player, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Security, Internet

White papers 2006-07-01

Adobe Flash Player 9

Less than a year after the release of Flash 8, which made it possible for Web designers and developers to create faster-playing animations, videos, games, and other interactive online content, Adobe has released the new Flash Player 9, which purportedly will render content 10 times faster. You can also...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Macromedia Flash Player, Flash Player 9, Adobe Systems Inc.

Product reviews 2006-06-28

Additional Resources

iPurge Safari Caches 1.4.1 (Mac)

iPurge Safari Caches: Deletes the following: Note: The tidy (~) denotes your "Home" folder. Hard Disk/private/var/ - Safari caches. ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db ~/Library/Caches/Adobe/Flash Player/AssetCache ~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/macromedia.com ~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/#SharedObjects ~/Library/Caches/QuickTime/downloads iPurge Safari Caches Login: Deletes the same caches and you can set it as a login script in your System Preferences >...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Safari, AppleScript, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2009-11-04

MovCaptioner 3.2 (Mac)

MovCaptioner keeps repeating a segment of the movie until you are done typing what you hear. Just hit the Return key and it will save your caption and automatically advance to the next few seconds of the movie, allowing you to zip through your captioning tasks in no time flat....

Tags: Standard Template Library, Apple Macintosh, SynchriMedia, MovCaptioner

Software downloads 2009-11-03

Amara Flash Intro and Banner Builder 3.1 (Windows)

Amara Flash Intro and Banner Builder is the ultimate Flash text effect tool to help the Web designer create and design animated Flash intros, Flash banners, Flash ads, Flash pop-ups and any other Flash animation. Amara Software's easy-to-use web animation software saves your creations in the popular SWF file format,...

Tags: Animation, Microsoft Windows, Amara Software, Flash, Channel Management, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-02

Salesforce, Adobe bring Flash to Force.com

Businesses who have already taken the plunge into the Salesforce cloud will find something new this morning: Adobe Flash. The two companies today announced an alliance that brings the power of the Adobe Flash platform to the Salesforce's Force.com, where developers build - and many times share...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Developer, Adobe Systems Inc., Force.com, Sales Force Management, Sales, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-26

Patch Tuesday: MS plugs critical IE, Windows Media Player holes

Is MS going to pay for my Gb/month overage?With ISPs grasping for profits I see the day when the "download cost" of these mega-patches become an issue!RE: Patch Tuesday: MS plugs critical IE, Windows Media Player holesWow, my Microsoft software is sure to be secure now.GOOD JOB!If only other manufacturers...

Tags: Patches, Microsoft Internet Explorer, media player, patch management, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

Adobe and Nvidia bring GPU computing to the masses

What about Intel and AMD?So Adobe is quietly ignoring everyone with Intel or AMD video GPU's? Sounds like Nvidia is trying to drive sales in smaller devices this way. Exclusive deal with Adobe maybe?Adobe Flash requires ridiculous and unjustified amounts of CPUAnd it's the worst with Flash 10....

Tags: Corporate communications, Processors, Adobe Flash, NVidia Corp., Adobe Systems Inc., CPU, video, GPU

Discussion threads 2009-10-06