Microsoft urges users to update Flash Player
In an unprecedented move, Microsoft has issued a critical advisory urging users to apply a critical update from Flash Player update from Macromedia.
The vulnerability first reported by eEye Digital Security and Sec Consult, can allow malicious parties to inject unauthorized code, using invalid array indexes, to be executed by Flash Player.
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IE8 Beta 2 Next Month, Final IE8 by the End of 2008
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is scheduled to drop next month, with the final version of the successor of Internet Explorer 7 confirmed for availability by the end of 2008.
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29.7.2008 Microsoft sheds light on Flash rival
Microsoft's answer to Adobe Systems' Flash Player has an official name--Silverlight--and a coveted target audience: media and entertainment companies bringing video to the Web.
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16.4.2007 Users Report Glitches With Microsoft's Flash Patch
Microsoft plans to begin patching more than its own software, its first effort got off to a rocky start. By Wednesday, Windows users were complaining of glitches in updating Adobe's Flash Player through the Windows Update service.
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11.5.2006 Intel moves closer to flash memory replacement
Intel has been tinkering with a concept of a phase change memory device chip for nearly 30 years.
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18.4.2007 Check Out The New Windows Home Server Demo. But Why Is It In Flash?
Microsoft PR sent out a link to this slick new Windows Home Server Demo this afternoon. Nothing really notable about it (although I do want one)…except the demo is in Flash.
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27.10.2007 eBoostr - Boost Windows XP with Flash Memory
MDO Ltd. announces the release of eBoostr, a complete replacement for Microsoft ReadyBoost technology for Windows XP. Upgrade the performance of your PC without upgrading its components. Get ReadyBoost-like technology in Windows XP.
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14.11.2007 Silverlight 2, Microsoft's Flash Killer, Gets DRM, Just Like Vista
Microsoft's Flash killer, Silverlight, is on track to get digital rights management just like the company's latest Windows client, Windows Vista. Microsoft has faced a barrage of criticism over the content protection capabilities in Vista, and the subject is bound to yet again come into play with Silverlight 2.
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14.4.2008 Microsoft's Flash Killer, Silverlight 2, Released to Web
Silverlight 2, the next step in the evolution of Microsoft's Adobe Flash killer, has been released to web. As Silverlight 2 has reached the RTW milestone, the Redmond giant announced that downloads would only go live on October 14, 2008.
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13.10.2008 Vista's ReadyBoost flash drives lack significant boost
Windows Vista's Windows ReadyBoost sounds too good to be true, and based on our extensive lab tests, it is. The technology promises to let you speed up Windows by plugging an inexpensive USB flash drive into your PC. But we found that while ReadyBoost may speed up Vista a tiny bit, it can also slow it down in some instances.
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18.5.2007 Vista hacked on 3rd day thru Adobe Flash. Linux Undefeated.
After Mac was hacked in 2 minutes at the CanSecWest Conference, it was now the time for Vista to get hacked on the 3rd day.
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30.3.2008 IE8: What’s After Beta 2
The announcement of IE8 Beta 2 started an important and public phase of the product development cycle getting broad public feedback.
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24.11.2008 IE8 and Trustworthy Browsing
This blog post frames our approach in IE8 for delivering trustworthy browsing. The topic is complicated enough that some context and even history (before we go into any particular feature) is important, and so some readers may find this post a bit basic as it’s written for a wide audience.
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26.6.2008 Firefox 3.0 goes Alpha but little word yet on IE8
Firefox 2 only launched six weeks ago, but there appear to be no plans for a Firefox 2.5 with the alpha, developer version of Firefox 3.0 just made available on Friday.
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10.12.2006 Microsoft IE8 trial coming soon
Internet Explorer 8 will be released as a beta test version later this year, according to a Microsoft source. Windows XP is apparently included in the plans for the new web browser.
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26.6.2007 Lukewarm reaction to first IE8 beta
Yesterday at the MIX '08 session, Microsoft employees Ray Ozzie, Dean Hachamovitch and a host of Microsoft partners touted the new Silverlight and IE8 betas to what could be seen (from my perspective) ..
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6.3.2008 Wanted: IE8 Beta Testers
As previously mentioned in the IE8 Beta Feedback post back in March, we have several ways to submit feedback on the IE8 Beta.
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31.7.2008 I do not like MP3 player :)
Probably Fake IE8 alpha screenshots appear on the Internet
IE8 is set to be released in mid-2008, so we can fully expect IE9 to ship with Windows 7 (formerly known as Windows Vienna).
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5.7.2007 The First Look at the IE8 Beta 1 Graphical User Interface
Expect little and you won't be disappointed. This has got to be the rule for Internet Explorer Beta 1.
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3.3.2008 Internet Explorer 8 - IE8 Beta 2 in August
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates confirmed, at the company's Tech Ed North America 2008 Developers conference on June 3, that the next development milestone of Internet Explorer 8 is
approximately a couple of months away.
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3.6.2008 IE8 Performance vs. Google Chrome and Firefox
With Microsoft making headway towards the gold build of Internet Explorer 8, the Redmond company has to face an ugly truth. Performance-wise, with emphasis on JavaScrip performance, the software giant is getting ready to release a browser inferior to what is already available from rivals Google and Mozilla.
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27.9.2008 Microsoft to release IE8 RC1 next week
Microsoft is currently readying the release of Internet Explorer 8 RC1 for early next week, company sources indicate.
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22.1.2009 Microsoft releases IE8 language packs
In case your favorite language isn't English and have been waiting to install a language pack for the recently released Internet Explorer 8.
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26.4.2009 IE8 RTW Compatibility View Design
The Beta version of Internet Explorer 8 shipped with a big Emulate IE7 button next to the Home button on the Command Bar.
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22.6.2009 New Beta for Windows 7 and IE8 Security Baselines
Microsoft has debuted a new Beta program via Connect focused on the Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8 Security Baselines.
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16.7.2009 How to Restore or Reopen Last Closed Tabs in IE8
There may be times that one may accidentally or forgetfully closes a web browsing tab while surfing the world wide web in Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) which has loaded important web page. Internet Explorer 8 has built-in mechanism that able to help user in “tab not found” situation, which is ability to reopen closed tabs, with support of up to 10 previously closed tabs.
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2.8.2009 Gmail Audio Player
Gmail has a built-in player for MP3 attachments. If you receive emails that include MP3 files (maybe a podcast or a public domain recording), you can listen them directly from Gmail.
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23.8.2006 Forget about IE8 – Onward to Internet Explorer 9 in Windows 7
Well, Internet Explore 8 is not even barely out the door and there has already been talk about Internet Explorer 9... The fact of the matter is that IE8 is not out the door at all.
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20.12.2007 Internet explorer 8 (IE8) RTM expected in March
On February 11, Microsoft OCE announced RTM (Release to Market) version of Internet Explorer 8 will be made available to Royalty OEMs in March 2009. Seems quite fast since RC1 seemed like it just came out.
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18.2.2009Adobe bringing full version of flash to mobile phones
Adobe is shifting its efforts from "Flash lite" to developing a Flash Player 10 to work on higher-end smartphones. The admission came from Adobe
Chief Technology Officer, Kevin Lynch, at Adobe's Max conference in San Francisco. "We are midst of evolving Flash Player 10 for mobile," Lynch
said. "We're taking the full Flash Player and making that run on the higher end of the mobile market." Adobe demonstrated Flash Player 10 on
Nokia, Windows Mobile and Google's Android devices. Lynch was unable to demonstrate Flash Player 10 on the iPhone and commented "This needs a
little more baking.
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18.11.2008Adobe Warns of Possible Flash
Exploit
Having just integrated
Macromedia's Flash Player
into its technology portfolio,
Adobe today issued a
"critical" warning,
advising Flash Player users to
apply an update to prevent a
possible denial of service
attack...
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13.09.2006Adobe Flash Player 10 Beta Now Available
Adobe® Flash® Player 10, code-named "Astro," introduces new expressive features and visual performance improvements that allow interactive
designers and developers to build the richest and most immersive Web experiences. These new capabilities also empower the community to extend Flash
Player and to take creativity and interactivity to a new level.
This public prerelease is an opportunity for developers and
consumers to test and provide early feedback to Adobe on new features, enhancements, and compatibility with previously authored content. Once youve
installed Flash Player 10 beta, you can view interactive demos. You can also help make Flash Player better by visiting all of your favorite sites,
making sure they work the same or better than with the current player.
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15.05.2008Flash Vulnerability Fixed
After 4 Months
Macromedia has finally warned
of a serious security flaw
that was reported in June,
which affects certain versions
of Flash Player 7 and earlier.
The vulnerability could allow
a hacker to inject code that
the player would then execute,
resulting in the compromising
of a user's system...
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08.11.2005New Flash player brings streaming HD video support
he final build of Adobe Flash Player 9 Update 3 -- or more affectionately known as "Moviestar" -- has been released, adding support for
high-definition content...
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06.12.2007Adobe launches 'Astro,' Flash Player 10
Today, Adobe has launched Flash Player 10 after nearly six months in public beta, the day after Microsoft released Silverlight 2, Flash's most
high-profile competitor...
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15.10.2008Flash Player Beta Adds H.264, But Is It High-Definition?
A forthcoming update for Adobe's Flash Player 9, the beta testing for which is set to begin today, will incorporate the ability to decode H.264
videos. Adobe's move comes as users of Macs, iPhone, and AppleTV have been noticing YouTube's gradual shift away from Flash video and toward H.264,
which some speculate may become a complete shift within months...
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22.08.2007GPU-Accelerated Flash Player In The Works
nVidia has been teasing the tech world with demonstrations of a gpu-accelerated flash player for a little while now, and has kept any media coverage
at bay in preparation for a public announcement by the company on October 5. However, nVidia's media request has fallen of deaf ears with German
technology site notebookjournal.de. They released footage on YouTube of nVidia's Igor Stanek demonstrating an internal build of Adobe's Flash
Player with GPU acceleration. Quick to react, the YouTube footage has since been taken offline, but not before thousands of viewers got to take a
look.
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30.09.2009New Adobe Media Player ushers in AIR 1.5
The latest version of Adobe's stand-alone player for Flash media appears only cosmetically different, and we've noticed a few bugs in our tests. But
the big changes are under the hood, with Flash 10 and the latest AIR platform...
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22.11.2008Snow Leopard shipped with flash vulnerability
Apple's latest operating system, Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), has been found to ship with an outdated version of Adobe's Flash Player
(10.0.23.1). This version of Flash Player contains a vulnerability on Mac machines that could leave your system vulnerable to hackers. What could be
the most distressing thing of all, is when users upgraded from Leopard (10.5) to Snow Leopard (10.6), users found themselves with a downgraded version
of Adobe's Flash Player (10.0.23.1). Users who upgraded that had the latest security patches installed of Flash Player (10.0.32.18) found
themselves with a vulnerable version installed on their machine.
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04.09.2009Adobe Delivers Flash Player 9,
Flex 2
Adobe on Wednesday released
the final version of Flash
Player 9, which the company
says offers ten times better
performance through
ActionScript 3.0 and a new
ActionScript Virtual Machine.
The update provides the
backbone for Flex 2.0,
Adobe's new line of tools for
building Web applications...
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28.06.2006Creative debuts 32 GB flash Zen for Singapore, US
Creative upped the ante on flash-based players, offering the first flash-based player with storage comparable to some of today's hard-drive based
models...
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04.12.2007Adobe Flash Player 10 public beta now open
Today Adobe Systems launched the public beta for Flash Player 10, the company's ubiquitous runtime graphics platform. Added features include 3D
animation and transformation support, new effects and filters, as well as new rich text layouts...
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15.05.2008Adobe Builds Media Player for Flash
Adobe on Monday offered
visitors of the NAB 2007
conference in Las Vegas a peek
at its new Media Player
desktop application, designed
to play Flash video content
without requiring a Web
browser. The program, formerly
code-named "Philo,"
will enter beta testing this
spring...
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17.04.2007Will Microsoft bundle Silverlight with IE8?
Any day now, details of IE8 will begin to emerge and my question will have a black and white answer. Until then though, I'm free to speculate
about the best way for Microsoft getting Silverlight to the masses. Right now, I don’t see how else they could get quick adoption with minimal
effort. For those who are scratching their heads at this point, Silverlight is essentially a Web-based version of Microsoft's Windows Presentation
Foundation, the user-interface framework in Windows Vista. In other words, Silverlight is Microsoft’s answer to Flash (see, it is possible not
to say Flash killer). The technology is backed by Microsoft’s .Net Framework; designers can use Microsoft Expression Studio and developers can
use Microsoft Visual Studio to put together Silverlight applications for the interactive web. Those interested can choose from various languages,
including JavaScript, Ruby, Python, C# and Visual Basic .NET.
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07.12.2007Adobe Releases Flash Beta for Linux
Adobe said Wednesday that it
had released a beta of its
Flash player for the Linux
operating system. According to
the company, a final version
of the player will be released
early next year. A 64-bit
version is now being prepped
as well...
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19.10.2006Adobe Patches Flash Vulnerabilities
Adobe this week fixed critical
vulnerabilities within its
Flash Player that could allow
an attacker to take control of
an affected system. According
to a company advisory, all
current versions of Flash 9, 8
and 7 are affected by the
problem, which relates to not
validating certain input...
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12.07.2007Web Video Goes Mobile with Flash Lite
Adobe announced Monday that
Adobe Flash Lite 3, scheduled
for release in the first half
of 2007, will include the
capability to watch videos,
bringing all the features of
Adobe Flash Player to mobile
devices equipped with the
software...
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13.02.2007Flash and DRM: Does Adobe really have any choice?
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is taking Adobe to task for including DRM in Flash Media Server 3 and Flash Player 9. But does Adobe really have
much choice, now that social networking sites such as YouTube are under pressure from content providers to implement DRM?..
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22.02.2008Adobe Plugs Critical Flash
Vulnerability
Adobe on Tuesday issued a
security advisory urging all
Macromedia Flash users to
upgrade to version 8.0.24.0.
The company says it has
identified "critical
vulnerabilities" in Flash
Player that could lead to a
full system compromise. The
flaw can be exploited through
a malicious SWF file...
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