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 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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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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30.3.2008Adobe brings 64-bit Flash to Linux
Adobe first experimented porting its products to Linux back in November of 2004. Since acquiring Macromedia in mid 2005, Adobe has also been committed
to porting Macromedia's assets, such as Flash, to Linux. The most recent milestone in this process was the synchronization of releases between
Windows and Linux with Flash Player 10. Though equality had been established between the operating systems, this release did not calm users. Still, a
common complaint amongst users of all operating systems was: Where is our 64-bit version? Users of 64-bit Linux distributions were required to use the
NS Plugin Wrapper or install a 32-bit browser in order to see Flash.
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17.11.2008Microsoft Warns of Flash
Vulnerability
Microsoft this week notified
customers regarding
vulnerabilities in Macromedia
Flash, the first time the
company has ever issued a
security advisory for a third
party product. Redmond
officials say the step was
taken because Flash ships with
Windows XP SP1 and SP2, along
with older Windows versions...
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12.11.2005Macromedia Opens Incubation
'Labs'
Macromedia on Monday opened
the doors to a new incubation
site that hosts unfinished
technology and early software
releases. The goal of
Macromedia Labs is to involve
developers in the creation of
new products, enabling them to
provide feedback that can
shape the company's future
moves...
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18.10.2005Adobe 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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16.03.2006Flash 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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08.11.2005Macromedia flash player, manager and flash screensaver maker
Flash Player Pro is a handy
flash tool kit designed as
Macromedia flash player and
manager. It has several
powerful flash tools: download
flash movies, preview and
browse flash movie, capture
flash image and set it as
wallpaper, create flash
screensaver with ease, make
conversion between SWF and EXE
flash movies etc. All of these
features will help you enhance
and extend the using
possibility of existing flash
files.
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17.11.2006Microsoft president to retire, former Macromedia CEO to take his place
Microsoft's Business Division President will step down, and the former head of the company that created Flash will take his spot...
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11.01.2008Adobe, Macromedia Almost
Together
Adobe said late Thursday that
it had received clearance from
the Justice Department to
complete its $3.4 billion
merger with software company
Macromedia. In July, the DOJ
indicated it was looking into
the merger and requested more
information on the companies'
products...
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03.12.2005Adobe completes Macromedia
acquisition
Adobe has completed
the acquisition of Macromedia
Software and is marking
territory on day one by
hawking
http://www.adobe.com/products/
bundles/main.html] three
bundles combining software
from both
companies.
The hard stuff comes a little
later with the two operations
beginning their integration
later this week. This will see
them "ensure a smooth
transition and immediate value
for customers, partners and
investors". Which is
nice.
The all stock
deal, waved through by US
regulators last week, sees
Macromedia valued at $3.4bn...
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05.12.2005Outlook HTML and CSS Validator
(Office 2007 System Tool)
This download accompanies the
MSDN articles "Word 2007
HTML and CSS Rendering
Capabilities in Outlook 2007
(Part 1 of 2)" and
"Word 2007 HTML and CSS
Rendering Capabilities in
Outlook 2007 (Part 2 of
2)." To view these
articles, click the links
available from the Related
Links section of the page.
The Microsoft Office
Outlook 2007 HTML and CSS
Validator tool helps you to
validate HTML and CSS grammar
using some of the most popular
Web developing tools such as
Microsoft Office SharePoint
Designer 2007, Microsoft
Expression Web Designer 2007,
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005,
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004
and Macromedia Dreamweaver
8.
Two versions of this
tool are available for
download. WordMailSupport.msi
provides a
Microsoft-compatible version
of the Validator Tool for use
with Microsoft Office
SharePoint Designer 2007,
Microsoft Expression Web
Designer 2007, and Microsoft
Visual Studio 2005.
WordMailSupportMacromedia.msi
provides a
Macromedia-compatible version
of the Validator Tool for use
with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
2004 and Macromedia
Dreamweaver 8.
These
articles and accompanying
tools are provided for your
use and can help you better
understand the new
capabilities offered with the
switch to the Word 2007 HTML
parsing and rendering engine.
This information should help
you with the generation of
e-mail newsletters or other
complex HTML documents...
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21.08.2006Adobe calls out Apple for lack of Flash support
Adobe has taken the gloves off on the fight to get flash onto the iPhone. iPhone users who travel to sites that require flash will get a direct
message from Adobe saying that it is not their fault they cant view flash content. The image (posted below) directly calls out Apple for
"restrict
use of technologies" that are needed to view such content on the iPhone. There are a couple of possible reasons why Apple is
restricting the use of flash. The first, and the most consistent, argument is that flash will drain battery life.
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SanDisk juggles its assets in advance of NAND flash downturn
In the latest indication that manufacturers are bracing themselves for the worst, the leading provider of flash memory cards for countries including
the US is reducing its stake in two key factories where NAND flash is made...
betanews.com - 20.10.2008
The Lone Server
So what's life like for the last Windows Server 2003 left at microsoft.com? It could be better..
Learn his story here
winbeta.org - 09.01.2008
CES Trend #8: Cheaper flash memory leads to new CE possibilities
Our countdown to next week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas continues now with how impossibly cheap flash memory, coupled with lesser than
expected demand for it, could lead to newer classes of flash-based devices...
betanews.com - 01.01.2008
Microsoft Previews its Flash
Alternative
As expected, Microsoft on
Monday released a Community
Technology Preview of WPF/E,
the company's so-called
"Flash killer." But
perhaps more important than
the implication for Flash is
Microsoft's contention that
the difference between Windows
and the Web is disappearing...
betanews.com - 05.12.2006
Creative 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...
betanews.com - 04.12.2007
Adobe Looking to Spread Mobile Flash
Adobe said Wednesday it had
purchased mobile graphics
software developed by
Actimagine, a move designed to
improve the availability of
Flash across a wide variety of
mobile devices. Thus far,
Flash is only available on
higher-end phones...
betanews.com - 12.10.2006
Adobe unveils Flash video control
The new software should
also allow video to be played
offline, whether on computers
or portable devices.
Flash is used on
websites such as YouTube, the
Google-owned video sharing
site dogged by rows over the
use of copyrighted material.
The launch comes as Microsoft
took the wraps off its own
competing online media
platform, Silverlight. The
product - formerly dubbed
WPF/E - also includes
copyright protection. The
software giant has long wanted
to take on Adobe's dominance
of online video, and has
signed up several content
providers including Netflix
and Major League Baseball.
Flash - originally
developed by Macromedia, a
firm then bought by Adobe -
has been the biggest player in
online video for some time.
Its dominance has been secured
by the huge popularity of both
YouTube and dozens of other
video sharing services.
Although there are programs
and services available to pull
content from such sites and
convert them to be viewed
offline, this is the first
time Adobe has launched its
own dedicated piece of
software to make it possible.
neowin.net - 16.04.2007
Adobe Adopts Monthly Patch
Cycle
Monthly security updates will
begin next year, cover
Macromedia products too...
pcworld.com - 15.12.2005
Microsoft Unveils Web, Design
Tool Set
New Microsoft Expression suite
positioned as alternative to
Adobe, Macromedia software...
pcworld.com - 15.09.2005
