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Web Users at Risk of Being Spied Through Their Own Webcams and Microphones

Adobe has released an advisory that describes the Flash Player vulnerability, which previously prompted security researchers Jeremiah Grossman and Robert Hansen to halt the disclosure of technical details regarding clickjacking attacks. According to the advisory, by using clickjacking techniques, an attacker can gain...

8 October 2008
11:03 GMT

Adobe Flash Player for iPhone Awaiting Apple's Approval

Adobe officials are cited as saying that a Flash Player application for Apple's iPhone is now awaiting the company's approval for download through the App Store. Speaking at the Flash On The Beach (FOTB) conference in Brighton, Sr. Director of Engineering at Adobe Systems, Paul Betlem, stated that an iPhone...

1 October 2008
05:51 GMT

Adobe Searches for Solutions in the Clipboard Attack Case

We have previously reported on a malware threat disguised into Flash banners appearing uncompromisingly on Newsweek, Digg and MSNBC websites. Adobe, the owner of the Flash technology, made a brief announcement according to which the company was acquainted with the problem and was trying to find a suitable solution fo...

20 August 2008
08:57 GMT

Flash Player 10 "Astro" Got out of The Adobe Labs

Adobe Flash Player 10 Beta, codename "Astro", was launched with a couple of nice features backing it up. Although it is available in many languages, the installers are only in English at this moment. Rich media content and Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) will look and act much better from this moment on. Ah, I almo...

15 May 2008
04:46 GMT

Adobe Launches Astro Flash Player 10

A public beta Adobe Flash Player 10, codenamed Astro, was officially rolled out today, bringing a couple of new capabilities besides the ones that have already been included in previous releases. Just like the older versions of Adobe Flash Player, Astro is available for free and can be used on most platforms that cur...

15 May 2008
03:15 GMT

A Dangerous Triangle: Opera Browser - Adobe Flash Player - Apple Mac OS X

So, are you one of those proud Apple customers and are you currently using Mac OS X? Oh, and have you also downloaded Opera Browser to surf the web? Hey, wait a sec, is that Adobe Flash Player installed on your system? Oh my God, you're vulnerable pal! You should really update your applications! A new vulnerabi...

19 December 2007
04:51 GMT

Windows Media Player in HTML

Multimedia content can be rendered directly from HTML pages in modern web browsers. The multimedia content inclusion in web pages can be made through different coding methods. The simplest way to add images, music, videos or any other media files is by using the object HTML element. It permits the insertion of apple...

6 December 2007
18:50 GMT

Adobe Presents Its Special Christmas Gift For YouTube And Hulu

Adobe has officially rolled out Flash Player 9 with H.264 video support, "the same standard deployed in Blu-Ray and HD-DVD high definition video players, and High Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) audio capabilities," as the San Jose-based company explained. Obviously, this is probably the best Christmas gift YouTube, MySpace,...

4 December 2007
14:56 GMT

The Mobile YouTube Gets Adobe Support

Adobe recently rolled out Flash Lite 3, a mobile technology which enhances the power of the mobile devices to display videos and other content based on the flash format. Adobe sustains there are no less than 300 million flash-compatible devices so I think it is quite important to have a powerful technology able to wo...

1 October 2007
03:06 GMT

Adobe Brings Better Quality for The YouTube Clips

Adobe finally released a new version of Flash Player that also includes H.264 support, the same standard used by the Blu-Ray and HD-DVD devices. If you didn't know, Adobe's Flash Player represents the main technology for many Internet services and YouTube is just one of them. Although it's currently on...

21 August 2007
15:51 GMT

Wii Exploited Through Adobe Flash Bug

A surprising piece of news up on PCWorld.com says something about a vulnerability coming from the Adobe Flash that could affect your Wii while browsing the Internet with Opera. Apparently, some Wii users have experienced freezing because of this exploit and it's not just the Wii getting kicked in the butt by thi...

24 July 2007
06:41 GMT

Samsung Rolls Out the YP-U3 Flash Player

Samsung entered the DAP (Digital Audio Player) market back in 2005 by releasing the YP-U1. They're now unveiling their third incarnation of their miniDAP.The new Samsung U3 has what the U2 was definitely longing for: a retracting USB port. Now, all Samsung has to do is work for a more competitive U4 that should ...

8 May 2007
09:45 GMT

1 GB Creative Zen Stone for $39,99: "That Doesn't Impress Me Much!"

Here's another desperate move that intends to take Apple by surprise. Creative just released its latest solution to handling the iPod Shuffle issue: the Zen Stone. I'm pretty sure you read all the rumors about the under $50 Creative's Zen Stone imminent launch.Well, watch out! Creative throws the Zen S...

3 May 2007
16:46 GMT

Cry Me Some Flash Content On The iRiver Clix 2

Lookie here! Clix 2! Iriver, the maker of, err, iRiver, now wants to push the new Clix 2. It's actually out on the market. The device comes with the same built-in FM tuner, voice recorder and supports MP3, WMA, ASF and OGG music files, as well as MPEG-4 "simple profile" QVGA video. The upgrade comes with a slee...

11 April 2007
10:35 GMT




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