Brian Krebs reports

Adobe Systems Inc. on Tuesday issued a software update to fix a critical security flaw in its Shockwave Player, a commonly installed Web browser plug-in. According to Adobe, a malicious or hacked site could use the security hole to install malicious software if the visitor merely browses the site with a vulnerable version of the media player software.

The flaw exists in Shockwave Player (also known as Macromedia Shockwave Player) version 11.5.0.596 and earlier. To find out whether Shockwave is installed and which version may be on your PC, visit this site.

In a posting to its security blog, Adobe said it is not aware of any exploits in the wild for this vulnerability.

Adobe recommends Shockwave Player users on Windows uninstall Shockwave version 11.5.0.596 and earlier on their systems, restart and install Shockwave version 11.5.0.600, available here.

»voices.washingtonpost.com/securi···rityfix

By Brandon Bailey - Mercury News

Your dog's name. Random nouns.

Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service

Adobe is aligning its Web design and developer tools, including a new one available for testing Monday, under its Flash brand to emphasize the heart of its strategy to give developers everything they need to build RIAs.

Adobe FlexBuilder is being rebranded as Adobe FlashBuilder to alleviate some confusion developers had about the software and to emphasize the importance of the Flash brand and technology, said Adobe group marketing manager David Gruber during a recent meeting in New York.

By Angela Gunn | Published May 28, 2009, 4:52 PM

It has been hard to tell, since Google pulled the "beta" flag from its Chrome browser back in December, where we are in that software's development process. So, clarifying for all the good folks in Fileforum: Welcome to 3.0.182.2, the current version of the browser not to be found in the stable download channel.

In Betanews tests involving Web browsers running on both operating systems on the same computer, the speed increase was definite and measurable

By Scott M. Fulton, III | Published May 28, 2009, 3:59 PM

If you've been testing the final Windows 7 Release Candidate on your own physical platforms, and you wonder what's giving you that feeling that it's just a bit peppier, a tad zippier, it's not an illusion.

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer - Thu May 14, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO - Millions of people were cut off from Google Inc.'s search engine, e-mail and other online services Thursday, sparking a flurry of frustrated venting that served as a reminder of society's growing dependence on Google's technology.

The Mountain View-based company blamed the trouble on a glitch that routed too much of its traffic through computers in Asia, overwhelming its system so badly that about 14 percent of its users encountered problems with the Internet's most popular search engine.

By Chris Kanaracus and Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service

Google is going to make sure users of its Apps productivity and collaboration software can tap all of the company's services, according to Dave Girouard, president of the company's enterprise group, in a colorful tweet on Twitter.

"We're working to give you access to every damn Google service with a Google Apps account -- yep every damn one of them.

»Irfan View plugin vulnerability - fix available

»www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502516

Foxit Reader 3.0 Build 1506
Mar 9, 2009

"Foxit has fixed three major vulnerabilities below which would cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Foxit took these issues seriously and our Technical Team resolved the relevant security issues efficiently within a couple days, and now Foxit Reader 3.0 is even more stable than before.

Severity rating
Adobe categorizes this as a critical update and recommends affected users upgrade to version 10.0.22.87.

Release date: February 24, 2009
Vulnerability identifier: APSB09-01

CVE number: CVE-2009-0519, CVE-2009-0520, CVE-2009-0522, CVE-2009-0114, CVE-2009-0521

Platform: All Platforms
Summary
A potential vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Flash Player 10.0.12.36 and earlier that could allow an attacker who successfully exploits this potential vulnerability to take control of the affected system.

SAN DIEGO, Jan 26, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- G7 Productivity Systems has released three incredible bundle offers that include a FREE copy of TurboTax(R) software. Available at »www.g7ps.com/TaxBundle, the G7 Bundles include either 'TurboTax(R) Deluxe Federal and State', 'TurboTax(R) Home & Business' or 'TurboTax(R) Business'.

By Katie Marsal


With an influx of Dolby Digital enhanced HD content making its way to the iTunes store, and subsequently Apple TV, Apple is reportedly working on an update to QuickTime that will improve support for 5.1 channel audio.

People familiar with the matter say the Cupertino-based electronics maker tapped its vast developer community on Tuesday to begin testing versions of QuickTime 7.6 for Windows, as well as both Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

Spotted here

New Features in OpenOffice.org 3.1, a new Early Look by the Ninja
Improvements to Antialiased drawings, Solid dragging, Translucent selections in Writer, Chart axes and labels, Writers' Outline levels, Replying to notes, Increase font size button, better Internationalization - the list goes on and on...

OpenOffice.org 3.1 is 65 days away, and developers are finishing up more than 1000 issues targeted for this Microsoft Office killer packing an army of new features, enhancements, and bug fixes, reports OpenOffice.org NINJA

Google has barely released Chrome 1.0, but the company is already hard at work on version 2.0 of its web browser. They released a pre-beta for Chrome 2.0, which comes with a lot of new features, including ones that should've already been in Chrome 1.0. In addition, it seems as if the Mac and Linux versions of Chrome are getting closer. Chrome 2.0 has a whole slew of improvements up its sleeve...

Story: OS news by Thom Holwerda

For a detailed overview, check out the 2.0.156.1 Release Notes at the Chromium Developer Documentation site.

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The AbiWord project has announced that NLnet is providing funding to facilitate the development of improved OpenDocument (ODF) filters in AbiWord. This will increase the program's compatibility with the format and boost its interoperability with OpenOffice.org (OOo).

By Scott M. Fulton, III, BetaNews

We're told that the future of applications relies on app servers and rich, graphical clients.

»tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20081211/···browser
story continues..

OpenOffice.org has initiated 'Project Renaissance'




Renaissance: The Goal
... to know and to understand our users as they are, and to help them accomplish what they want to, by providing efficient access to valuable functionality through a desirable User Interface.

Renaissance: The Scope

• Information architecture
• Interaction design
• Visual design

Out of scope
Anything that users can currently not accomplish with OpenOffice.org

" Renaissance is a long running project and will start from scratch, so please do not expect to see something in OOo 3.1."

How You Can Help?
Give your user opinions and experiences. Participate in the Online Survey

Bookmark the OpenOffice.org User Experience Blog and stay informed about the project's progress.

»news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-101···_3-0-20

Google has published its plan to build into Chrome what is arguably its most requested feature: the ability to accept extensions that can customize how the open-source Web browser operates.

The Chrome extensions document, spotlighted Saturday by Google programmer Aaron Boodman, doesn't include a timeline, but it does shed light on why the project is a priority for Chromium, the open-source project behind Chrome.

»dev.chromium.org/developers/desi···tensions