New 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.
Now on a par with specialist content delivery services such as Joost, Adobe Media Player began upgrading itself on users' systems today to version 1.5. Besides a change of the shade of AMP's panels to a not so dark grey (about a "3" on a "10" scale rather than a "2"), viewers may not notice much functional difference; though the episode library was already stacking up rather nicely, it's not much larger this week than last week.
MLB disses Silverlight, makes a deal with Adobe for Flash video
In a last-minute trade that leaves Microsoft without its lead-off pitcher, Major League Baseball announced this morning it has signed a two-year deal with Adobe that will mean its online video app moves back to Flash.
It was Bill Gates himself who, in the spring of 2007, demonstrated Major League Baseball's use of Silverlight as an example of its worthiness to go toe-to-toe against Adobe Flash, and become at least equally as ubiquitous among online video platforms. But now, Microsoft is about to lose one of its most prominent partners in the race for equal status, as MLB's Advanced Media division (MLBAM) announced it has signed a two-year deal with Adobe.
Adobe patches Reader, Acrobat and Flash
On Tuesday, Adobe Systems Inc. issued patches for a five-month old vulnerability in Reader and Acrobat 8.1.2, and today, six critical patches were released for Flash Player 9.
JavaScript vulnerabilities in older versions of Acrobat and Reader could allow remote code execution if not properly patched. This is the fifth update to Reader this year that addresses JavaScript issues. NCircle security expert Andrew Storms told Computerworld in June that Adobe's repeated JavaScript bugs amounted to an epidemic. "Since JavaScript has been a target for so many years, why hasn't Adobe flushed out these vulnerabilities already?" he questioned.
Adobe Flash 'clickjacking' vulnerability fix requires admin alertness
A revised security architecture in the new version of Flash may drastically reduce malicious users' ability to "clickjack" their way into remote code execution. But it requires admins of content provider sites to take notice.
The cross-site scripting vulnerability problem with Adobe Flash has been known for some time. Since Macromedia first made it possible for Flash clients to receive content and instructions from sites outside the domain that launched them, it's been an even bet that the mechanism relied upon to maintain the integrity of Flash sessions would be the target of malicious attack.
Adobe launches 'Astro,' Flash Player 10
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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.
Hands on: An amateur photographer tests out Adobe's latest Lightroom
Digital cameras have changed the photography landscape, enabling amateurs to become what marketers call "prosumers." The latest gear and software tools are now being directed at this group, but is it worthwhile for you to upgrade? Mary Hartney spent a month with Adobe's Lightroom 2 to find out.
As a self-taught photographer who has shot with formats all over the map, it's only natural that I would have cobbled together a patchwork system for editing and processing my photos. A marketing expert would call me a consumer-level photographer, or a serious amateur, and both are correct. I began shooting in spring of 2006 with a 35mm Canon from the early 1980s, experimented with some toy cameras, and eventually invested in a Nikon D80 and three lenses.
Adobe works to pre-empt a 'clickjacking' security nightmare
Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities remain the most difficult for Web browser and tool manufacturers to thwart, especially because legitimate sites may be hosted by multiple domains. Today, Adobe Flash finds itself in the crosshairs.
A relatively ancient technique for hijacking a Web page's hyperlinks by overlapping them with different, invisible hyperlinks that lead the user someplace else, has reared its ugly head again, but this time outside the realm of HTML: Recently revealed proofs-of-concept show that invisible Flash elements can maliciously lead users to mock Web pages; and now it's been revealed that Adobe was already working with security engineers to fix the problem before the latest proof-of-concept was leaked.
Adobe creates a suite launch with CS4
In what CEO Shantaru Narayan describes as his company's largest-ever product launch, Adobe on Tuesday formally unveiled all six flavors of version 4 of its Creative Suite, ranging in price from $999 to $2499 and slated to ship next month.
In an online presentation that went live this morning, John Loiacano, senior VP for the Creative Solutions Business Unit, divided Adobe Creative Suite 4's improvements into three categories: increased speed and efficiency, better Macromedia integration, and new "wow factor" features. Improved asset management is one of CS4's emphases, as are mobile application development and project collaborations, and Loiacano briefly touched on Adobe's trend toward hosted services such as Acrobat Connect.
Adobe Creative Suite 4 launches next week, could only help earnings
During a conference call with analysts late yesterday, executives from Adobe confirmed that the company is sticking to its schedule of launching its final editions of Creative Suite 4 next week.
Final builds of Adobe CS4 beta components were being discussed on its testers' forums as late as last weekend, and one problem that may not yet be completely resolved even on the launch date -- now expected to be next Tuesday -- concerns the compatibility of extensions made for CS3 with CS4. On testers' forums this week, Adobe claims its development partners have been given plenty of time to make the changeover, though at least one such partner claims it hasn't been given the help it needs from Adobe.
Adobe announces its new e-bookstore software
Following yesterday's big announcements in the E-paper category, Adobe this morning announced Content Server 4, server-side software for copy protecting, selling and lending eBooks for Adobe Digital Editions.
Adobe's Content Server 4 lets independent publishers, bookstores, or libraries encode, host, share and sell their eBooks. Each hosted eBook can be assigned its own permissions, allowing shoppers for example, to borrow an eBook with an encoded expiration date, or to buy one outright which can be printed or shared between devices.
Adobe Flash to deliver NFL games in full
The National Football League, NBC Sports, and Adobe have announced their collaboration on Sunday Night Football Extra -- full-length live streams of NFL Sunday night football games.
Delivered in Adobe Flash, the games are promised to include the ability for viewers to change their camera angles, as well as access live statistics, in-game highlights, picture-in-picture views, and live blogs from color commentators.
Adobe to unleash new Elements products, emphasizes Web
Adobe has launched Photoshop Elements 7 and Premiere Elements 7, the company's hobbyist-level photo and video editing suites which are now more closely tied into the company's growing online toolkit.
The major innovation in these releases in their tie-in with a soon-to-be-revised Photoshop.com, that is expected to divide its service into basic, "plus," and mobile tiers. In fact, the announcements regarding Adobe's online service alone practically outnumber the new features in Elements series 7.
Adobe, Kaspersky warn of botnet worm spreading via social networks
The maker of Flash and the leading security lab said earlier this week that a worm first discovered last Thursday is being spread through social networks disguised as a update to Flash Player.
Adobe says there is no update. The worms, dubbed Koobface.a and Koobface.b by security firm Kaspersky, spread themselves through leaving comments and messages on Facebook and MySpace, which are sent to friends of an infected user.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 brings 64-bit compatibility
Adobe has officially released Photoshop Lightroom 2, following three months of beta testing for the photo management software. It is Adobe's first product supporting 64-bit Windows Vista and OS X.
Lightroom 2 is available now for $299 USD, or $99 USD as an upgrade from the previous release. This workflow enhancing software is billed as "the professional photographer's essential toolbox," and is geared toward users working with large volumes of photos.
Adobe refreshes media player, adds free Sony, CBS movies
Adobe on Tuesday said it had begun to roll out the first update to its desktop media player, complete with a new interface and content deal with Sony.
Signing Sony onto the service means Adobe Media Player users will soon be able to watch full-length feature films from Sony Pictures. Among the first titles to debut will be Men in Black and The Fifth Element among others, according to reports.
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