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Flash new threads for Android

Flash new threads for Android[news] -- Adobe Systems has released version 10.2 of Flash Player for mobile devices, which addresses several shortcomings in the 10.1 incarnation. Read more »

Tags: adobe, flash, software

Phishers use new bait to trap victims

[news] -- To get around phishing blacklists in browsers, scammers are luring people by using HTML attachments instead of URLs, a security firm is warning. Read more »

Tags: chrome, firefox, html, phishing, scam, security

Google grinds Gears to a halt

Google grinds Gears to a halt[news] -- Standards groups are unwieldy and slow moving. But when it comes to expanding what browsers can do, they turned out to be a faster way for Google to bring a handful of features to the web than its Gears plug-in. Read more »

Tags: chrome, google, html5

Hackers exploit Microsoft zero-day hole

[news] -- Microsoft has warned that hackers are targeting a zero-day flaw that affects all Windows operating systems. Read more »

Tags: exploits, microsoft, security, vulnerability

Pwn2Own claims RIM, Microsoft, Apple

Pwn2Own claims RIM, Microsoft, Apple[news] -- Entries from Microsoft, RIM and Apple have all bitten the dust at this year's renowned Pwn2Own hacker-fest at CanSecWest in Canada. Read more »

Tags: blackhat, rsa, security

Free software isn't and shouldn't be free

[news] -- If you've looked into buying software licences, you know that they can be expensive. Big Guns from Big Corporations charge a lot for their work — the work of their programmers, the marketing department and so on. Read more »

Tags: free, linux, open source, software

Microsoft sets IE9 release date

[news] -- Microsoft will be formally launching the next version of its Internet Explorer browser, IE9, at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival (SXSWi) on Monday. Read more »

Tags: ie9, internet explorer, javascript, microsft, sxswi, windows 7

Microsoft fixes critical Windows holes

[news] -- Microsoft released three bulletins fixing four vulnerabilities in Windows and Microsoft Office, including one that is rated "critical" for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. Read more »

Tags: microsoft, security, vulnerabilities, windows

Win Phone 7 market now dev-friendly

[news] -- Microsoft tweaked its Windows Phone Marketplace to make it easier for developers to publish in the now five-month-old digital storefront. Read more »

Tags: developer, microsoft, software, software development, windows phone 7

IPv4 shortage suffers Y2K hype: Netgear

[news] -- The hubbub around the shortage of internet protocol (IPv4) addresses is nothing more than "millennium bug"-style fear-mongering, according to Netgear's vice president and general manager of its commercial business unit, Shane Buckley. Read more »

Tags: ipv4, ipv6, netgear, security

Bing eyes instant search

[news] -- Microsoft is preparing to make searching Bing an instantaneous affair. Read more »

Tags: bing, google, microsoft, search