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SAP offers mobile device management on Amazon cloud
SAP's Afaria mobile device management tool is now available on Amazon Web Services' cloud, offered as a way to make it easier to start using the platform, SAP said at the Sapphire conference on Monday.
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Firefox click-to-play feature will stop automated plug-in exploits
Mozilla developers are working on a new Firefox feature that will block the automated display of plug-in-based content like Flash videos, Java applets or PDF files, and will protect users from attacks that exploit vulnerabilities in browser plug-ins to install malware on their computers.
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Adobe Reader vulnerabilities patched and bundled Flash Player removed
Adobe Systems has released new versions of Adobe Reader 10.x and 9.x, addressing four arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities and making several security-related changes to the product, including the removal of the bundled Flash Player component from the 9.x branch.
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Google Chrome 18 released with nine security fixes
Google has released Chrome 18 to its Stable channel complete with several new features and fixes for nine security vulnerabilities.
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Flash Player 11.2 fixes critical vulnerabilities and adds silent updates
Adobe have released Flash Player 11.2, addressing two critical arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities and introducing a silent update option.
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Chrome trumped Internet Explorer as most used browser over weekend
Google Chrome browser briefly surpassed Internet Explorer as the most used browser on the web at the weekend based on data compiled by StatCounter, and although the news may have taken some by surprise the writing has been on the wall for some time.
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Opera, Google Chrome and Firefox commit to Windows 8 Metro browsers
Mozilla has kick-started development of a Metro-style version of Firefox for Windows 8, Google has committed to doing the same and Opera Software said yesterday that it's looking into the matter.
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Google patches Chrome vulnerability following Pwnium hack
Google has patched a critical Chrome vulnerability disclosed last week at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver that can be exploited to escape from a browser's secure sandbox.
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IE9 hacked by VUPEN researchers at Pwn2Own
Internet Explorer 9 was the second browser to succumb to white-hat hackers during the Pwn2Own contest at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver.
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Next week's Patch Tuesday will only have one fix, says Microsoft
Microsoft announced today that next week's Patch Tuesday will be the lightest of 2012, with six security bulletins and just one rated critical.
