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Adobe u-turn promises free security patches for Creative Suite

Adobe is to issue free security patches for Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash Professional--the company's high-profile Creative Suite applications. The U-turn reverses an attempt to force users to pay for a CS6 upgrade in order to rectify the problems. The security vulnerabilities affected both Mac and Windows platforms.
Apple patches Safari, blocks outdated Flash Player

Apple has patched four security vulnerabilities in Safari and blocked outdated versions of Adobe's Flash Player from running in its browser.
Antenna to offer service supporting full lifecycle of mobile app

Antenna Software on Tuesday plans to launch a hosted service that will let businesses design, build, publish, manage and analyse mobile apps that are geared toward employees or customers.
Google moves Reader sharing to Google Plus, despite complaints

With its upgrade of Google Reader on Monday, Google has shut down the native social content-sharing features of the popular RSS feed manager and shifted the functionality in modified form to Google+.
Dolphin Browser expands gesture control with major update

The Dolphin Browser got a major update today, bringing gesture commands to the popular third party browser. Users of the Dolphin Browser can now draw symbols on their screen to navigate around the web. For instance you could draw an "F" and have your phone load Facebook, or draw a circle to reload a page.
Microsoft warns rootkit infection requires Windows reinstall

Microsoft is telling Windows users that they'll have to reinstall the operating system if they get infected with a new rootkit that hides in the machine's boot sector.
Flock web browser killed off by developers

Flock users may want to start looking for a replacement. The social networking-infused web browser, and Eddy award winner, will be discontinued as of April 26th, according to an end of support notice posted on the developers' website.
Bloglines RSS feed manager avoids shutdown

Pioneer RSS feed manager Bloglines will continue operating thanks to a last minute agreement for MerchantCircle to take over operation of the service from Ask.com.
Apple eliminates Flash from Mac OS X

Apple will stop bundling Adobes Flash with Mac OS X, the company confirmed Friday.
Twitter CEO Evan Williams steps down

Evan Williams is handing over Twitter's CEO title to chief operating officer Dick Costolo, as the microblogging company focuses on turning it s massive popularity into revenue.

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Five hot iPhone apps that Android still lacks

With Instagram's arrival on Android, some snobbish iPhone users are making their disdain known for the new users who they claim are crowding and disrupting the Instagram social order.
Why is Windows Phone 7 winning over indie app developers?

While many app developers have merely reworked their Android or iOS apps to function on Windows Phone 7, a handful of independent app makers are developing exclusively in Microsoft's mobile operating system. Why are these bootstrapping coders throwing all of their (spare) time behind the insurgent OS, and not Android or iOS?
Four technology myths busted

Science fiction writer Arthur C Clarke wrote "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." When you read those words, you might imagine yourself showing an iPad to someone from the 1800s. You probably don't think twice about blowing into your old Nintendo Game Paks to get them to load properly. I mean, you know how those work, right?
Five services to help build your own website

Your company's online presence begins and ends with your website. But hiring a designer to dress it up can be expensive, and that's not even including the cost of a custom domain name and website hosting. Fortunately, you have do-it-yourself options.
11 free Microsoft tools many users are overlooking

Microsoft has a virtual monopoly on desktop operating systems with Windows and on office productivity with its Office suite - as well as a dominant share of the web browser market with Internet Explorer.
Protecting your SaaS deployment from stupid users

As I've mentioned, my new company likes to use SaaS for many of its corporate applications. This tends to keep me up at night. The software-as-a-service market is still in its infancy when it comes to security and interoperability with other vendors' security implementations and technologies.
Top 10 specialist web browsers

These oddly useful alternative browsers offer such advantages as 3D searching, social networking, easy script-ability and powerful page manipulation
Ice balls help data centre go green

Green isn't usually the first colour that comes to mind when one visits the hot, dry desert climate of Phoenix, where temperatures recently topped 109 degrees. But that's exactly where I/O Data Center has opened a 180,000-square-foot commercial data centre collocation facility that couples an energy-efficient design with the use of innovative green technologies. Those range from an unusual set-up for its air handlers to its server-rack design.
Which web browser is best for business?

Net Market Share's recent web browser statistics show Internet Explorer remaining the most popular, with 60 percent of the market share, which includes versions 6, 7, and 8. Firefox 3.6 comes in second at 24 percent, and Google's Chrome 5.0 is holding third place at 7 percent. It appears that Internet Explorer has a huge lead, but look out Microsoft, open source alternatives are nipping at your heels.
Hands on with Google Reader Play

Google launched an experimental web browsing tool called Google Reader Play that allows you to browse content associated with a Google Reader news feed.

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Toyota Music Player

With bB, Toyota has defined music player as a device that carries the user. In the US market, Toyota is collaborating with XM Satellite Radio which is a rival of Sirius Satellite Radio, to improve its services in telematics. It is planning to offer factory-installed XM Satellite Radio in some of its Lexus models since 2007, showing a continuous interest in convergence between music and car industry.
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