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Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch moves onto Apple
Adobe announced some great news earlier today, stating that it had made a whopping $1.008 billion in the past 3 months. That earnings figure was about 30% higher than its anticipated $750 million...
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Unity 3D team dumps Flash for web gaming
Unity Technologies, the company behind the widely used Unity 3D game engine, has ditched Flash, arguing that it is unconvinced that Adobe’s technology has any future in gaming. The company will stop...
View ArticleNova moves the flash off your smartphone for superior lighting
The problem: The camera flash on your mobile device, while good enough for lighting up quick candids, is mounted on the device itself, right next to the shutter. This inevitably … Continue reading
View ArticleFlash Player locked up in OS X Mavericks
Adobe has corralled Flash Player in OS X Mavericks, sandboxing the much-maligned plugin in Safari on Apple's latest Mac operating system so as to minimize its potential to allow through … Continue reading
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy S5 to benefit from wide-FOV LEDs
A number of LEDs have been introduced by Samsung today, the lot of which will almost certainly make their way into their next-generation smartphone release, the Samsung Galaxy S5. These … Continue reading
View ArticleToshiba and SanDisk sue Hynix over corporate espionage
Toshiba and SanDisk have both filed civil lawsuits against SK Hynix Inc. over suspected data theft in a case of corporate espionage. The two companies are seeking damages. The lawsuit … Continue reading
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Nova iPhone light adds external flash
The iPhone may already have an LED light for its camera, but a wireless flash that can fit in your wallet but make a big difference in how your photos and videos look aims to replace it. Nova squeezes...
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SanDisk grabs Fusion-io for flash storage expansion
SanDisk is snapping up speed-obsessed flash storage specialist Fusion-io, potentially bringing the company's high-bandwidth PCIe drives to a broader audience of enthusiasts. The deal, worth $1.1bn in...
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Lenovo VIBE Xtension Selfie Flash brightens up your smile
Even with the ever increasing megapixel counts of front-facing cameras, selfies are still hard to perfect, especially when lighting is concerned. To that end, Lenovo's latest accessory here at CES 2015...
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Chrome tames Flash with smart plugin pausing
Chrome may certainly be a capable browser, but it can also be a system-intensive one, and that's something Google is teaming with Adobe to address. Figuring Flash animations gone wild to be one of the...
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Samsung Galaxy J5, Galaxy J7 tout front-facing LED flash
Yes, this is a selfie generation. If you're still not convinced, or are still in denial, just look at the number of features and gimmicks that even smartphone makers employ to appeal to this crowd....
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iBlazr 2 is a wireless adjustable LED flash for your iPhone
When it comes to a smartphone’s camera, many users side-step the flash — for day time and incognito snaps, it doesn’t serve much purpose. There are times when the built-in flash is needed, though, and...
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Adobe plans to patch security hole in all versions of Flash today
Adobe has published a security bulletin that has confirmed a serious vulnerability in all forms of its popular Flash products across multiple platforms that it is offered for. The vulnerability exists...
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Firefox browser blocks all vulnerable versions of Flash
Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox web browser, has announced that it has blocklisted all versions of Flash that are vulnerable to security issues in the Firefox browser. The move comes after...
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Adobe fixed Flash’s zero-day flaws but it still needs to die
Adobe has pushed out a Flash Player security update to fix the latest critical vulnerability that garnered it attention today. This certainly isn't the first time Adobe has been forced to fix critical...
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Twitch begins migration to HTML5, dropping Flash
Game broadcasting service Twitch has announced via its blog that it's officially migrating to HTML5 for its videos, and in turn phasing out the Adobe Flash format. The company, owned by Amazon, says...
View ArticleYahoo’s ads spread malware via hackers, vulnerable Flash
Yahoo was recently hit by hackers who used its advertisements to deliver malware to an unspecified number of visitors on several of its own websites, it has been revealed. The malware campaign carried...
View ArticleAmazon will start rejecting Flash ads next month
The Internet’s collective move against Flash — the frequently vulnerable software that increasingly has more downsides than up — just gained a big new ally: Amazon. The Internet retailer announced this...
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Chrome will auto-pause select Flash content starting September 1
The battle against Adobe Flash content on the web continues to move forward. Google has just revealed that starting September 1st, its Chrome browser will automatically pause Flash content on web...
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Adobe Flash has a new critical vulnerability on all platforms
Well, it's only been a few months since the last major vulnerability was discovered in Adobe's Flash software, so we're right on time for another one. The company has issued a new security bulletin...
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Flash’s latest critical vulnerability has been patched
Yesterday, Adobe issued a new security bulletin warning of a new vulnerability in Flash, this one affecting the latest version of the plugin. The vulnerability left Flash open to exploits through which...
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Adobe distances itself from Flash, Flash Pro becomes Animate CC
Once the darling of web designers, Flash has of late become more of a liability than an asset. The Web at large and the tech giants behind it have called for its death. That puts Adobe in a very...
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Flash (Professional) is dead! Long live Adobe Animate CC
Adobe has just announced the release of its Animate CC software, which is significant for more than just the users of its previous Flash Professional software. It isn't a simple of case of adding new...
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Google’s ads will be Flash-free in 2017
We've known for quite some time that Flash's days are numbered. When Apple first announced that they wouldn't support it on their crazy new phone back in 2007, people went crazy. But they were onto...
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Adobe Flash Player update fixes critical vulnerabilities
In a story similar to many from the company's history, Adobe has pushed out a new emergency update that patches many critical Flash Player bugs. In a security bulletin released yesterday, Adobe...
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Microsoft Edge browser will soon auto-pause Flash content
Microsoft is going to add an intelligent auto-pause feature to the Edge browser; with it, non-essential Flash content will be paused, only turning back on if the user clicks on it. Such a move is one...
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Google Chrome to completely phase out Flash by Q4 2016. Almost.
Once and briefly the darling of interactive Web content creators, Flash has fallen by the wayside and has become more of a liability than a feature. Even Adobe has taken steps to de-emphasize Flash...
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Alcatel Flash Plus 2 launches packing metal frame for mid-range shoppers
A new smartphone has launched called the Alcatel Flash Plus 2 and the smartphone is aiming at the mid-range shopper wanting high-end design for their money. The smartphone has a metal frame and lots of...
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Safari will block Flash by default in macOS Sierra
Another one of the final nails has been hammered into the coffin of Adobe Flash. The latest version of Apple's Safari browser that will be included in the release of macOS Sierra has been revealed to...
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Twitch HTML5 beta now available to select users
It's been a long time coming, but Twitch is finally signaling that it will soon leave Flash in the dust. Today the streaming site announced that a beta for its new HTML5 video player has gone live,...
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Firefox will block some Flash content starting next month
As of next month, Mozilla will have its Firebox browser block some Flash content, following the same trend we’ve seen with the other major Web browsers. Only non-essential Flash content will be...
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Google Chrome puts Flash to pasture starting next month
There really is no stopping Flash's demise. Not when all the major browsers have ganged up on it. The latest to pull the plug is Google's Chrome, which is kickstarting the process to Flash's exit from...
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Flash’s slow death continues with Chrome 55
Google is continuing its plan to phase out Flash in favor of HTML5 today by launching Chrome 55. With this new update, many sites around the web will begin defaulting to HTML5 instead of Flash. There...
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Microsoft Edge browser won’t run Flash by default
Web browser makers are waging war against Flash, pushing it ever closer to its demise. Microsoft, who hasn’t been taken seriously in that space for until recently, doesn’t want t be left behind....
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Super Smash Flash 2 has everyone, should have kitchen sink
It may not be a household name like Street Fighter, but Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros is also one of the best loved fighting game franchises, because of its ironically (for a fighting game) lighthearted...
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Flash death: Adobe killing reviled plugin by 2020
Adobe is dropping the axe on Flash, announcing that the little-loved – and in many cases, like that of Apple’s Steve Jobs, actively loathed – plugin is on its last legs. Flash will officially be put...
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Nintendo Flash games are unofficially being saved from extinction
Flash is practically dead, whether you like it, and many definitely do, or not. But with it will go many of the Flash-based content that, admittedly, may have never seen the light of day without the...
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Canon 470EX-AI Flash automatically moves for the best bounce
MWC 2018 may still be ongoing, but camera makers are wasting no time to introduce new products to shutterbugs. In fact, they seem to be timing it well to offer refuge for those who want to graduate...
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Adobe fix: If you’ve got Flash, you’ve got a problem
Today the folks behind Adobe software safety revealed a fix for a flaw for Flash. You might not use Flash actively – you might not even realize it’s on your computer (desktop computer, that is,) but...
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Latest Flash malware includes cryptocurrency mining software, but still...
Yes, Adobe Flash is still around, unfortunately, and that means it’s still used as a way to target unknowing users with malware. As you’d expect, the latest malware to gain attention disguises itself...
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