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Adobe beats Microsoft in rubbish security challenge
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-10-17 05:23:20
Can anyone beat Microsoft when it comes to churning out insecure products? Ladies and gentleman, may I introduce you to Adobe.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-10-17 05:23:20
Can anyone beat Microsoft when it comes to churning out insecure products? Ladies and gentleman, may I introduce you to Adobe.
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US honours IT inventors
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology people
Category: Shakers & Breakers - People
2009-10-07 18:01:37
The US National Medal of Technology and Innovation has been presented to IBM and to PostScript inventors John Warnock and Charles Geschke. The medals were presented by President Barack Obama at a White House ceremony.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology people
Category: Shakers & Breakers - People
2009-10-07 18:01:37
The US National Medal of Technology and Innovation has been presented to IBM and to PostScript inventors John Warnock and Charles Geschke. The medals were presented by President Barack Obama at a White House ceremony.
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Canon builds Adobe tech into new office products
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2009-09-17 18:48:59
Adobe and Canon have refreshed a deal that will see Adobe technology built into Canon's latest office machines. And we're not just talking about PostScript.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2009-09-17 18:48:59
Adobe and Canon have refreshed a deal that will see Adobe technology built into Canon's latest office machines. And we're not just talking about PostScript.
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14 days of the Snow Leopard: Mac OS X 10.6.1 arrives
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Storage
2009-09-10 17:14:16
Just two weeks after Snow Leopard hit the shelves, Apple has released Mac OS X 10.6.1 Update. The company has also issued a security update for its older operating systems.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Storage
2009-09-10 17:14:16
Just two weeks after Snow Leopard hit the shelves, Apple has released Mac OS X 10.6.1 Update. The company has also issued a security update for its older operating systems.
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Adobe's first Patch Tuesday a critical event
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-09 22:17:19
Adobe's first quarterly update for Acrobat and Reader addresses a baker's dozen of vulnerabilities. But Unix users will have to wait until next week for their updates.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-09 22:17:19
Adobe's first quarterly update for Acrobat and Reader addresses a baker's dozen of vulnerabilities. But Unix users will have to wait until next week for their updates.
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Safari 4.0: security fixes galore!
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-08 21:26:45
Safari 4.0 delivers a laundry list of security fixes. Many of them are Windows-specific, but that still leaves plenty that also apply to Mac OS X.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-08 21:26:45
Safari 4.0 delivers a laundry list of security fixes. Many of them are Windows-specific, but that still leaves plenty that also apply to Mac OS X.
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Mac OS X 10.5.7 finally arrives: dozens of security fixes
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-05-12 23:39:01
Well, it's finally here. Mac OS X 10.5.7 delivers a swag of bug fixes, including many with security implications. There's a corresponding security update for 10.4 Tiger.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-05-12 23:39:01
Well, it's finally here. Mac OS X 10.5.7 delivers a swag of bug fixes, including many with security implications. There's a corresponding security update for 10.4 Tiger.
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Another Adobe Reader vulnerability surfaces
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-29 18:06:23
All current versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat contain a flaw which has the potential to allow remote code execution.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-29 18:06:23
All current versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat contain a flaw which has the potential to allow remote code execution.
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Adobe patches old PDF software to combat new exploits
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-03-19 17:19:18
Stuck on Acrobat or Reader version 7 or 8? It's time for a patch even if you can't or won't update to version 9.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-03-19 17:19:18
Stuck on Acrobat or Reader version 7 or 8? It's time for a patch even if you can't or won't update to version 9.
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Microsoft, Adobe apps poke holes in Mac OS X security
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-02-25 22:10:19
Mac users should pay attention to three recent security vulnerabilities involving mainstream products. Two of them involve the same vendor, and so far only one has been patched.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-02-25 22:10:19
Mac users should pay attention to three recent security vulnerabilities involving mainstream products. Two of them involve the same vendor, and so far only one has been patched.
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KEEPing old digital objects usable
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-16 00:30:30
A three-year, €4 million European project aims to overcome the problem of digital documents becoming unreadable as older file formats and hardware disappear.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-16 00:30:30
A three-year, €4 million European project aims to overcome the problem of digital documents becoming unreadable as older file formats and hardware disappear.
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PDF-XChange Viewer — the best free PDF viewer yet?
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-12-21 20:22:47
HTML clipboard PDF-XChange viewer should get an "Oscar" for having the best PDF viewer usability features yet.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-12-21 20:22:47
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Acrobat 9 can weaken password protection
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-12-07 17:57:30
We normally expect successive versions of software increasingly secure. But thanks to a change made by Adobe in Acrobat 9, simple passwords - the kind most people use - can be cracked more quickly than they could with version 8.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-12-07 17:57:30
We normally expect successive versions of software increasingly secure. But thanks to a change made by Adobe in Acrobat 9, simple passwords - the kind most people use - can be cracked more quickly than they could with version 8.
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Foxit Reader 3.0 released, now it's even easier to read PDF documents
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-12-02 04:38:54
HTML clipboard As an alternative to Adobe Reader 9, which is extremely
feature-rich but very bloated, the latest version 3.0 of Foxit Reader maintains
is zippiness but adds some excellent new features.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-12-02 04:38:54
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Why do Windows programs suck so freaking much? (and what can they learn from Linux)
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-11-29 21:39:13
Look, I'm sorry, but it has to be said. Open Task Manager on any Windows computer and chances are there are a hundred processes even if you're just sitting idly on the desktop. What's with the obsession to constantly make crap run on startup? Let's look at some common offenders and how to cut them down to size.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-11-29 21:39:13
Look, I'm sorry, but it has to be said. Open Task Manager on any Windows computer and chances are there are a hundred processes even if you're just sitting idly on the desktop. What's with the obsession to constantly make crap run on startup? Let's look at some common offenders and how to cut them down to size.
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A pragmatic European approach to open standards (a must-read)
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-11-09 01:37:28
The European Journal of ePractice has just published a research report showing that the achievement of wide-scale implementation depends not only on the openness of the process, but also on the willingness to negotiate and achieve a compromise.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-11-09 01:37:28
The European Journal of ePractice has just published a research report showing that the achievement of wide-scale implementation depends not only on the openness of the process, but also on the willingness to negotiate and achieve a compromise.
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Critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-04 20:57:56
A vulnerability in Foxit Reader that was disclosed back in May was thought not to be exploitable within Adobe Reader. New research proves otherwise.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-04 20:57:56
A vulnerability in Foxit Reader that was disclosed back in May was thought not to be exploitable within Adobe Reader. New research proves otherwise.
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Apple catches up with BIND as one of a dozen security patches
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-08-03 20:05:05
Late last week Apple finally released a security update for Mac OS X that includes a patched version of the BIND DNS software. In all, there were a dozen patches released including the potentially serious BIND fix.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-08-03 20:05:05
Late last week Apple finally released a security update for Mac OS X that includes a patched version of the BIND DNS software. In all, there were a dozen patches released including the potentially serious BIND fix.
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2012 Internet spam spreading malware
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-07-13 22:14:10
Is there an email sitting in your inbox with a subject line predicting the death of the Internet in 2012? If so, beware: the file attached to it probably contains malware.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-07-13 22:14:10
Is there an email sitting in your inbox with a subject line predicting the death of the Internet in 2012? If so, beware: the file attached to it probably contains malware.
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PDF becomes an international standard
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-07-02 16:10:12
Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) has become an international standard - ISO 32000-1 - following a decision by Adobe to relinquish control to the International Standards Organisation.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-07-02 16:10:12
Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) has become an international standard - ISO 32000-1 - following a decision by Adobe to relinquish control to the International Standards Organisation.
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