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Acquisitions boost IBM's Tivoli line
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: ZDNet UK
2006-10-06 12:29:54
The company is rolling out enhancements gained from its recent buying spree.
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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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Acrobat Reader update fixes vulnerabilities
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-02-06 15:28:26
The Windows and Mac OS X versions of Adobe Reader have been updated to address security vulnerabilities plus workflow and stability issues.

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ACS supports NICTIA strategy
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-05-21 03:15:56
The Australian Computer Society has come out in favour of the National ICT Alliance's ten year vision.

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Active Directory for Linux draws closer
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-01-30 07:56:52
You may not consider it a "killer app" but one thing restricting Linux deployment in enterprises is an implementation of Microsoft's Active Directory (AD.) However, AD for Linux is on its way in Samba version 4 and is sure to annhilate a barrier to Linux adoption in business.

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Activision acquires Bizarre Creations
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions
2007-09-26 17:24:05
The consolidation of game studios continues with Activision's acquisition of Bizarre Creations, the company behind the Project Gotham Racing and Geometry Wars franchises.

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Adding a new hard disk to Linux, and why the Linux filesystem trounces Windows' butt
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-10-01 10:02:53
Adding a second (or third or more!) hard drive to your computer is a great way to, well, give your computer more disk space. Ok, the concept is pretty logical but the process to make it work needs some explanation. Here’s what to do, plus one thing the Linux filesystem does brilliantly which Windows can’t do at all.
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Adobe acquires Buzzword web word processor
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-10-01 00:39:25
Adobe has agreed to acquire Virtual Ubiquity, the developer of the Buzzword online word processor.

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Adobe Acrobat flaw fixed
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-10-23 16:43:41
Updates to Adobe's Acrobat family include security patches along with other improvements.

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Adobe adds HD video to Flash
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-08-21 20:09:08
Not to be outdone by Microsoft's Silverlight, Adobe has released a beta version of its Flash player with the ability to play high-definition video.

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Adobe aims to blow copy cats out of water
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2006-09-19 05:54:13
Those who thought that Adobe might be in a spot of bother when a plethora of copy cats, including Microsoft and Open Office.org sprang up offering to save files as PDF (portable document format) documents may do well to think again. Adobe attempts to show in its Acrobat 8 product, document creation is more than just saving files in a defacto standard format.

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Adobe AIR alpha for Linux
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-03-31 23:04:11
Proprietary technology doesn't always go down well with the Linux community, but Adobe is pressing ahead by offering an alpha version of its AIR rich Internet applications software for the open source operating system, along with an updated alpha of Flex Builder 3 for Linux.

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Adobe AIR finally lands on Linux, but not officially Ubuntu 8.x
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-18 23:11:56
Adobe’s AIR 1.5, which lets web developers use HTML, Javascript, Actionscript and the Flex framework to deliver web applications outside the browser, is finally available on the Linux platform, after previously being released for Windows and Macs.

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Adobe and Microsoft in Silverlight-Flash clash
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-04-16 05:29:47
One must assume that Microsoft and Adobe have been watching each other very closely in recent months because the timing of their mirror image announcements at the NAB 2007 electronics media show in Las Vegas is in no way coincidental. In a nutshell, Adobe wants to put a media player on the desktop where Microsoft dominates with WMP and Microsoft intends to put a rich media technology on the web where Adobe dominates with Flash.

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Adobe announces upcoming CS3 announcement
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2007-03-06 06:16:49
If you’ve been waiting for Adobe Creative Suite 3, you’ll discover on March 27th that you’ll still be waiting a few more weeks before you’ll be able to get your hands on it.

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Adobe appoints vice president Asia Pacific
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology people
Category: Shakers & Breakers - People
2006-11-02 04:33:52
Document and graphics software company Adobe Systems has appointed Julian Quinn as vice president, Asia Pacific. Prior to joining Adobe, Quinn was vice president of Asia Pacific for Borland, where he was responsible for leading all Asia Pacific operations. From 1998 to 2001, he was vice president of South Pacific for BEA Systems, the world’s leading application infrastructure software company. He has also held positions as managing director of Netscape Australasia and director of sales at Novell Australasia.

Adobe brings philanthropy in house
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2008-10-01 16:46:16
Bucking the outsourcing trend, software developer Adobe has set up its own philanthropic organisation - the Adobe Foundation - after years of corporate giving through the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

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Adobe CS3 finally announced, coming in April
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2007-03-27 04:46:51
It’s the biggest release of new software from Adobe in 25 years for PCs and Macs, but you’ll still have to wait a little bit longer before you can race out to stores to buy it.

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