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German government warns against using MS Explorer
The German government has warned web users to find an alternative browser to Internet Explorer to protect security.
The warning from the Federal Office for Information Security comes after Microsoft admitted IE was the weak link in recent attacks on Google’s systems.
Microsoft rejected the warning, saying that the risk to users was low and that the [...]
Skype and Haiti
Many people are in Haiti are without landline or cell phone coverage since the earthquake hit on Tuesday, and so tools like Skype have become vital.
Skype-to-Skype voice and video calls are completely free, and many of you have been using them over the last couple of days to stay in touch with family and friends, [...]
Forget Yahoo and Bing, Google Now Targeting Apple
Google’s worst-kept secret phone finally launched yesterday.
Despite the fact that details about the phone have been leaked all over the web for months, the Nexus One was officially revealed at a good old fashioned press conference at Google headquarters in Mountain View.
Referred to by Google staff as a *Super Phone*, the Nexus One is already [...]
2009 in Mobile
Russ Shaw is General Manager of our mobile business.
As the year draws to a close, I thought I’d do two things – first, introduce myself to readers of our blog, and second, talk a little bit about our mobile strategy. Peter tells me there are quite a few of you (hundreds of thousands, in fact) [...]
Skype-enabled TVs
In the last 24 hours at CES, the media spotlight has been on us. We’ve seen incredible amounts of coverage from across the globe, including this report from the Washington Post, others from Bloomberg and the BBC, and some great video demos from Engadget and Gizmodo Australia.
Both of our TV partners, Panasonic and LG, have [...]
Microsoft Word and Office ’sales ban’ begins
A ban on Microsoft selling certain versions of its flagship products Word and Office has begun.
The software firm was made to change elements of the software by US courts after a patent dispute with Canadian firm i4i.
Microsoft said that it had complied with the court’s ruling and would now offer “revised software” in the [...]
Adobe Releases Flash Platform Media and Text Frameworks as Open Source
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced two new Adobe® Flash® Platform open source initiatives for developers, media companies and publishers. Open Source Media Framework (OSMF), part of the project [...]
Adobe Positioned in Visionaries Quadrant for Mobile Consumer Application Platforms
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced it has been placed in the Visionaries Quadrant in Gartner, Inc’s Mobile Consumer Application Platform Magic Quadrant report published Dec. 3, 2009.
“We believe our position in the Visionaries quadrant is a result of our work and commitment to seamlessly deliver expressive Web applications, content and video across multiple mobile [...]
How Not to Develop Public Policy
Some of ICANN’s current proceedings on the introduction of new generic top level domains (gTLDs) provide a case study on how not to develop public policy. In particular, the Rights Protection Mechanism proceedings, with serious implications for trademark owners, have followed a course that does not correspond to the ideal of ICANN’s bottom-up, consensus-based processes [...]
Zend Issues Significant Update to Zend Studio 7 Enterprise PHP IDE
Zend Technologies, Inc., the PHP Company, today announced the immediate availability of Zend Studio 7.1, which adds significant new capabilities to the company’s overall PHP solution. Designed to further improve developer productivity, Zend Studio 7.1 features new support for task-focused development, easy remote server synchronization, and support for PHP Archives (PHAR), in addition to previously [...]