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Adobe renames “Flash Professional CC” to “Animate CC”, begins to veer away from Flash towards HTML5

One of Steve Jobs’ wishes finally came true as Adobe begins to veer away from Flash and adopt HTML5. Adobe has announced plans to rebrand its Flash Professional CC software as Animate CC to acknowledge a growing shift away from Flash. The company explained than a third of content created in Flash Pro CC uses […]

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Mozilla temporarily disables Flash Player interactivity within Firefox, cites recently discovered exploits

If you haven’t updated your version of Adobe Flash Player lately, now might be the time to do it. The developers at Mozilla, having noticed that the staff at Hacking Team had three working exploits for Adobe Flash, decided to block all versions of the Flash Player plugin up to version 18.0.0.203 on Windows. Mozilla […]

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Adobe pushes Flash Player 18.0.0.194, cites security vulnerabilities in previous versions

As useful as it may be, Adobe is still putting out fires with Flash Player. The company issued a security update for its Flash Player on OS X, Windows, and Linux. In the bulletin, it cited that this update addresses a critical security vulnerability that could allow an attacker to gain control and take over […]

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Some users irate over new 15-inch MacBook Pro, 27-inch iMac offerings

The good news is that Apple released its new 15-inch Retina Display MacBook Pro along with a new US$1,999 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display this week, the 15-inch MacBook Pro gaining expected features like a Force Touch trackpad, faster flash storage, longer battery life, and better graphics. The new MacBook Pro comes in 2.2GHz […]

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Apple releases first OS X 10.10.3 build to developer community, includes first look at Photos application

It’s the previews and betas that let you know about the cool stuff coming down the pipe… Developers got their mitts on build 14D721, the first preview build of OS X 10.10.3 on Thursday. The new build featured the first sample of Apple’s forthcoming Photos application, which replaces iPhoto for Mac. Apple offered a preview […]