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Unity 3D team dumps Flash for web gaming

, Apr 24th 2013 Discuss [0]

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 selling Flash deployment licenses to developers immediately, though those who have already bought one will get support through the 4.x lifecycle of the add-on. Instead, Unity is working on a new web-publishing system, though the company isn't saying exactly what it is yet. Read The Full Story

Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch moves onto Apple

, Mar 19th 2013 Discuss [2]

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 earnings figure. Unfortunately, Adobe followed that good news with some terrible news. It has just announced that its Chief Technology Officer, Kevin Lynch has resigned from the company. The resignation came in the form of a SEC filing. Read The Full Story

Internet Explorer 10′s newest update will enable Flash content to run by default

, Mar 12th 2013 Discuss [0]

Tomorrow Microsoft will roll out an update to Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 8 and Windows RT that enables Flash content to run by default. Such a move will ensure websites "just work," something Microsoft says it believes is a key part of improving the experience for customers. Some websites will still have Flash blocked by default, however, due to incompatibility. Read The Full Story

Apple blocks out-of-date Flash Player in Safari, tells users to update

, Mar 2nd 2013 Discuss [4]

It's no secret that Flash can be a security liability, with Adobe having again rolled out critical updates in recent weeks to patch vulnerabilities that left users at risk. Not every user updates when the patches are released, however, instead continuing to use an older, potential vulnerable version. In light of this, Apple has taken another step towards keeping its users safe. Read The Full Story

Adobe Flash receives emergency update due to hacker exploits

, Feb 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

Adobe released an emergency update to its Flash Player today that patches up a few security holes discovered in its system. Hackers were using the security holes in Adobe’s Flash Player to launch attacks solely at Firefox users. A security bulletin released by Adobe stated, “These updates address vulnerabilities that could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.” Read The Full Story

Adobe rolls out security updates to fix holes in Acrobat, Flash, and Reader

, Jan 8th 2013 Discuss [0]

Adobe has rolled out some security updates that patch holes found in Adobe Acrobat, Flash, and Reader that cause computer crashes. It doesn't detail anything specific about the security issues that were addressed, nor what the patches fix precisely. Still, the updates went out today, so you can update your applications to fix any issues you might be experiencing. Read The Full Story

Mobile Internet Explorer 10 flash workaround discovered

, Nov 5th 2012 Discuss [7]

Depending on who you ask, Windows 8 and Windows RT are either awesome or terrible. We happen to fall in the former group (at least as far as Windows 8 is concerned), but there's one thing that is an annoyance to anyone using either operating system: the Internet Explorer 10 Metro browser comes with limited support for Flash. It will likely stay limited for at least a little while too, as websites need to be added to Microsoft's whitelist before Flash functions properly. Read The Full Story

BBC debuts new Media Player for Android phones and tablets

, Sep 19th 2012 Discuss [3]

If you're a fan of TV shows on BBC such as Doctor Who and others, BBC has good news for you if you use an Android device. The BBC has begun rolling out a new secure video player for Android phones and tablets called BBC Media Player. The BBC mobile technical team says that the new Media Player is being used with the mobile view of BBC's iPlayer website. Read The Full Story

Adobe says no more Flash on Android

, Aug 15th 2012 Discuss [8]

This week marks a significant change for Android users. Last November Adobe announced that it would stop the development of Flash for mobile devices. As of yesterday, Adobe disabled new installs of Flash on Android devices. Things aren't looking good for Flash as a whole with support for Android over, iOS having never embraced Flash, and Microsoft offering only limited Flash support for Windows 8. Read The Full Story

Adobe: No Jelly Bean Flash, Flash Player pulled altogether August 15

, Jun 29th 2012 Discuss [13]

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean devices will not get official Flash support, Adobe has confirmed, with the company pulling Flash from the Google Play store altogether after August 15. The decision, which follows Adobe's move to adopt HTML5 for mobile platforms rather than Flash last year, also means that updates to Flash Mobile on Android devices will become more sporadic. Read The Full Story

Console-quality Flash gaming in 12 months says AMD

, May 14th 2012 Discuss [2]

Flash may have fallen out of favor in recent years, but AMD is betting on a resurgence of the technology with the prediction that Flash games will equal their console counterparts in quality within the twelve months. The chip manufacturer made the ambitious prediction at the launch of the new AMD Trinity, the company’s latest APU (Accelerated Processing Unit) that delivers, among other things, hardware-accelerated Flash support.

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Adobe patches security flaw in Flash Player for PC, Mac and Android

, May 4th 2012 Discuss [11]

If you're reading this on your laptop, desktop or smartphone, odds are pretty good that you've got some way, shape or form of Adobe's Flash Player installed. If that's the case, scoot your browser on over to the Flash Player update page and download the latest version of Flash Player 11.2 quick, fast and in a hurry. Adobe has patched a critical security flaw in the ubiquitous animation software, and marked the upgrade Priority 1 - in other words, you need to download it within 72 hours at the latest. Read The Full Story
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