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un-patched Flaw lies in the Adobe Flash Player 9 browser plugin

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An un-patched flaw in Adobe Systems Flash Player 9 software; is being exploited by online criminals, Symantec reported on Monday.

Flaw lies in the latest version of the Adobe Flash Player browser plugin, which is widely used by Internet surfers to view animated Web pages. The flaw affects both the recently released Flash Player version 9.0.124 .0 and version 9.0.115.0, according to an advisory posted Monday to Symantec’s Security Focus Web site.

The flaw lets attackers run unauthorized software on the PC, and if the attack fails for some reason it will likely crash the browser, Security Focus said. Symantec is not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for the flaw, the advisory states.

In January, Adobe and other Web-development-tool vendors had to fix bugs in their development tools that created buggy Shockwave Flash (.swf) files that could be exploited in a cross-site scripting attack. This attack can be used by phishers, but it also gives the bad guys a nearly undetectable route into a victim’s bank account or almost any type of Web service.
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Adobe last month patched seven bugs in Flash Player, including the one that allowed hacker Shane Macaulay to win a laptop and US$5,000 for hacking into a Windows Vista machine in a March contest at the CanSecWest security conference.

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Adobe Soundbooth CS4 Beta released

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Tuesday Adobe released Soundbooth CS4 beta, It demonstrates that, Adobe has its ears open to the needs of those who demand more from an audio editor. Not only does Soundbooth CS4 include multitrack editing and allow you to place multiple AutoComposed scores into a single project, it also offers some compelling new features. Highlights include non-destructive editing, the ability to create restore points that you can later return to, automatic volume matching, MP3 compressions preview, and a speech-to-text feature that attempts to transcribe the contents of an audio track (or a selection within it) and then lets you navigate that track by choosing words within the transcript. Soundbooth CS4 beta supports multitrack editing.

As with the original Soundbooth, the Soundbooth CS4 beta lets you add AutoCompose scores. These are license-free also CS4 introduces the Adobe Sound Document (.asnd) format. This format places all the project’s audio resources within a saved file and these files can be used by other compatible Adobe CS4 applications too.

Download it here…
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Microsoft adding multi touch Interface to Windows 7

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Microsoft plans to add multi-touch interface to Windows 7. Ballmer says it will come in late 2009. Julie Larson-Green demos the Multi-touch technology, painting with several fingers at the same time to show how it can process not just touch, but multiple simultaneous input.

“It’s much faster to do certain tasks than using a mouse,” Like rotating photos by pinching and rotating, much like Microsoft’s surface or Apple’s iPhone.

Microsoft had previously hinted that the touch gestures would find their way into Windows. In an interesting twist though, the new technology will work with existing touch screens, Microsoft said. They showed it running on an existing Dell laptop.
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iTrip AutoPilot newest accessory for iPod and iPhon

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Griffin Technology, unveiled its newest accessory, the iTrip AutoPilot. It also added support for the iPhone.

The iTrip allows users to play music from your iPod or iPhone to an open FM frequency in your car. With its built-in SmartScan, the iTrip will even recommend the best frequency for you and if you have RDS, the song information will be displayed on your car radio.

Features

* AutoPilot controls iPod playback from your dash or console’s cigarette lighter with the touch of a finger.
* Industry-leading SmartScan does all the work — scans the radio dial for the three best frequencies then saves them automatically to 3 programmable presets for easy recall at the touch of a button.
* New SmartSound™ Plus technology delivers clear sound under real-world conditions.
* New high-contrast display is easy to read.
* Three-stage light ring changes color to indicate the charging status of your iPod battery.
* RDS technology shows song information on your RDS-enabled car radio display.
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The US$99.99 iTrip AutoPilot is compatible with the iPhone and iPods as far back as the 40GB iPod click wheel. Availability is listed as “coming soon.”

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Intex IN3333 Mobile and IN2020 with 25 days Battery Life

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Intex technologies launched a new mobile handset IN3333 in the Indian market, with the main focus on it being a music phone. The phone supports a 1.3 megapixel camera along with a video recording option. The integrated camera can also be used as a Webcam if connected to a PC via USB.

The IN3333 features an FM radio, music player and a sound recorder. The handset also supports GPRS and Bluetooth. Other features also include 4 games and twin language support to allow menu display and messaging both in Hindi and English.

Also they have launched a mobile handset IN2020 with 25 days battery life too
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The IN3333 candy bar designed phone with 260k colors and a 2-inch TFT screen retails at $125 [Rs.5000].

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Apple updated its 3G iPod nano software with 1.1.2 update.

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Apple updated its 3G iPod nano software. Notes on the update are limited. Neither the download or Apple’s support pages contain any specific information on what was fixed.
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The only information Apple provided was that the update included some bug fixes. The 1.1.2 update is only available through iTunes at this time.

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Adobe Flash Player 10 prerelease available Now

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Adobe made a prerelease test version of the Flash 10 Player available. You can download an installer for Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux from the Adobe Labs Web site.

Among the new features in this edition of Flash Player are support for new 3D rendering effects, Adobe Pixel Blender filters, new drawing APIs, and an advanced text rendering engine. What’s more, Flash Player 10 has expanded use of hardware graphics acceleration, so Flash content should be a little snappier.

This is a testing version, you’re not likely to see any content that requires the new player in the wild just yet. But if you design or maintain Web pages yourself, it might be a good idea to give them a whirl with the beta player, just to make sure that all your old content still renders the way it should with the new version.
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It’s not yet clear, but Adobe is planning to make an announcement regarding the next version of Creative Suite on May 27, so we’ll know more then.

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Google Health beta service is officially Released

G-helthLike many of Google’s new services, Google Health is in beta, although officials said anyone can sign up for it and start entering their health data as we they promised earlier.

The public can go today to www.google.com/health and create profiles that include basic medical information such as existing medical conditions, allergies and any medicines being taken.

Google is one of several groups trying to “democratize” health care by allowing people to access and take control of their health records. Others include Microsoft, which announced its Health Vault initiative last year, WebMD and Revolution Health Group, founded by AOL co-founder Steve Case.

People who sign up at Google Health can also import medical records from U.S. pharmacies and medical facilities that have signed on as partners, which so far include Longs Drug Stores, Walgreens Pharmacy, the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and several others.
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Google Health will be linked to some extent to other Google services, which could potentially also raise privacy or security concerns. For example, if a user creates a list of doctors’ contact information, the group of contacts will automatically appear in their Gmail account.

“Google Health is all about pulling together documents from your doctor’s office, labs and pharmacies to provide a holistic picture of your health,” said Google Vice President Marissa Mayer, who was joined by health industry professionals to launch the project at a press conference at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California.

Concerns about privacy and security are seen as a big hurdle. Google says it will store health data in servers that are more secure than those it uses for other services. Users will be able to decide who has access to their records and to revoke that access at any time.

The service is available initially only in the U.S. Google is talking to partners in Europe and Asia, but the service is more complex than others it offers, because of the sensitivity of the data and the number of partners involved, so it will take more time to be rolled out in other parts of the world, he said.

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Touch Wall-Microsofts New Cheap Touchscreens

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Bill Gates has demoed a vertical version of Microsoft’s coffee table computer, the Surface, at the company’s CEO summit.

Describing a future where cheap touchscreens will cover various surfaces in homes as well as offices, Gates said that he expects the technology to be “absolutely pervasive” in the near future.

Calling the Touch Wall, “new, risky and exciting”, Gates told attendees: “Our view is that all the surfaces – horizontal surfaces, vertical surfaces – will eventually have an inexpensive screen-display capability and software that sees what you’re doing there, so it’s completely interactive”, he told attendees at the summit.

Standing beside a 4 x 6ft screen, fitted with a camera to detect touch, Gates said that the technology is still at the research-and-development stage, but the company is using components of its interactivity at all levels, adding that he expects this technology to be affordable.
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“This kind of whiteboard, with a little bit of hardware advance over the next couple of years, will not be an expensive thing, and that’s why we’re saying that it will be absolutely pervasive,” Gates claimed.

watch the demo video
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPrfqdl55D0&NR=1

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Touch Screen BlackBerry Thunder in Q3

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BlackBerry makers plans to launch a touch-screen version of the wireless e-mail device in the third quarter as an answer to Apple Inc’s iPhone, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

RIM declined to comment on the report, stating that it does not comment on rumors and speculation. Earlier this week, rumored details of a touch-screen BlackBerry surfaced on the Internet.

The device, known as the Thunder, is to be sold through Verizon Wireless in the U.S. and Vodafone PLC abroad, the Journal reported on its Web site, citing people familiar with the matter.

In February, RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie said the company may bring out a touch-screen device if customers want it.

This week, Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM announced its BlackBerry Bold, a sleek smartphone with a keyboard aimed at its core base of business users.

Introducing a touch-screen BlackBerry would put RIM in more direct competition with Apple’s popular iPhone. In the past, Balsillie has dismissed concerns that the iPhone could pose a serious competitive threat.
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A touch-screen BlackBerry would also build on RIM’s continuing push into the broader retail market as it seeks to diversify its client base beyond the executives, lawyers and other professionals who have been its mainstay.

Update-1:-

According to the Boy Genius Report, the new handset will be RIM’s first true touchscreen phone, with just four physical buttons. The difference between a BlackBerry and an iPhone will be A keyboard. Once Apple ships the iPhone 2.0 software, with proper Exchange support and push email, the only real difference between the the handsets is the BlackBerry’s physical input. But it looks like RIM will be ditching it’s one advantage in a rumored new handset, the BlackBerry Thunder.