Continuing their crazy rapid release schedule, Mozilla has released Firefox 7 and Thunderbird 7. This is on schedule for their plan to ship a new major version every six weeks. As you might recall, Firefox 6 and Thunderbird 6 were just released mid-August. November 8th and December 20th are when we can expect versions 8 and 9, respectively. There might be some relief in sight … [Read more...]
Adobe Flash Player Update Just Released to Patch Zero-Day Vulnerability; Flash Player 11 News
Critical vulnerabilities have been found with Adobe Flash Player 10.3.183.7 and version 10.3.183.10 has been released. The vulnerabilities could be used by a malicious user to cause a crash and gain control over the system. The vulnerability is being used in the wild so it is highly recommended to update the Adobe Flash Player as soon as possible. There are reports that one of … [Read more...]
Adobe Provides Two New Adobe Reader Tools for IT
Following the release of Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.1.1 yesterday, the Adobe IT Matters blog posted about some new tools for IT pros managing Adobe Reader and Acrobat. It appears the new tools are setting a new trend as 'Enterprise IT Tools for Adobe Acrobat and Reader' is a new category in the Adobe Labs Downloads. Hopefully this is a sign of more to come. The Adobe® Acrobat® … [Read more...]
Adobe Releases Updates for Adobe Acrobat and Reader
Adobe has released version 10.1.1 to address critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader. Today's updates also include version 9.4.6 and 8.3.1 for previous versions. Adobe Acrobat 8 and Reader 8 will stop being supported November 3rd. The Security Bulletin partnered with this release details the vulnerabilities addressed with today's update: These updates … [Read more...]
Microsoft Releases Garage Project Mouse Without Borders To Bring Synergy To PCs
A few years back, I wrote about Synergy, an application that allows you to use one mouse to control the cursor across multiple desktops. It's like having the efficiency of multiple monitors combined with the power of multiple mice. Microsoft released a Garage Project, their little incubator for their engineers' off the clock projects, called Mouse Without Borders that does much … [Read more...]