Adobe’s Flash and Acrobat have ‘critical’ vulnerability, may allow remote hijacking



When Adobe said Flash gives you the full web experience, it meant it. Part and parcel of the web, as we all know, is the good old hacking community, which has been “actively exploiting” a vulnerability in Flash Player 10.0.45.2 (and earlier versions) and Adobe Acrobat and Reader 9.x to overtake people’s machines and do hacky stuff with them. This so-called flaw also causes crashes, but that’s probably not what’s worrying you right now. Adobe says the 10.1 Release Candidate for Flash Player looks to be unaffected, while versions 8.x of Acrobat and Reader are confirmed safe. To remedy the trouble, the company advises moving to the RC for Flash, and deleting authplay.dll to keep your Acrobat from performing undesirable gymnastics. Oh boy, Steve‘s gonna have a field day with this one.

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Lian Li’s T1 Mini-ITX Spider case shakes it real good at Computex (video)



Lian Li’s T1 Mini-ITX Spider case just started shipping to those with a thing for oddities in late May, and the strangest PC enclosure since the Thermaltake Level 10 made its way to Taiwan this week for Computex. ‘Course, the Gigabyte system loaded onto it was fine and dandy, but it’s the moves it made that truly stole the show. Hop on past the break to see a chassis shake the thing its momma gave it. Yeah, you read that right.

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Check out our All Things D: D8 hub!



Couldn’t get on the guest list for D8? Well then pop on over to our All Things D hub and check out all the news from D8 — including Steve Jobs, Steve Ballmer, Peter Chou and more!

Check out our All Things D: D8 hub! originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 05 Jun 2010 20:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Inhabitat’s Week in Green: containment domes, robot fish and lunar bases



The Week in Green is a new item from our friends at Inhabitat, recapping the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us.

This week Inhabitat followed the ongoing saga of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill as we tracked BP’s latest attempt to plug the leak with yet another containment dome. We can’t help but wonder why BP refuses to use hair mats donated from thousands of businesses to clean up the slick, but we’re glad that the nuclear option is off the table for now. We also looked at one inventor’s plan to lead sealife to safety using a swarm of remote-controlled fish-like robots!

Several exciting advances in sustainable development also took place last week, starting with the announcement of this year’s Buckminster Fuller Challenge — Operation Hope! Led by Allan Savory, the organization has pioneered a new way to transform desert into fertile farmland using a whole systems approach to range management. We also watched as London opened the UK’s first desalination plant in a bid to secure a sustainable water source — they’ll need it, as 700,000 people are expected to move to the city by 2021. On this side of the pond, California is on the brink of becoming the first state to ban plastic bags – take that Pacific Gyre!

Renewable energy also saw an upswell this week as a recently released report showed that wind could power 35% of the western states without major infrastructure upgrades. Biofuels are also on the rise as a clean burning fuel made from sewage sludge was recently projected to cost just 10

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Now Cycle To Charge Your Cell-Phones

Nokia introduced its first bicycle charger unit known as “The Nokia Bicycle Kit” targeting especially consumers with limited access to electricity.

The Nokia Bicycle Charger Kit, which can be attached to any bicycle, powers up from the pedaling motion of the bike’s rider. A dynamo–the electricity generator–is powered by the front bicycle wheel as a rider pedals and transfers electricity to a charger attached to the handlebar, which a phone plugs into.

To begin charging, a cyclist needs to travel around six kilometers per hour (four miles per hour), and while charging times will vary depending on battery model, a 10-minute journey at 10 kilometers per hour (six miles per hour) produces around 28 minutes of talk time or 37 hours of standby time. The faster you ride, the more battery life you generate.

The kit which includes a charger, dynamo and handset holder comes with two brackets. One to attach to the bicycle’s handlebars to secure the charger and the cell phone holder and the other secures the small electric generator to the bike’s fork.

Priced at $18, the product will be welcomed in areas where cycle is still an important mode of transport. The aim according to Nokia is to provide “free and environmentally friendly electricity for mobile phones.  “The Nokia Bicycle Kit”, will be available by the year end and Nokia plans to sell it through online and retailers.

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Now Ant-virus Software For SmartPhones

Symantec has unveiled its new anti virus software exclusively for Smartphones.

With sales on Smartphone on rise and most individuals preferring to access internet through their handsets, Symantec has decided to expand its services to include Smatphones and have brought out Norton Everywhere,  a antivirus software to protect handsets from virus.

Some special features of the software

  • It has the capacity to scan each files and applications to detect dangerous viruses before they cause any problems.
  • Prevents others from exporting files from the mobile.
  • It blocks SMS and MMS from anonymous senders.
  • It would help in protecting the users’ privacy when the person is online.
  • It has ‘Real-time protection’ that stops hackers from intruding into your device and stealing your personal information.

The anti-virus software comes with all these benefits without affecting the phone’s performance.

Symantec also plans to bring out Norton Smartphone Security for Android Beta, Norton Connect Beta and Norton DNS Beta in the coming months.

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Idea To Provide News While On The Move

A Malayalam news channel, Indiavision TV has joined hands with idea cellular, a wireless telecom service provider in India to provide live news service on a voice portal for Idea subscribers in Kerala.

Indiavision TV live news broadcast is first of its kind voicesubscription pack. The service will be made available through IMImobile which is a value added service provider for operators, media providers and enterprise. The Users of this pack can listen to live news events in Kerala and world.

Users who want to subscribe to the interactive voice response (IVR) based service will have to pay a subscription fee of Rs. 20 per month and will be charged Rs. 0.01 for every three seconds. After subscribing, the users will be able to get news update by dialing523457. Those who don’t wish to subscribe to this service must pay Rs.3 per minute to avail this service. The pack is available only in Kerala.

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N900 To Be Available In Indian Markets

Nokia has announced the launch of its new Maemo 5 Based N900 mobile phone in the Indian market. The popularity of this phone in India promoted an early release in Indian Markets.

The Nokia comes with wide 3.5-inch touchscreen display and a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens and a 3X digital zoom to take pictures with. The Phone also comes with QWERTY keyboard, LED flash and GPS.

The phone’s specialty though is its Maemo 5 operating system and is known as the internet tablet. Powered by ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz processor, Nokia N900 also offers full Adobe Flash 9.4 support, Mozilla engine based browser, a complete suite of open source applications for Media playback, multiple desktops, Widgets and an Application manager. In addition to all this the phone features include Wi-Fi, 3G, FM transmitter and Bluetooth.

The phone which comes with 32GB internal storage which can be expanded up to 45GB is priced at Rs 30,639 and promises up to 6 hrs 30 min of 2G talktime and up to 4 hrs 30 min of 3G talktime.

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India To Keep A Check On Telecom Licensing

The Indian government will work to bring out new guidelines for telecommunications providers in order to address security concerns linked to the country’s communications networks.

The government has asked telecommunication vendors to provide details pertaining to company ownership details, governance structures, supply chain information, security features employed in the solutions, standard used and third party security clearance certifications. The government has also instructed the country’s satellite-based communications services providers to get security clearances before buying equipment.

New Delhi will soon be issuing instructions to help the carriers address security threats in their networks.

The Indian authorities fear that malicious software in foreign equipment could pose a threat to national security. The government is also planning to have its own security clearance certifying agency in 12 months.

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