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Rumor: Adobe to announce cancelation of Flash Player for mobile platforms

It’s had a good run, but maybe it’s time to move on to something else. Per ZDNet, Adobe has briefed its employees on the company’s plans to abandon development of Flash player for mobile browsers in a blow to Google Android and Research in Motion PlayBook tablets, according to a new report. Citing “sources close […]

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Apple Store app hits 2.0, adds in-store pickup, Easy Pay features

Apple may not make all aspects of your life easier at all times, but they do try to streamline buying more of their products… Per AppleInsider, Apple has updated its official Apple Store application for iOS, adding the new “Personal Pickup” option, as well as an “Easy Pay” feature, which allows customers to pay for […]

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Security researcher Charlie Miller outs iOS code signing flaw, security hole

It’s hard to say if it’s discouraging to see the iOS get spotted on assorted security failures or reassuring to see that security experts manage to notice these and bring them to the public’s attention. According to Forbes, Mac hacker and researcher Charlie Miller has reportedly found a way to sneak malware into the App […]

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Parallels 7 upgrade goes live, available via retail on September 6

Upgrading: It’s not always a bad thing. Per AppleInsider, Windows virtualization favorite Parallels Deskktop has reached version 7, the new version adding faster performance and new support for Mac OS X Lion, including Windows integration of apps in Launchpad and windows in Mission Control and the ability to run an instance of Lion within Lion […]

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Microsoft VP highlights Windows 8 interface changes, emphasizes upcoming Ribbon features

If Mac OS X 10.7 (“Lion”) was starting to look like Windows 7 (or vice versa), this might be reassuring. Per a blog entry by Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft’s president of its Windows Division, indicates that one key element of Windows 8 will take the new release in a very different direction than Apple’s outline for […]