tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40326377412337233802024-03-12T19:33:58.373-07:00telecharger01fadmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11768846297543334031noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032637741233723380.post-59215002568592313472011-09-25T08:33:00.000-07:002011-09-25T08:33:43.298-07:00Adobe fights back with Flash 11<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="cnet-image-div image-REGULAR float-right" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: right; float: right; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 213px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_970636110"><img alt="Flash Player logo" class="cnet-image" height="213" src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim//2010/07/08/Flash_Player_logo_big.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;" width="213" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #2e2e30; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_970636110"><br />
</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #2e2e30; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_970636110">Long gone are the days when Adobe Systems could take its Flash Player's position on the Web for granted.</a></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_970636110">But Adobe, to counter a strong combination of opposition and alternatives to the browser plug-in, plans to ship Flash Player 11 in two weeks. The debut at its Max developer conference early next month is geared to send a message to programmers: Flash is still relevant, and Adobe is still investing in it.</a></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_970636110">Flash 11's highlight, an interface called Molehill for hardware-accelerated 3D and 2D graphics, won't change the minds of those who would like to see Flash fade from the Web, nor will it reverse <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0066a0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-color: initial; border-style: initial; cursor: pointer; font-style: inherit; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial;">Apple and Microsoft's Flash opposition</span></span>. But it is a powerful new feature for games, and games are one of the Flash strongholds Adobe is seeking to defend.</a></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_970636110">"WIth direct access to the GPU [graphics processing unit], you'll see a thousand times faster rendering over prior versions of Flash," said Danny Winokur, Adobe's platform general manager. With the ability to animate millions of objects at a screen refresh rate of 50 frames per second, people can expect "console-quality games" such as those on an <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0066a0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-color: initial; border-style: initial; cursor: pointer; font-style: inherit; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial;">Xbox</span></span> or <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0066a0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-color: initial; border-style: initial; cursor: pointer; font-style: inherit; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial;">PS3</span></span>, but in a Web browser.</a></div><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</span></span></div>fadmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11768846297543334031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032637741233723380.post-66397062888201974652011-09-25T08:28:00.001-07:002011-09-25T08:28:43.314-07:00Avast buys its way into Android security<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><br />
<ol style="text-align: right;"><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #353535; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div class="cnet-image-div image-REGULAR float-right" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: right; float: right; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 8px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 243px;"><img alt="Avast" class="cnet-image" height="96" src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2011/04/12/avast.JPG" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;" width="243" /></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0066a0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-color: initial; border-style: initial; cursor: pointer; font-style: inherit; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial;"><b>Avast</b></span></span>, a maker of popular free security suites, has announced its purchase of mobile security company ITAgents, which makes the security app for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0066a0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-color: initial; border-style: initial; cursor: pointer; font-style: inherit; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial;"><b>Android</b></span></span> and Symbian called <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0066a0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-color: initial; border-style: initial; cursor: pointer; font-style: inherit; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial;"><b>Theft Aware</b></span></span>. Theft Aware is notable for offering SMS remote control, being resistant to phone wiping, and offering features specifically for rooted phones, in addition to more traditional lost-device mobile security features.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Avast would not disclose a purchase price for the company, although since both are privately held companies, they're not obligated to.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">The purchase does not contradict the company's plans to release its own Android security solution in the fourth quarter of 2011, Avast Chief Technical Officer Ondrej Vlcek said in an e-mail to CNET. "When <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0066a0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-color: initial; border-style: initial; cursor: pointer; font-style: inherit; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial;"><b>we talked [this summer]</b></span></span>, we already had the LoI [Letter of Intent] with Theft Aware signed. So it's really no change in plans at all, it was part of the strategy from the very beginning."</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Vlcek said Avast plans to keep the anti-theft product as a separate product with similar pricing to what it has now, but that it will also be integrated into Avast's security suite. "Basic features will be available in the free version of the suite, while some of the advanced features will only be present in the paid," he said.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Currently, Theft Aware retails for $13.55 for a license bound to one device, or $20.32 for a license that can be transferred from older devices to new ones.</div></span></li>
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