Microsoft released an emergency patch on Tuesday to protect Internet Explorer users from a hole in technology used to build ActiveX controls and other Web application components that has been targeted in attacks.
A critical patch for all versions of IE will protect consumers, while a security update for Visual Studio will help developers fix the controls and components they built that could be affected.
Microsoft also has had discussions with Adobe, Sun, and Google about some components involving their software that are affected, said Mike Reavey, director of the Microsoft Security Response Center. He declined to elaborate.
Internet Explorer users running Flash Player and Shockwave Player are vulnerable, Adobe said in a blog post that contains links to the Adobe security bulletins for those products.
A Google representative said the company has been working with Microsoft on the issues but declined to comment further. And a Sun representative did not respond to a call seeking comment.
Cisco will release free software updates for any of its software that is affected by the vulnerability and is making available workarounds that mitigate the issue, the company said in a detailed advisory.
The company released two security updates that deal with a vulnerability in Microsoft's Active Template Library, which is used to build components for Web applications and which could be targeted to take control of computers of Web surfers visiting sites hosting malicious code.
The critical update, MS-09034, is targeted at IE users and the other, MS-09035, is targeted at Visual Studio developers and is rated moderate. It affects Visual Studio 2005 and 2008.
"A library can get used in a lot of places, and vulnerabilities in libraries are challenging," Reavey said. "It's an industry-wide problem when (vulnerabilities) do happen."
"The vulnerability is in the controls, not IE, however to provide protections while developers update the controls, IE (versions that are patched will block attacks)," he said.
The company warned on Friday that a security update would come on Tuesday instead of waiting for the next Patch Tuesday cycle on August 11. This is only the ninth out-of-band release Microsoft has had, according to Reavey.
Microsoft first warned about the ActiveX issue on July 6, saying a vulnerability in its Video ActiveX Control could allow an attacker to take control of a PC if the user visits a malicious Web site and attackers were exploiting the hole. The company offered a workaround for the issue.
During the July Patch Tuesday release the following week, Microsoft still did not have a patch ready and was recommending a manual "kill bit" method to disable ActiveX, or sending customers to a "Fix it for me" Web site.
However, researchers figured out a way to get around the kill bit protection mechanism, thus rendering it ineffective and exposing the system to attack, said Eric Schultze, chief technology officer at Shavlik Technologies.
"Some security researchers found that they were able to bypass the kill bit function and still execute certain controls," he said in a statement on Tuesday. "A presentation on how this is done is slated for tomorrow afternoon at the Black Hat Conference" in Las Vegas. To convert video to Flash.
"We were aware of limited attacks on the Microsoft kill bit control where the underlying issue was this vulnerability. As a result of those attacks we released the bulletin to protect customers...but that created chatter," Reavey said. "We saw more details released and we had these updates ready so we released them now instead of waiting for (attacks) to get worse."
The IE patch also resolves three privately reported vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using the browser.
Tyler Reguly, senior security researcher for nCircle, criticized Microsoft for not fixing the underlying issue with a proper patch and said the update could put other software vendors at risk. "Although Microsoft has protected against the kill bit bypass and has patched the public ATL vulnerabilities, there has been no mention or reference to fixing the issue in msvidctl.dll itself," he wrote in a statement. "One has to question what the release of the ATL patch means for other software vendors," he added. "We also have to wonder if they are now more vulnerable than they were previously. They now have to obtain this patch and recompile and release their tools. This means until that process can occur, malicious individuals can reverse the patches to pinpoint each of the vulnerabilities and target third-party software. It's a race to see who will get there first, and the vendors didn't get a head start."
In response, a Microsoft representative provided this comment: "As part of our overall response to the ATL issue, we are continuing our investigation for Microsoft components and controls that may be affected by the ATL issue and will update customers as appropriate throughout the process." More information about the vulnerabilities and fixes is in this advisory. Microsoft also scheduled a Webcast at 1 p.m. PDT on Tuesday to answer customer questions.
Jul 27, 2009
64-bit: Apple does not show the example
With the release of Snow Leopard, Apple encourages developers to rewrite their applications in 64 bits. But the least we can say is that the Cupertino firm really does not show an example. Indeed, none of the software suite Final Cut Studio is 64 bit compatible. According to John Gruber of Daring Fireball, they are all still in Carbon (read about this: no 64 bit Carbon).
Adobe had been much criticism about this just before the release of CS4 which can convert video to Flash. The editor reported that the Windows version of Photoshop is optimized 64-bit unlike the Mac version. For the latter, Adobe had indicated that it would take at least wait until the release of CS5. Photoshop is a large project written in Carbon, Adobe developers needed more time to "dust off" his code. At the time, John Nack had estimated that the change from Carbon to Cocoa could affect up to one million lines of code for a program like Photoshop (read: Cocoa and 64-bit Photoshop CS5 menu).
Apple does not, therefore, better and Adobe has not provided any information on this topic. The Californian company may attend the exit and widespread Snow Leopard to tackle this enormous project and market a version of Final Cut Studio that is both 64-bit and optimized for Snow Leopard. Many of these technologies in the latter (OpenCL, Grand Central ...) it would probably be thrilled.
Hackers may slip through hole found in Adobe tools
Cybercriminals may have a clear path to spread mayhem on computers this week by taking advantage of a newly discovered vulnerability in Adobe's (ADBE) ubiquitous Flash video player and Acrobat Reader, the widely used tool for opening PDF documents.
Since early July, troublemakers have been e-mailing PDF files with corrupted Flash video clips and hacking into websites to implant them. These clips, when activated, enable attackers to quickly install malicious programs on the user's computer. And convert video to flash.
Criminals typically take control of PCs, turning them into obedient "bots." They can use bot networks to steal data, siphon cash from online financial accounts, spread spam and trigger promotions to sell fake anti-virus programs.
The number of attacks could soar this week as Adobe scrambles to develop an emergency patch by Friday. The company recently began issuing security patches once a quarter, with the next update scheduled on Sept. 8.
"The volume of cybercrime has been increasing, so we've stepped up our efforts to supply best-in-class security," says Rob Tarkoff, Adobe's senior vice president and general manager of business productivity.
But even that might not solve the problem. Adobe alerts computer users every seven days about software updates that can include security patches, but users often defer installing such updates.
As a result, "We may see a broad-scale explosion of attacks," says Paul Royal, a senior researcher at Purewire.
The security firm has already found a booby-trapped e-mail sent to a corporate executive.
Last week, another security firm, Finjan Software, found several dozen legitimate Web pages carrying poisoned Flash clips.
Tarkoff says Adobe is doing all it can.
"Every software product is a target," he says. The challenge is to find a way to keep offering new features without creating new security problems. "That's (the balance that) we're focused on striking."
That balancing act may grow more difficult as cybercriminals probe for more weaknesses in Adobe programs.
Some 43% of the 1,500 cyberattacks identified by security firm F-Secure in the first six months of 2009 were directed at Acrobat Reader, up from nearly 29% last year.
That puts Acrobat Reader ahead of Microsoft Word, targeted in 40% of this year's attacks.
"Adobe has become the victim of its own success," says Don Leatham, director of solutions and strategy at security firm Lumension.
"They've become a very juicy target, and they need to significantly increase their efforts to secure and stabilize their code."
Since early July, troublemakers have been e-mailing PDF files with corrupted Flash video clips and hacking into websites to implant them. These clips, when activated, enable attackers to quickly install malicious programs on the user's computer. And convert video to flash.
Criminals typically take control of PCs, turning them into obedient "bots." They can use bot networks to steal data, siphon cash from online financial accounts, spread spam and trigger promotions to sell fake anti-virus programs.
The number of attacks could soar this week as Adobe scrambles to develop an emergency patch by Friday. The company recently began issuing security patches once a quarter, with the next update scheduled on Sept. 8.
"The volume of cybercrime has been increasing, so we've stepped up our efforts to supply best-in-class security," says Rob Tarkoff, Adobe's senior vice president and general manager of business productivity.
But even that might not solve the problem. Adobe alerts computer users every seven days about software updates that can include security patches, but users often defer installing such updates.
As a result, "We may see a broad-scale explosion of attacks," says Paul Royal, a senior researcher at Purewire.
The security firm has already found a booby-trapped e-mail sent to a corporate executive.
Last week, another security firm, Finjan Software, found several dozen legitimate Web pages carrying poisoned Flash clips.
Tarkoff says Adobe is doing all it can.
"Every software product is a target," he says. The challenge is to find a way to keep offering new features without creating new security problems. "That's (the balance that) we're focused on striking."
That balancing act may grow more difficult as cybercriminals probe for more weaknesses in Adobe programs.
Some 43% of the 1,500 cyberattacks identified by security firm F-Secure in the first six months of 2009 were directed at Acrobat Reader, up from nearly 29% last year.
That puts Acrobat Reader ahead of Microsoft Word, targeted in 40% of this year's attacks.
"Adobe has become the victim of its own success," says Don Leatham, director of solutions and strategy at security firm Lumension.
"They've become a very juicy target, and they need to significantly increase their efforts to secure and stabilize their code."
Jul 24, 2009
Most Useful 11 FAQs about Ipod
This article includes 11 parts, it includes all common problems about iPod; it fits for all series of iPod including iPod Touch, iPod Nano, iPod Classic, iPod Video, etc. You can also find some free sources for iPod from this article.
1. How to convert YouTube video to iPod?
There must be some wonderful videos you’ve ever watched on YouTube and want to put them on your iPod. But iPod can play only MP4 video, and YouTube video is FLV, you have to download and convert YouTube video to MP4 video at first, then you can add it into your iTunes library and sync to your iPod. You can use this online downloader and converter to download the YouTube video meanwhile to convert it to MP4: http://www.convertdirect.com/
2. How to copy music and photos from my iPod to computer?
Sometime we lost iTunes library or want to copy files from other iPod back to computer, because iTunes prevents user do that, you need special software to bypass iTunes. I’d recommend
Tansee iPod Copy Pack to you, It is a life saver when
- Sending your iPod for repair.
- Backup song/video/photo to PC.
- Moving song/video/photo to a new iPod.
- Share your iPod song/video/photo with friends.
- Computer crashed.
Note:If you want to copy files from iPhone, iTouch, and iPod back to computer, you can use this iPhone/iTouch/iPod to Computer Transfer.
3. How to download torrent video and put torrent video to iPod?
Torrent is a small file with the suffix .torrent, which contains all the information needed to download a file the torrent was made for. That means it contains file names, their sizes, where to download from and so on. You can get torrents for almost anything on lots of web sites and torrent search engines.
Torrent is the most popular way of downloading large files, including movies and games (remember legality of downloading). Downloading with a torrent is advantageous especially when downloading files, which are momentarily very popular and whitch lots of people are downloading. Because the more people download the file, the higher speed for everyone. The following software will help you do that.
4. How to rip DVD movie and convert video to iPod?
If you want to watch some videos that you download from internet or you already have it on DVD and don't want to pay for it again on itunes. You can use a third part software to help you to do this.
As for Windows user, you can use this Pavtube DVD Ripper. It is professional as well as easy to use DVD ripping software. It can convert DVD to iPod, iPhone, Zune, Creative Zen, iRiver, PSP, Xbox360, Pocket PC and Apple TV etc. Pavtube DVD Ripper rips fast and exports excellence only.
As for Mac user, you can use the Mac version of this software.
5. How to put limewire free movie to iPod?
Because iPod can play only MP4 and H.264 FLV. If your download limewire videos are not compatible with iPod, you can use this iPod Video Converter to convert them to MP4 video for iPod Touch/Nano/Classic. (Don't use iTunes to convert limewire video, because most limewire videos are muxed video, muxed video converted by iTunes will lost sound, you can learn more info about this problem by referring Apple official document: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302588 )
So if you want to put limewire movie to iPod, you can use this software.
6. How to share iTunes Music and videos between two computers for free?
Some people may meet that situation: You and your brother both have iTunes library under the same credit card account. Occasionally, you want to get the same song, however you wouldn't want you both to pay the $.99 where virtually the same account is purchasing the song twice. So how can you and/or he download the songs from each other once it's purchased on a single computer? There is a guide to tell you how to share iTunes Music and videos between two computers such as sharing iTunes Music and videos between Windows PC and Windows PC, sharing iTunes Music and videos between Mac OS and Mac OS X and sharing iTunes Music and videos between Windows PC and Mac OS X.
7. How to burn your iPod/iTunes music and videos to DVD?
Many users want to burn DRM protected iTunes videos/movies/TV shows to DVD playable on home DVD player and enjoy on the widescreen TV. I know you can enjoy iTunes movie on TV with Apple TV, but why do you have to spend more $299 if you can do that with some easy software. You can try the following software or see this article: “Free video burner soft”.
8. Where to download music and movie for iPod Touch/Nano/Classic/Video
1. iTunes store: $0.99 for one song, $9.99 for one movie, $1.99 for one TV show.
2. Limewire is fast and popular file sharing freeware working on Windows, Linux and Mac OS. Through the P2P (peer-to-peer) network, you can free download various files by its category or keyword searching.
3. Other stream video website such as Yahoo, MySpace, etc. here is a list of free stream video website: “Top 10 Movie Sites!”
9. Where to download free software to rip DVD and convert video to iPod?
Why shouldn't you watch the movies you paid for on the device of your choice? With these DVD rippers and converters, you can.
There are two categories of tools you'll need. The first are DVD rippers, which extract the video and audio files from DVDs and put them on your hard drive. Once there, you can use a DVD converter app to transcode the files to a format that's playable on your iPod, PSP, TiVo, Apple TV, or whatever other device you might be using.
You can get these free software from here.
10. How can I watch my iPod movie on large screen TV?
Set up your iPod video options. On your iPod choose Videos -> Video Settings from the main menu. You will see three options: TV Out, TV Signal and Widescreen. Select the “TV Out” option.
Get your A/V cable. If you don't have an eighth-inch-to-RCA cable, you can pick one up on eBay for five or six bucks shipped. Search for "camcorder A/V cable." Remember, you want a three-plug yellow/red/white RCA connection at one end and a three-banded eighth-inch (3.5mm) A/V plug at the other.
1. Plug the red RCA plug into your TV's yellow RCA jack.
2. Plug the yellow RCA plug into your TV's white RCA jack.
3. Plug the white RCA plug into your TV's red RCA jack.
After making these connections, you're physically ready to begin playback.
11: How to transfer music and video from iPod to iPod?
Many people own more than one iPod, iPod 2 iPod is a program that allows you to transfer your music and video between them. Until now this hasn't been possible without losing all your existing songs. iPod 2 iPod gives you the power to take control of your music collection.
video to flash
1. How to convert YouTube video to iPod?
There must be some wonderful videos you’ve ever watched on YouTube and want to put them on your iPod. But iPod can play only MP4 video, and YouTube video is FLV, you have to download and convert YouTube video to MP4 video at first, then you can add it into your iTunes library and sync to your iPod. You can use this online downloader and converter to download the YouTube video meanwhile to convert it to MP4: http://www.convertdirect.com/
2. How to copy music and photos from my iPod to computer?
Sometime we lost iTunes library or want to copy files from other iPod back to computer, because iTunes prevents user do that, you need special software to bypass iTunes. I’d recommend
Tansee iPod Copy Pack to you, It is a life saver when
- Sending your iPod for repair.
- Backup song/video/photo to PC.
- Moving song/video/photo to a new iPod.
- Share your iPod song/video/photo with friends.
- Computer crashed.
Note:If you want to copy files from iPhone, iTouch, and iPod back to computer, you can use this iPhone/iTouch/iPod to Computer Transfer.
3. How to download torrent video and put torrent video to iPod?
Torrent is a small file with the suffix .torrent, which contains all the information needed to download a file the torrent was made for. That means it contains file names, their sizes, where to download from and so on. You can get torrents for almost anything on lots of web sites and torrent search engines.
Torrent is the most popular way of downloading large files, including movies and games (remember legality of downloading). Downloading with a torrent is advantageous especially when downloading files, which are momentarily very popular and whitch lots of people are downloading. Because the more people download the file, the higher speed for everyone. The following software will help you do that.
4. How to rip DVD movie and convert video to iPod?
If you want to watch some videos that you download from internet or you already have it on DVD and don't want to pay for it again on itunes. You can use a third part software to help you to do this.
As for Windows user, you can use this Pavtube DVD Ripper. It is professional as well as easy to use DVD ripping software. It can convert DVD to iPod, iPhone, Zune, Creative Zen, iRiver, PSP, Xbox360, Pocket PC and Apple TV etc. Pavtube DVD Ripper rips fast and exports excellence only.
As for Mac user, you can use the Mac version of this software.
5. How to put limewire free movie to iPod?
Because iPod can play only MP4 and H.264 FLV. If your download limewire videos are not compatible with iPod, you can use this iPod Video Converter to convert them to MP4 video for iPod Touch/Nano/Classic. (Don't use iTunes to convert limewire video, because most limewire videos are muxed video, muxed video converted by iTunes will lost sound, you can learn more info about this problem by referring Apple official document: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302588 )
So if you want to put limewire movie to iPod, you can use this software.
6. How to share iTunes Music and videos between two computers for free?
Some people may meet that situation: You and your brother both have iTunes library under the same credit card account. Occasionally, you want to get the same song, however you wouldn't want you both to pay the $.99 where virtually the same account is purchasing the song twice. So how can you and/or he download the songs from each other once it's purchased on a single computer? There is a guide to tell you how to share iTunes Music and videos between two computers such as sharing iTunes Music and videos between Windows PC and Windows PC, sharing iTunes Music and videos between Mac OS and Mac OS X and sharing iTunes Music and videos between Windows PC and Mac OS X.
7. How to burn your iPod/iTunes music and videos to DVD?
Many users want to burn DRM protected iTunes videos/movies/TV shows to DVD playable on home DVD player and enjoy on the widescreen TV. I know you can enjoy iTunes movie on TV with Apple TV, but why do you have to spend more $299 if you can do that with some easy software. You can try the following software or see this article: “Free video burner soft”.
8. Where to download music and movie for iPod Touch/Nano/Classic/Video
1. iTunes store: $0.99 for one song, $9.99 for one movie, $1.99 for one TV show.
2. Limewire is fast and popular file sharing freeware working on Windows, Linux and Mac OS. Through the P2P (peer-to-peer) network, you can free download various files by its category or keyword searching.
3. Other stream video website such as Yahoo, MySpace, etc. here is a list of free stream video website: “Top 10 Movie Sites!”
9. Where to download free software to rip DVD and convert video to iPod?
Why shouldn't you watch the movies you paid for on the device of your choice? With these DVD rippers and converters, you can.
There are two categories of tools you'll need. The first are DVD rippers, which extract the video and audio files from DVDs and put them on your hard drive. Once there, you can use a DVD converter app to transcode the files to a format that's playable on your iPod, PSP, TiVo, Apple TV, or whatever other device you might be using.
You can get these free software from here.
10. How can I watch my iPod movie on large screen TV?
Set up your iPod video options. On your iPod choose Videos -> Video Settings from the main menu. You will see three options: TV Out, TV Signal and Widescreen. Select the “TV Out” option.
Get your A/V cable. If you don't have an eighth-inch-to-RCA cable, you can pick one up on eBay for five or six bucks shipped. Search for "camcorder A/V cable." Remember, you want a three-plug yellow/red/white RCA connection at one end and a three-banded eighth-inch (3.5mm) A/V plug at the other.
1. Plug the red RCA plug into your TV's yellow RCA jack.
2. Plug the yellow RCA plug into your TV's white RCA jack.
3. Plug the white RCA plug into your TV's red RCA jack.
After making these connections, you're physically ready to begin playback.
11: How to transfer music and video from iPod to iPod?
Many people own more than one iPod, iPod 2 iPod is a program that allows you to transfer your music and video between them. Until now this hasn't been possible without losing all your existing songs. iPod 2 iPod gives you the power to take control of your music collection.
video to flash
Jul 23, 2009
Zevrix releases LinkOptimizer 4.0 for Adobe InDesign
Zevrix has released version 4.0 of LinkOptimizer, an upgrade to the workflow automation solution to optimize InDesign jobs. The new version sports 20 newfeatures and improvements, including settings presets, resampling methods, detailed processing logs and a redesigned user interface.
With its core rewritten in Cocoa, LinkOptimizer 4 is the first ever Cocoa-based plug-in for InDesign, according to the folks at Zevrix. LinkOptimizer allows users to reduce InDesign job cost through faster output, smaller job size and automatic image processing. The new version introduces over 20 new features, including image format conversion, resolution oversampling, link preview, process logs and optimizing several documents of similar design at once.
LinkOptimizer 4.0 can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions web site for US$219.95. Upgrades from previous versions are $87.95. A demo is available for download.
LinkOptimizer is available for Mac OS X 10.4.2 and higher. It’s an Universal Binary so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. LinkOptimizer 3.3.6 works with Adobe InDesign CS-CS4.
Used to convert video to flash.
With its core rewritten in Cocoa, LinkOptimizer 4 is the first ever Cocoa-based plug-in for InDesign, according to the folks at Zevrix. LinkOptimizer allows users to reduce InDesign job cost through faster output, smaller job size and automatic image processing. The new version introduces over 20 new features, including image format conversion, resolution oversampling, link preview, process logs and optimizing several documents of similar design at once.
LinkOptimizer 4.0 can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions web site for US$219.95. Upgrades from previous versions are $87.95. A demo is available for download.
LinkOptimizer is available for Mac OS X 10.4.2 and higher. It’s an Universal Binary so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. LinkOptimizer 3.3.6 works with Adobe InDesign CS-CS4.
Used to convert video to flash.
Jul 22, 2009
Adobe investigating zero-day bug in Flash
Researchers on Wednesday said they have uncovered attacks in the wild in which malicious Acrobat PDF files are exploiting a vulnerability in Flash and dropping a Trojan onto computers.
The situation could affect tons of users since Flash exists in all popular browsers, is available in PDF files, and is largely operating system-independent.
Any software that uses Flash could be vulnerable to the attack, according to Symantec. Adobe Reader is vulnerable because its Flash interpreter is vulnerable, said Paul Royal, principal researcher at Purewire, a Web security services provider.
In a post on its Web site, Adobe said it "is aware of reports of a potential vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1.2 and Adobe Flash Player 9 and 10. We are currently investigating this potential issue and will have an update once we get more information."
"The authors of the exploit have managed to take a bug and turn it into a reliable exploit using a heap spray technique," Patrick Fitzgerald writes on a Symantec Security blog post.
"Typically an attacker would entice a user to visit a malicious Web site or send a malicious PDF via e-mail," he writes. "Once the unsuspecting user visits the Web site or opens the PDF this exploit will allow further malware to be dropped onto the victim's machine. The malicious PDF files are detected as Trojan.Pidief.G and the dropped files as Trojan Horse."
It appears the exploit was first developed about two weeks ago, Royal said. The bug itself has been around since December 2008.
The hole is exploitable on Windows XP and Vista users are protected if User Account Control (UAC) is enabled, Symantec said.
US-CERT offered information about workarounds on its Web site:
• Disable Flash in Adobe Reader 9 on Windows platforms by renaming the following files: "%ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\authplay.dll" and "%ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\rt3d.dll".
• Disable Flash Player or selectively enable Flash content as described in the "Securing Your Web Browser" document.
The situation could affect tons of users since Flash exists in all popular browsers, is available in PDF files, and is largely operating system-independent.
Any software that uses Flash could be vulnerable to the attack, according to Symantec. Adobe Reader is vulnerable because its Flash interpreter is vulnerable, said Paul Royal, principal researcher at Purewire, a Web security services provider.
In a post on its Web site, Adobe said it "is aware of reports of a potential vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1.2 and Adobe Flash Player 9 and 10. We are currently investigating this potential issue and will have an update once we get more information."
"The authors of the exploit have managed to take a bug and turn it into a reliable exploit using a heap spray technique," Patrick Fitzgerald writes on a Symantec Security blog post.
"Typically an attacker would entice a user to visit a malicious Web site or send a malicious PDF via e-mail," he writes. "Once the unsuspecting user visits the Web site or opens the PDF this exploit will allow further malware to be dropped onto the victim's machine. The malicious PDF files are detected as Trojan.Pidief.G and the dropped files as Trojan Horse."
It appears the exploit was first developed about two weeks ago, Royal said. The bug itself has been around since December 2008.
The hole is exploitable on Windows XP and Vista users are protected if User Account Control (UAC) is enabled, Symantec said.
US-CERT offered information about workarounds on its Web site:
• Disable Flash in Adobe Reader 9 on Windows platforms by renaming the following files: "%ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\authplay.dll" and "%ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\rt3d.dll".
• Disable Flash Player or selectively enable Flash content as described in the "Securing Your Web Browser" document.
Jul 21, 2009
Adobe offers up more Flash technology to open source Move follows Microsoft’s Linux effort by a day; Canonical also makes open source move
Adobe Systems will offer more of its Flash rich media application platform up to open source Tuesday, a move viewed by analysts as reactive to the fierce competition Adobe faces in the rich Internet application space from the Microsoft Silverlight platform.
Also in the open source realm Tuesday, Canonical, commercial sponsor of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, will offer code for the Launchpad software development and collaboration platform in an open source format.
Adobe will make available via open source the company's OSMF (Open Source Media Framework) and Text Layout Framework. Formerly part of the "Strobe" project, OSMF allows for software-based media players to be built based on the Flash platform. Individuals could, for example, add new functionality around the Flash Player.
Text Layout Framework allows users to "to do all the things you want to do with text to make it really cool" on the Flash platform, said McAllister. Sophisticated typography capabilities can be added to Web applications.
The two offerings follow previous Adobe efforts to open source parts of the platform. Previous Flash technologies released via open source have included Flex and its compilers, and the Tamarin virtual machine. Specifications also have been released for streaming formats (convert video to Flash)
"People quite often think that the Flash platform is a closed platform, Adobe-only," McAllister said. "What we're doing is continuing this commitment to making the unique features of the Flash platform open."
Although Adobe insisted its latest open source efforts were not done as any sort of response to Microsoft's Silverlight, analysts nonetheless saw a Microsoft angle.
"It's yet another example of the serve and volley going [on] in the RIA space," said Jeffrey Hammond, principal analyst for application development at Forrester. "Adobe and Microsoft are pushing each other hard, and as a result, the state of the art for RIAs is advancing at an amazing rate."
"Adobe is in a race with Microsoft for RIAs, and open source is a powerful way for Adobe to level the playing field considering Microsoft's huge mindshare and adoption among developers," said Melissa Webster, program vice president for content and digital media technologies at IDC.
The core Flash Player and Flex Builder IDE remain unavailable to open source. " McAllister said. "There's code inside the Flash Player that we don't own," such as codec technology, he said. Flex Builder, meanwhile, is built atop the open source Eclipse IDE.
Still, developers have more open source options with Adobe than with Silverlight, said Webster. She also cited Adobe's Open Screen Project as an example of openness.
"Yes, the Flash Player remains Adobe-proprietary, however with the Open Screen Project, developers can write their own servers to stream media to the Flash Player," Webster said.
Adobe's OSMF and Text Layout Framework better enable companies to take advantage of capabilities of Flash 10 without having to understand all the "nuts and bolts of low-level ActionScript calls and functions," said Hammond. ActionScript is the programming language for the Flash platform.
Adobe is working with Akamai to coordinate OSMF with Akamai's Open Video Player initiative. The companies will provide a framework enabling partners such as developers and content owners to build new services with high-end features.
Canonical's Launchpad, meanwhile, lets developers host and share code for free using the Bazaar version control system. Developers now can contribute directly to Launchpad themselves.
"Launchpad is designed to accelerate collaboration between open source projects," said Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth, in a statement released by the company.
"Making Launchpad itself open source fulfills a long term intention to give the users of Launchpad the ability to improve the service they use every day," Shuttleworth said.
While open source projects are hosted for free on Launchpad, closed source projects can use the service for a fee.
Also in the open source realm Tuesday, Canonical, commercial sponsor of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, will offer code for the Launchpad software development and collaboration platform in an open source format.
Adobe will make available via open source the company's OSMF (Open Source Media Framework) and Text Layout Framework. Formerly part of the "Strobe" project, OSMF allows for software-based media players to be built based on the Flash platform. Individuals could, for example, add new functionality around the Flash Player.
Text Layout Framework allows users to "to do all the things you want to do with text to make it really cool" on the Flash platform, said McAllister. Sophisticated typography capabilities can be added to Web applications.
The two offerings follow previous Adobe efforts to open source parts of the platform. Previous Flash technologies released via open source have included Flex and its compilers, and the Tamarin virtual machine. Specifications also have been released for streaming formats (convert video to Flash)
"People quite often think that the Flash platform is a closed platform, Adobe-only," McAllister said. "What we're doing is continuing this commitment to making the unique features of the Flash platform open."
Although Adobe insisted its latest open source efforts were not done as any sort of response to Microsoft's Silverlight, analysts nonetheless saw a Microsoft angle.
"It's yet another example of the serve and volley going [on] in the RIA space," said Jeffrey Hammond, principal analyst for application development at Forrester. "Adobe and Microsoft are pushing each other hard, and as a result, the state of the art for RIAs is advancing at an amazing rate."
"Adobe is in a race with Microsoft for RIAs, and open source is a powerful way for Adobe to level the playing field considering Microsoft's huge mindshare and adoption among developers," said Melissa Webster, program vice president for content and digital media technologies at IDC.
The core Flash Player and Flex Builder IDE remain unavailable to open source. " McAllister said. "There's code inside the Flash Player that we don't own," such as codec technology, he said. Flex Builder, meanwhile, is built atop the open source Eclipse IDE.
Still, developers have more open source options with Adobe than with Silverlight, said Webster. She also cited Adobe's Open Screen Project as an example of openness.
"Yes, the Flash Player remains Adobe-proprietary, however with the Open Screen Project, developers can write their own servers to stream media to the Flash Player," Webster said.
Adobe's OSMF and Text Layout Framework better enable companies to take advantage of capabilities of Flash 10 without having to understand all the "nuts and bolts of low-level ActionScript calls and functions," said Hammond. ActionScript is the programming language for the Flash platform.
Adobe is working with Akamai to coordinate OSMF with Akamai's Open Video Player initiative. The companies will provide a framework enabling partners such as developers and content owners to build new services with high-end features.
Canonical's Launchpad, meanwhile, lets developers host and share code for free using the Bazaar version control system. Developers now can contribute directly to Launchpad themselves.
"Launchpad is designed to accelerate collaboration between open source projects," said Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth, in a statement released by the company.
"Making Launchpad itself open source fulfills a long term intention to give the users of Launchpad the ability to improve the service they use every day," Shuttleworth said.
While open source projects are hosted for free on Launchpad, closed source projects can use the service for a fee.
Jul 20, 2009
Adobe Offering Insecure Reader Software
Despite making a commitment earlier this year to scrutinize its code for bugs more closely, Adobe is offering insecure software on its Web site.
Adobe's Web site makes Adobe Reader 9.10 available to users. Yet in May the company released Reader 9.11 to address at least one critical vulnerability. And in June the company released Reader 9.12 to fix nine critical vulnerabilities.
Secunia, a computer security company based in Denmark, said its Personal Software Inspector (PSI) tool will help users identify Adobe's out-of-date software.
Mikkel Winther, PSI partner manager, said in an e-mailed statement, that PC users need to be diligent about patching. "They need to patch all their vulnerable programs and they need to do so as fast as possible after the patch has been issued from the vendor," he said. "Failing to do so is playing Russian Roulette with your IT security."
In an e-mailed statement, an Adobe spokesperson said, "Adobe Reader 9.1 for Windows is the most recent full installer of the product. Adobe Reader 9.1.1 and 9.1.2 for Windows are patches that require Adobe Reader 9.1 to be present. This is the reason users are offered Adobe Reader 9.1 via the 'Get Adobe Reader' page on Adobe.com. Once Adobe Reader 9.1 is installed, the Adobe Updater will subsequently offer the Adobe Reader 9.1.1 and 9.1.2 patches. Or, alternately, the end user can manually apply the patches via the Product updates section of our Web site."
The problem with this approach is that there's a window of vulnerability between the time that the user downloads the software and the time that the software gets patched by Adobe's update tool.
Adobe didn't immediately respond to a follow-up question about how long that window of vulnerability might last.
That period of vulnerability might be extended if the user declines to accept, or defers, an update because he or she does not want to be interrupted at the moment the updater requests authorization.
Were a user without Reader installed to click on a malicious PDF file on a Web site, the user's computer would be at risk because it would download a vulnerable version of Reader to open the unsafe PDF.
Update: Adobe says the the window of vulnerability is small because its updater tries to update Reader immediately and every seven days thereafter, automatically. However, the company acknowledges that the scenario suggested by Secunia -- clicking on a malicious PDF without Reader installed -- could lead to a compromised system.
An Adobe spokesperson explained, "The updater runs on a separate thread the main Reader process, so a user double-clicking on a PDF file would usually open the file (and trigger a possible attack) before the update manager could prompt the user to apply an update. The updater does not block the main Reader process from executing."
The company says it continues to look at ways to "to further narrow the window of exposure." And of course you can not use it to convert video to Flash.
Adobe's Web site makes Adobe Reader 9.10 available to users. Yet in May the company released Reader 9.11 to address at least one critical vulnerability. And in June the company released Reader 9.12 to fix nine critical vulnerabilities.
Secunia, a computer security company based in Denmark, said its Personal Software Inspector (PSI) tool will help users identify Adobe's out-of-date software.
Mikkel Winther, PSI partner manager, said in an e-mailed statement, that PC users need to be diligent about patching. "They need to patch all their vulnerable programs and they need to do so as fast as possible after the patch has been issued from the vendor," he said. "Failing to do so is playing Russian Roulette with your IT security."
In an e-mailed statement, an Adobe spokesperson said, "Adobe Reader 9.1 for Windows is the most recent full installer of the product. Adobe Reader 9.1.1 and 9.1.2 for Windows are patches that require Adobe Reader 9.1 to be present. This is the reason users are offered Adobe Reader 9.1 via the 'Get Adobe Reader' page on Adobe.com. Once Adobe Reader 9.1 is installed, the Adobe Updater will subsequently offer the Adobe Reader 9.1.1 and 9.1.2 patches. Or, alternately, the end user can manually apply the patches via the Product updates section of our Web site."
The problem with this approach is that there's a window of vulnerability between the time that the user downloads the software and the time that the software gets patched by Adobe's update tool.
Adobe didn't immediately respond to a follow-up question about how long that window of vulnerability might last.
That period of vulnerability might be extended if the user declines to accept, or defers, an update because he or she does not want to be interrupted at the moment the updater requests authorization.
Were a user without Reader installed to click on a malicious PDF file on a Web site, the user's computer would be at risk because it would download a vulnerable version of Reader to open the unsafe PDF.
Update: Adobe says the the window of vulnerability is small because its updater tries to update Reader immediately and every seven days thereafter, automatically. However, the company acknowledges that the scenario suggested by Secunia -- clicking on a malicious PDF without Reader installed -- could lead to a compromised system.
An Adobe spokesperson explained, "The updater runs on a separate thread the main Reader process, so a user double-clicking on a PDF file would usually open the file (and trigger a possible attack) before the update manager could prompt the user to apply an update. The updater does not block the main Reader process from executing."
The company says it continues to look at ways to "to further narrow the window of exposure." And of course you can not use it to convert video to Flash.
Adobe Offering Insecure Reader Software
Despite making a commitment earlier this year to scrutinize its code for bugs more closely, Adobe is offering insecure software on its Web site.
Adobe's Web site makes Adobe Reader 9.10 available to users. Yet in May the company released Reader 9.11 to address at least one critical vulnerability. And in June the company released Reader 9.12 to fix nine critical vulnerabilities.
Secunia, a computer security company based in Denmark, said its Personal Software Inspector (PSI) tool will help users identify Adobe's out-of-date software.
Mikkel Winther, PSI partner manager, said in an e-mailed statement, that PC users need to be diligent about patching. "They need to patch all their vulnerable programs and they need to do so as fast as possible after the patch has been issued from the vendor," he said. "Failing to do so is playing Russian Roulette with your IT security."
In an e-mailed statement, an Adobe spokesperson said, "Adobe Reader 9.1 for Windows is the most recent full installer of the product. Adobe Reader 9.1.1 and 9.1.2 for Windows are patches that require Adobe Reader 9.1 to be present. This is the reason users are offered Adobe Reader 9.1 via the 'Get Adobe Reader' page on Adobe.com. Once Adobe Reader 9.1 is installed, the Adobe Updater will subsequently offer the Adobe Reader 9.1.1 and 9.1.2 patches. Or, alternately, the end user can manually apply the patches via the Product updates section of our Web site."
The problem with this approach is that there's a window of vulnerability between the time that the user downloads the software and the time that the software gets patched by Adobe's update tool.
Adobe didn't immediately respond to a follow-up question about how long that window of vulnerability might last.
That period of vulnerability might be extended if the user declines to accept, or defers, an update because he or she does not want to be interrupted at the moment the updater requests authorization.
Were a user without Reader installed to click on a malicious PDF file on a Web site, the user's computer would be at risk because it would download a vulnerable version of Reader to open the unsafe PDF.
Update: Adobe says the the window of vulnerability is small because its updater tries to update Reader immediately and every seven days thereafter, automatically. However, the company acknowledges that the scenario suggested by Secunia -- clicking on a malicious PDF without Reader installed -- could lead to a compromised system.
An Adobe spokesperson explained, "The updater runs on a separate thread the main Reader process, so a user double-clicking on a PDF file would usually open the file (and trigger a possible attack) before the update manager could prompt the user to apply an update. The updater does not block the main Reader process from executing."
The company says it continues to look at ways to "to further narrow the window of exposure." And of course you can not use it to convert video to Flash.
Adobe's Web site makes Adobe Reader 9.10 available to users. Yet in May the company released Reader 9.11 to address at least one critical vulnerability. And in June the company released Reader 9.12 to fix nine critical vulnerabilities.
Secunia, a computer security company based in Denmark, said its Personal Software Inspector (PSI) tool will help users identify Adobe's out-of-date software.
Mikkel Winther, PSI partner manager, said in an e-mailed statement, that PC users need to be diligent about patching. "They need to patch all their vulnerable programs and they need to do so as fast as possible after the patch has been issued from the vendor," he said. "Failing to do so is playing Russian Roulette with your IT security."
In an e-mailed statement, an Adobe spokesperson said, "Adobe Reader 9.1 for Windows is the most recent full installer of the product. Adobe Reader 9.1.1 and 9.1.2 for Windows are patches that require Adobe Reader 9.1 to be present. This is the reason users are offered Adobe Reader 9.1 via the 'Get Adobe Reader' page on Adobe.com. Once Adobe Reader 9.1 is installed, the Adobe Updater will subsequently offer the Adobe Reader 9.1.1 and 9.1.2 patches. Or, alternately, the end user can manually apply the patches via the Product updates section of our Web site."
The problem with this approach is that there's a window of vulnerability between the time that the user downloads the software and the time that the software gets patched by Adobe's update tool.
Adobe didn't immediately respond to a follow-up question about how long that window of vulnerability might last.
That period of vulnerability might be extended if the user declines to accept, or defers, an update because he or she does not want to be interrupted at the moment the updater requests authorization.
Were a user without Reader installed to click on a malicious PDF file on a Web site, the user's computer would be at risk because it would download a vulnerable version of Reader to open the unsafe PDF.
Update: Adobe says the the window of vulnerability is small because its updater tries to update Reader immediately and every seven days thereafter, automatically. However, the company acknowledges that the scenario suggested by Secunia -- clicking on a malicious PDF without Reader installed -- could lead to a compromised system.
An Adobe spokesperson explained, "The updater runs on a separate thread the main Reader process, so a user double-clicking on a PDF file would usually open the file (and trigger a possible attack) before the update manager could prompt the user to apply an update. The updater does not block the main Reader process from executing."
The company says it continues to look at ways to "to further narrow the window of exposure." And of course you can not use it to convert video to Flash.
Jul 16, 2009
Suspects Open Fire On Police, 5 Officers Injured
An early morning shoot out Thursday in Jersey City, New Jersey has left two suspects dead and five officers injured - in what may have been the result of a police department investigation into an armed robbery last week, officials said.
The injured officers have been identified as Frank Molina Jr., 35, Michael Camacho, 25, Marc DiNardo, 37, Marc Lavelle, 43, and Dennis Mitchell, whose age has not been identified.
According to Jersey City police, at around 5:15 a.m. an armed black man and woman, wearing long robes and black hoodies, shot at officers at 24 Reed Street in Jersey City. One resident told PIX News that she heard "intense gunfire" as officers returned fire.
In fact, one of the suspects, who have tentatively been identified as 32-year-old Hassan A. Shakur and 23-year-old Amanda Anderson, shedded an outer garment to access a pump shotgun, which is, according to Jersey City Police Chief Thomas Comey, a combat weapon.
PIX News learned that at around 6:45 a.m. the suspects, were 'neutralized.' Jersey City police confirmed Shakur and Anderson were shot and killed by officers. They were apparently cornered in a building, on the corner of Reed Street and Bergen Avenue, which was first searched and evacuated.
Earlier, the pair were able to escape police and an intense manhunt for them included all New Jersey police units. Later, Port Authority police units, K-9 Units, New Jersey State troopers and Emergency Services Unit snipers were called to the scene of the shooting to assist local police in the search that included area rooftops.
Residents told PIX News they saw snipers on rooftops and officers jumping from rooftop to rooftop possibly in pursuit of the suspects,. In addition, cops said that the building where the suspects were subdued is known for drug sales activity and believe the gunfire began with a drug deal gone wrong.
"It was a guy selling drugs and he probably sold some bad drugs and the guy came back to retaliate," said a local resident who witnessed the shooting. "So when they seen the cops coming that's when they shot at the cops. That's probably how they cop got shot. Then they ran into the alleyway so they must have went into the window from the back and go in through the window on the first floor."
According to residents, violence has plagued the area and surrounding communities for many years, leaving some unfazed by the bloodshed that happens on a regular basis. Although they say it happens all the time, some neighbors who spoke to PIX News described Thursday's shootings as "intense" and at times "frightening."
At a press conference Thursday afternoon, Jersey City Police Chief Thomas Comey expressed outrage at how gun violence has become almost accepted in the area and lashed out at loopholes in the law that continue to allow such deadly weapons to be on the street and in the hands of criminals.
"Somebody's gotta wake up and smell the coffee, and say enough is enough," Comey said about taking illegal guns off the streets of the community. "Stop being afraid of the NRA, and start being afraid of our own rights."
Molina a 15-year veteran of the force, who was shot in the back, remains in the Jersey City Medical Center for observation. Camacho, a five-year-veteran, who was shot in the neck, remains in critical condition, as does DiNardo, a 10-year veteran, who was shot in the face. Lavelle, a 20-year veteran, who was shot in the leg, was treated and released, as was Mitchell, a seven-year veteran of the Port Authority police force, who was shot in the arm.
Witnesses say one officer was bleeding from his face and PIX videographer John Fine assisted the male officer into an ambulance. The officer told PIX News that he was, "okay despite the way he looks." He may have been one of the officers who was grazed with a bullet.
Authorities believe Shakur and Anderson may have been involved with a June shooting caught on surveillance tape, but are currently waiting for fingerprint results before making a solid identification.
President Barack Obama, who was visiting Holmdel, New Jersey today, attending a fundraiser at the P&C Art Center for a fundraiser event held by Gov. Jon Corzine, spoke to reporters and emphasized the dangers officers through on a daily basis.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to all the families of those hurt," Obama said. The shooting "shows the sacrifice our law enforcement officers and their families go through every day." And convert video to Flash.
The injured officers have been identified as Frank Molina Jr., 35, Michael Camacho, 25, Marc DiNardo, 37, Marc Lavelle, 43, and Dennis Mitchell, whose age has not been identified.
According to Jersey City police, at around 5:15 a.m. an armed black man and woman, wearing long robes and black hoodies, shot at officers at 24 Reed Street in Jersey City. One resident told PIX News that she heard "intense gunfire" as officers returned fire.
In fact, one of the suspects, who have tentatively been identified as 32-year-old Hassan A. Shakur and 23-year-old Amanda Anderson, shedded an outer garment to access a pump shotgun, which is, according to Jersey City Police Chief Thomas Comey, a combat weapon.
PIX News learned that at around 6:45 a.m. the suspects, were 'neutralized.' Jersey City police confirmed Shakur and Anderson were shot and killed by officers. They were apparently cornered in a building, on the corner of Reed Street and Bergen Avenue, which was first searched and evacuated.
Earlier, the pair were able to escape police and an intense manhunt for them included all New Jersey police units. Later, Port Authority police units, K-9 Units, New Jersey State troopers and Emergency Services Unit snipers were called to the scene of the shooting to assist local police in the search that included area rooftops.
Residents told PIX News they saw snipers on rooftops and officers jumping from rooftop to rooftop possibly in pursuit of the suspects,. In addition, cops said that the building where the suspects were subdued is known for drug sales activity and believe the gunfire began with a drug deal gone wrong.
"It was a guy selling drugs and he probably sold some bad drugs and the guy came back to retaliate," said a local resident who witnessed the shooting. "So when they seen the cops coming that's when they shot at the cops. That's probably how they cop got shot. Then they ran into the alleyway so they must have went into the window from the back and go in through the window on the first floor."
According to residents, violence has plagued the area and surrounding communities for many years, leaving some unfazed by the bloodshed that happens on a regular basis. Although they say it happens all the time, some neighbors who spoke to PIX News described Thursday's shootings as "intense" and at times "frightening."
At a press conference Thursday afternoon, Jersey City Police Chief Thomas Comey expressed outrage at how gun violence has become almost accepted in the area and lashed out at loopholes in the law that continue to allow such deadly weapons to be on the street and in the hands of criminals.
"Somebody's gotta wake up and smell the coffee, and say enough is enough," Comey said about taking illegal guns off the streets of the community. "Stop being afraid of the NRA, and start being afraid of our own rights."
Molina a 15-year veteran of the force, who was shot in the back, remains in the Jersey City Medical Center for observation. Camacho, a five-year-veteran, who was shot in the neck, remains in critical condition, as does DiNardo, a 10-year veteran, who was shot in the face. Lavelle, a 20-year veteran, who was shot in the leg, was treated and released, as was Mitchell, a seven-year veteran of the Port Authority police force, who was shot in the arm.
Witnesses say one officer was bleeding from his face and PIX videographer John Fine assisted the male officer into an ambulance. The officer told PIX News that he was, "okay despite the way he looks." He may have been one of the officers who was grazed with a bullet.
Authorities believe Shakur and Anderson may have been involved with a June shooting caught on surveillance tape, but are currently waiting for fingerprint results before making a solid identification.
President Barack Obama, who was visiting Holmdel, New Jersey today, attending a fundraiser at the P&C Art Center for a fundraiser event held by Gov. Jon Corzine, spoke to reporters and emphasized the dangers officers through on a daily basis.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to all the families of those hurt," Obama said. The shooting "shows the sacrifice our law enforcement officers and their families go through every day." And convert video to Flash.
Jul 15, 2009
Adobe Releases First Beta of ColdFusion 9
Adobe Systems this week released the public beta of the next version of its ColdFusion Web development platform. The new version, dubbed ColdFusion 9, will come with an optional integrated development environment (IDE).
By adding the new IDE, dubbed ColdFusion Builder, Adobe is adding capabilities for more sophisticated developers that ColdFusion has lacked. Among other features, Adobe said it will offer a more customized and extensible development environment for coding data-driven applications, offer server management and debugging.
Originally developed by Allair in the mid 1990s and retained by Adobe when it acquired Macromedia, Adobe said there 800,000 ColdFusion developers. But it faces steep competition including Ruby on Rails, Java Server Pages and Microsoft's ASP.NET and others.
"There are a variety of options that were not there a few years ago," said Gartner analyst Eric Knipp. But he added, the new upgrade is substantial and will likely appeal to the more advanced ColdFusion developers. "A lot of the features that are in ColdFusion 9 are features that the advanced ColdFusion developer community has been clamoring for, for a long time."
Notably is the ability to access any part the language from the ColdFusion scripting language, CF Script, and its support for object relational mapping (ORM) to databases via integration with Hibernate, he said.
ColdFusion 9 will integrate with Adobe's forthcoming Flash Builder 4 framework, released to beta last month "For the first time we are really able to offer a full server side to client side development work flow, with all of our tools and our technology," said Adam Lehman, Adobe's ColdFusion product manager.
"Cold Fusion Builder is an Eclipse based plug-in similar to the Flash Builder, so you basically are installing one inside each other. If I am developing server side code and I want to kick over to write some client access code, and I am in the Flex [Flash] world, all of a sudden I am in the same IDE. We've done a lot to maintain a lot of the fidelity between the two"
The Hibernate support will make it easier developers to provide bi-directional synchronization to databases by providing support for Hibernate-based object relational mapping (ORM). Through the integration, Lehman said developers will be able to access all of the Hibernate internals.
"Today developers spend a lot of time taking that tabular data and basically converting SQL into CFCs ColdFusion Components when they are writing SQL code for inserts and updates and then moving that into this object model," Lehman said. "Because we are basically removing SQL that means we are truly building database independent applications."
While the ORM support should be welcome by ColdFusion developers, Gartner's Knipp said that capability that is now expected. "I don’t know it’s something that's going to win people over to the language, it might keep them from leaving," he said.
Also new in ColdFusion 9 is Server Manager, a Flex-based AIR application that will allow for the administration of ColdFusion Servers. Developers can run the manager on the desktop and control settings and receive alerts, Lehman said. "You can deploy a data source or update our JVM arguments or even deploy a hot fix," he said.
On the integration side, while ColdFusion 8 introduced support for native .NET code and Exchange, ColdFusion 9 adds native support for Microsoft SharePoint services. Developers can build Web Parts in SharePoint via the ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML), including support for single sign on.
"Everything ColdFusion has access to can now be exposed to SharePoint Server, but we also have a way to talk to the SharePoint back-end services, so if you are building an application that needs to interact with a document repository or some of the content management features, you can do that with native CFML, you don’t have to learn any .NET APIs or anything like that," Lehman said.
The new release will also allow developers and users to create, read and update Excel spreadsheets, generate PDFs from Word and PowerPoint, and create Flash presentations from PowerPoint,
For Java developers, ColdFusion 9 will integrate with key portlet servers via support for JSR-168, JSR 268 and Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP).
The new release will also include Adobe's Blaze DS, which will support high speed Flash remoting.
Lehman is not saying when ColdFusion is going to be released but he indicated the company is hoping to ship by the end of the year. Pricing was not disclosed.
Use it to convert video to Flash .
By adding the new IDE, dubbed ColdFusion Builder, Adobe is adding capabilities for more sophisticated developers that ColdFusion has lacked. Among other features, Adobe said it will offer a more customized and extensible development environment for coding data-driven applications, offer server management and debugging.
Originally developed by Allair in the mid 1990s and retained by Adobe when it acquired Macromedia, Adobe said there 800,000 ColdFusion developers. But it faces steep competition including Ruby on Rails, Java Server Pages and Microsoft's ASP.NET and others.
"There are a variety of options that were not there a few years ago," said Gartner analyst Eric Knipp. But he added, the new upgrade is substantial and will likely appeal to the more advanced ColdFusion developers. "A lot of the features that are in ColdFusion 9 are features that the advanced ColdFusion developer community has been clamoring for, for a long time."
Notably is the ability to access any part the language from the ColdFusion scripting language, CF Script, and its support for object relational mapping (ORM) to databases via integration with Hibernate, he said.
ColdFusion 9 will integrate with Adobe's forthcoming Flash Builder 4 framework, released to beta last month "For the first time we are really able to offer a full server side to client side development work flow, with all of our tools and our technology," said Adam Lehman, Adobe's ColdFusion product manager.
"Cold Fusion Builder is an Eclipse based plug-in similar to the Flash Builder, so you basically are installing one inside each other. If I am developing server side code and I want to kick over to write some client access code, and I am in the Flex [Flash] world, all of a sudden I am in the same IDE. We've done a lot to maintain a lot of the fidelity between the two"
The Hibernate support will make it easier developers to provide bi-directional synchronization to databases by providing support for Hibernate-based object relational mapping (ORM). Through the integration, Lehman said developers will be able to access all of the Hibernate internals.
"Today developers spend a lot of time taking that tabular data and basically converting SQL into CFCs ColdFusion Components when they are writing SQL code for inserts and updates and then moving that into this object model," Lehman said. "Because we are basically removing SQL that means we are truly building database independent applications."
While the ORM support should be welcome by ColdFusion developers, Gartner's Knipp said that capability that is now expected. "I don’t know it’s something that's going to win people over to the language, it might keep them from leaving," he said.
Also new in ColdFusion 9 is Server Manager, a Flex-based AIR application that will allow for the administration of ColdFusion Servers. Developers can run the manager on the desktop and control settings and receive alerts, Lehman said. "You can deploy a data source or update our JVM arguments or even deploy a hot fix," he said.
On the integration side, while ColdFusion 8 introduced support for native .NET code and Exchange, ColdFusion 9 adds native support for Microsoft SharePoint services. Developers can build Web Parts in SharePoint via the ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML), including support for single sign on.
"Everything ColdFusion has access to can now be exposed to SharePoint Server, but we also have a way to talk to the SharePoint back-end services, so if you are building an application that needs to interact with a document repository or some of the content management features, you can do that with native CFML, you don’t have to learn any .NET APIs or anything like that," Lehman said.
The new release will also allow developers and users to create, read and update Excel spreadsheets, generate PDFs from Word and PowerPoint, and create Flash presentations from PowerPoint,
For Java developers, ColdFusion 9 will integrate with key portlet servers via support for JSR-168, JSR 268 and Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP).
The new release will also include Adobe's Blaze DS, which will support high speed Flash remoting.
Lehman is not saying when ColdFusion is going to be released but he indicated the company is hoping to ship by the end of the year. Pricing was not disclosed.
Use it to convert video to Flash .
Jul 14, 2009
Software That Makes Twitter So Much Tweeter
Most people who aren’t familiar with Twitter are eager to list the reasons why they don’t use this social-networking service. It’s for narcissists. It’s for teenagers. It’s for people who have nothing better to do. It’s a forum for oversharing. While all of these things may be true in some cases, I find Twitter’s 140-character messaging network to be an incredibly useful tool in my everyday life.
I use Twitter as my personalized news feed by following people who “tweet” (write updates) about things that interest me. In one glance I can read White House correspondent Mark Knoller’s tweets about President Obama’s activities, a recipe tweeted by Martha Stewart and WSJ.com tweets with links to news stories.
But Twitter works best with a little help from its friends, namely those programs that are designed to make it more customized and useful with minimal work on the user’s behalf. Here’s a rundown of just some of these helpers. I’m focusing only on ones that run on your computer, either in Web browsers or as stand-alone programs. There is also a plethora of Twitter applications that work on mobile devices like the iPhone and BlackBerry, too many to go into here. A few Twitter programs let you lurk and read tweets without a Twitter account, but in most cases these programs require a Twitter user name and password so they can better organize tweets of the people whom you follow.
To get a Twitter account in the first place, you will need to sign up with a user name and password at Twitter.com and start following people—or subscribing to read someone’s updates. These may be friends or people you simply find interesting, like journalists whose work you read (my Twitter user name is kabster728). You can see whom one person follows, and then opt also to follow those same people and the people those people follow and so on. Though it’s possible to lock your account so it’s private, very few people do so because Twitter encourages open communication throughout the Web.
That said, you can always choose to block someone from following you or stop following someone’s Twitter feed. You can comment on a tweet by sending the person who wrote it an “at reply,” named because the reply starts with the “@” sign followed by the user name of the person to whom you are replying. You can also send direct messages to another Twitter user as long as he or she is following you.
All-Purpose Programs
TweetDeck and Seesmic are two programs that do a good job of filtering others’ tweets and aiding the process of writing tweets. Both use Adobe Air, a tool that lets the program work in the background while continuously refreshing its content. This increases productivity because the programs can be set to display pop-up notifications whenever certain tweets appear.
TweetDeck (a free download at TweetDeck.com) organizes tweets into columns that you designate, such as a column of all tweets that mention your name, your company’s name or the word “Wimbledon.” It eases the process of writing tweets by building in ways to shorten Web links, post photos or translate a tweet into one of 35 languages. TweetDeck also integrates with Facebook so that one TweetDeck column displays your Facebook friends’ latest status updates.
The most recent version of TweetDeck enables synchronization of accounts with an email and password. This means that you can download TweetDeck on several computers, log into your account and see the same columns and settings on all platforms. The new version also includes fun extras like search within each column and the option to show how many followers a user has by displaying that number below his or her tweets.
Seesmic (a free download at seesmic.com) is another all-purpose Twitter program. It works much like TweetDeck, but has a few differences. Seesmic also integrates with Facebook, but does so in a more robust way, showing when Facebook friends share photos or Web links and letting you comment on or “like” someone’s status; TweetDeck only shows Facebook status updates.
Seesmic lets you drag photos into a small window for sharing via Twitter. But its overall look isn’t as visually appealing as TweetDeck’s and it lacks some of TweetDeck’s extra features.
Twhirl (twhirl.org) also runs on Adobe Air, working in the background as you use your computer for other activities. Like the aforementioned programs, it also enables easier tweeting with built-in tools for photo uploading and URL shrinking. Unlike TweetDeck and Seesmic, which focus on Twitter and Facebook, Twhirl enables logging into four types of accounts: Twitter, FriendFeed, Laconi.ca and Identica. But Twhirl shows only one category at a time, like a screen of replies, rather than showing all of these categories at a glance like TweetDeck and Seesmic.
Browser Power
Some Twitter programs run in browsers, not as stand-alone programs. This saves you from downloading a program on multiple computers because you can simply log into your account on any computer using its Web browser. But these programs won’t use the helpful pop-up notifications of Adobe Air; instead, you will need to look in your browser to see new information—like opening Twitter.com.
One such browser-based program is HootSuite (HootSuite.com), which uses an owl as its mascot. HootSuite’s unique features include its ability to set tweets to send at a later time or date, giving your followers the illusion that you are tweeting when you’re actually not, and a built-in statistic-tracker to measure how many people opened a link you posted using its ow.ly URL shortener. Like Twhirl, HootSuite shows only certain categories at a time rather than one overall glance at many categories of tweets.
Twitter.com is getting better, though it’s still weak compared with these other programs. I’ve used add-ons in my Firefox browser to enhance Twitter, and one called Power Twitter is like steroids for Twitter.com, adding photo uploading and link shortening right into the Web site. It also makes friends’ tweets richer by displaying details about any Web links that they share.
No Sign-Up Necessary
If you’re just curious about Twitter and want to see what people are talking about without signing up, try sites that are open to everyone. Twitterfall.com, for example, displays tweets about trending Twitter topics and custom search results in a waterfall-like visual with new tweets spilling over the top every half second. TwitterVision.com cleverly displays tweets around the world on a global map as they are posted, showing where the tweets are from, geographically.
Twitter isn’t limited to Twitter.com, and I wouldn’t likely use it as much were it not for programs like the ones I’ve mentioned and others. So give them a try and find out what makes Twitter useful for you.
Now we can see that everything can not leave Flash. Flash became more and more important, maybe some years later there will be not normal video format. You have to convert video to Flash.
From: news.google.com
I use Twitter as my personalized news feed by following people who “tweet” (write updates) about things that interest me. In one glance I can read White House correspondent Mark Knoller’s tweets about President Obama’s activities, a recipe tweeted by Martha Stewart and WSJ.com tweets with links to news stories.
But Twitter works best with a little help from its friends, namely those programs that are designed to make it more customized and useful with minimal work on the user’s behalf. Here’s a rundown of just some of these helpers. I’m focusing only on ones that run on your computer, either in Web browsers or as stand-alone programs. There is also a plethora of Twitter applications that work on mobile devices like the iPhone and BlackBerry, too many to go into here. A few Twitter programs let you lurk and read tweets without a Twitter account, but in most cases these programs require a Twitter user name and password so they can better organize tweets of the people whom you follow.
To get a Twitter account in the first place, you will need to sign up with a user name and password at Twitter.com and start following people—or subscribing to read someone’s updates. These may be friends or people you simply find interesting, like journalists whose work you read (my Twitter user name is kabster728). You can see whom one person follows, and then opt also to follow those same people and the people those people follow and so on. Though it’s possible to lock your account so it’s private, very few people do so because Twitter encourages open communication throughout the Web.
That said, you can always choose to block someone from following you or stop following someone’s Twitter feed. You can comment on a tweet by sending the person who wrote it an “at reply,” named because the reply starts with the “@” sign followed by the user name of the person to whom you are replying. You can also send direct messages to another Twitter user as long as he or she is following you.
All-Purpose Programs
TweetDeck and Seesmic are two programs that do a good job of filtering others’ tweets and aiding the process of writing tweets. Both use Adobe Air, a tool that lets the program work in the background while continuously refreshing its content. This increases productivity because the programs can be set to display pop-up notifications whenever certain tweets appear.
TweetDeck (a free download at TweetDeck.com) organizes tweets into columns that you designate, such as a column of all tweets that mention your name, your company’s name or the word “Wimbledon.” It eases the process of writing tweets by building in ways to shorten Web links, post photos or translate a tweet into one of 35 languages. TweetDeck also integrates with Facebook so that one TweetDeck column displays your Facebook friends’ latest status updates.
The most recent version of TweetDeck enables synchronization of accounts with an email and password. This means that you can download TweetDeck on several computers, log into your account and see the same columns and settings on all platforms. The new version also includes fun extras like search within each column and the option to show how many followers a user has by displaying that number below his or her tweets.
Seesmic (a free download at seesmic.com) is another all-purpose Twitter program. It works much like TweetDeck, but has a few differences. Seesmic also integrates with Facebook, but does so in a more robust way, showing when Facebook friends share photos or Web links and letting you comment on or “like” someone’s status; TweetDeck only shows Facebook status updates.
Seesmic lets you drag photos into a small window for sharing via Twitter. But its overall look isn’t as visually appealing as TweetDeck’s and it lacks some of TweetDeck’s extra features.
Twhirl (twhirl.org) also runs on Adobe Air, working in the background as you use your computer for other activities. Like the aforementioned programs, it also enables easier tweeting with built-in tools for photo uploading and URL shrinking. Unlike TweetDeck and Seesmic, which focus on Twitter and Facebook, Twhirl enables logging into four types of accounts: Twitter, FriendFeed, Laconi.ca and Identica. But Twhirl shows only one category at a time, like a screen of replies, rather than showing all of these categories at a glance like TweetDeck and Seesmic.
Browser Power
Some Twitter programs run in browsers, not as stand-alone programs. This saves you from downloading a program on multiple computers because you can simply log into your account on any computer using its Web browser. But these programs won’t use the helpful pop-up notifications of Adobe Air; instead, you will need to look in your browser to see new information—like opening Twitter.com.
One such browser-based program is HootSuite (HootSuite.com), which uses an owl as its mascot. HootSuite’s unique features include its ability to set tweets to send at a later time or date, giving your followers the illusion that you are tweeting when you’re actually not, and a built-in statistic-tracker to measure how many people opened a link you posted using its ow.ly URL shortener. Like Twhirl, HootSuite shows only certain categories at a time rather than one overall glance at many categories of tweets.
Twitter.com is getting better, though it’s still weak compared with these other programs. I’ve used add-ons in my Firefox browser to enhance Twitter, and one called Power Twitter is like steroids for Twitter.com, adding photo uploading and link shortening right into the Web site. It also makes friends’ tweets richer by displaying details about any Web links that they share.
No Sign-Up Necessary
If you’re just curious about Twitter and want to see what people are talking about without signing up, try sites that are open to everyone. Twitterfall.com, for example, displays tweets about trending Twitter topics and custom search results in a waterfall-like visual with new tweets spilling over the top every half second. TwitterVision.com cleverly displays tweets around the world on a global map as they are posted, showing where the tweets are from, geographically.
Twitter isn’t limited to Twitter.com, and I wouldn’t likely use it as much were it not for programs like the ones I’ve mentioned and others. So give them a try and find out what makes Twitter useful for you.
Now we can see that everything can not leave Flash. Flash became more and more important, maybe some years later there will be not normal video format. You have to convert video to Flash.
From: news.google.com
Apple Rumor: $800 Tablet Due in October
The rumors may be getting closer to the truth, or vice versa, as a report surfaced from Taiwan today that Apple plans to releases its much discussed tablet computer this October. Guesstimated pricing: $800.
The Taiwanese site InfoTimes reports (in Chinese) that the device will have a 9.7-inch touchscreen, making it a tad smaller than most netbooks but adding touchcreen features and iPod mystique.
October would be a reasonable time for such an announcement, since Apple would be unlikely to announce much before availability in its stores, and such an announcement would be close enough to Christmas for the tablet to become 2009's hot gift item--at least for Apple fans.
InfoTimes sources its report to various supposed parts and manufacturing partners, which adds some weight to the rumor. As is usual, Apple won't say anything about new products and its partners also remain officially mum, at least if they want to remain an Apple partner.
The InfoTimes report is in broad agreement with earlier reports of an Apple tablet, then supposedly due in 2010. If the device is due in the next 9 months, October is a good choice for a release date.
Target market? The safe guess is that the tablet would be an oversized iPod touch, aimed primarily at entertainment users. However, for those used to sending email and doing other "work" on their iPhones, the tablet might be a pleasant step up, at least in terms of the size of its virtual keyboard.
While this is still the stuff of rumor, it seems to be circling in on something. The price makes sense, as does what little is heard of the specifications. Apple will want to have a hot new product for the holidays and a big-screen iPod makes a lot of sense as portable video gains in popularity.
This isn't the MacPad tablet computer that I'd like to see--I want a real keyboard--but the current rumor doesn't rule it out, either. And it may be that an Apple tablet computer and an iPod on steroids are better as separate devices.
If you want to put YouTube video in ipod, you need convert it to MP4 file. Or convert video to Flash
The Taiwanese site InfoTimes reports (in Chinese) that the device will have a 9.7-inch touchscreen, making it a tad smaller than most netbooks but adding touchcreen features and iPod mystique.
October would be a reasonable time for such an announcement, since Apple would be unlikely to announce much before availability in its stores, and such an announcement would be close enough to Christmas for the tablet to become 2009's hot gift item--at least for Apple fans.
InfoTimes sources its report to various supposed parts and manufacturing partners, which adds some weight to the rumor. As is usual, Apple won't say anything about new products and its partners also remain officially mum, at least if they want to remain an Apple partner.
The InfoTimes report is in broad agreement with earlier reports of an Apple tablet, then supposedly due in 2010. If the device is due in the next 9 months, October is a good choice for a release date.
Target market? The safe guess is that the tablet would be an oversized iPod touch, aimed primarily at entertainment users. However, for those used to sending email and doing other "work" on their iPhones, the tablet might be a pleasant step up, at least in terms of the size of its virtual keyboard.
While this is still the stuff of rumor, it seems to be circling in on something. The price makes sense, as does what little is heard of the specifications. Apple will want to have a hot new product for the holidays and a big-screen iPod makes a lot of sense as portable video gains in popularity.
This isn't the MacPad tablet computer that I'd like to see--I want a real keyboard--but the current rumor doesn't rule it out, either. And it may be that an Apple tablet computer and an iPod on steroids are better as separate devices.
If you want to put YouTube video in ipod, you need convert it to MP4 file. Or convert video to Flash
Jul 13, 2009
Microsoft's Flash-challenger Silverlight 3 hits web
The next version of Microsoft's Flash-challenger media player has hit the web, ahead of Friday's official launch.
The final Silverlight 3 runtime for users and software development kit (SDK) for programmers have been published to the web and were available for download as of Thursday afternoon. You can get the SDK here and player here.
The player comes in a package that Microsoft promised would download in 10 seconds, but it seems to take a little longer judging from my experiences.
Microsoft's plans a formal launch of Silverlight 3 at a San Francisco, California event Friday morning.
The release comes ahead of Microsoft's massive Worldwide Partner Conference, where the company will evangelize Silverlight 3 against Adobe Systems' Flash and creative tools.
Version three closes many gaps in Microsoft's player that have held it back against Flash. Features include integration with a browser's forward and back button, ClearType for Windows and Mac, hardware acceleration, the ability to work offline and run outside the browser without an additional download. Plus there's support for touch-based input.
Partners also get a set of controls for charting and layout along with the (expected) integration with Visual Studio and the Expression Suite. While partners may be excited by Expression Suite, users of Flash - which dominates the media and interface market - will not be impressed.
Overall, however, version three should finally provide an alternative for Microsoft's design partners who are tired of handing off media and interface work video to Flash experts.
Silverlight is also an important part of Microsoft's online services. The player will enable a web-based version of Microsoft's Office suite called Office Web applications, unveiled last October.
Office Web applications are now expected to be released for testing at Microsoft's partner conference next Monday in New Orleans, Louisiana, following the report of some blatant Web 2.0 self-promotion by a Rackspace employee and Twittery hints from a Microsoft evangelist.
Office Web applications are part of the planned Office 2010 suite, and they're intended by Microsoft to answer Google Apps, which come with competing word, spreadsheet, and presentation tools.
Microsoft has said in the past that Silverlight would "light up" features in Office Web applications. It'll provide sharp images, integration with Office Live Workspace to upload multiple files, and also the ability to share and edit documents simultaneously in real time.
The final Silverlight 3 runtime for users and software development kit (SDK) for programmers have been published to the web and were available for download as of Thursday afternoon. You can get the SDK here and player here.
The player comes in a package that Microsoft promised would download in 10 seconds, but it seems to take a little longer judging from my experiences.
Microsoft's plans a formal launch of Silverlight 3 at a San Francisco, California event Friday morning.
The release comes ahead of Microsoft's massive Worldwide Partner Conference, where the company will evangelize Silverlight 3 against Adobe Systems' Flash and creative tools.
Version three closes many gaps in Microsoft's player that have held it back against Flash. Features include integration with a browser's forward and back button, ClearType for Windows and Mac, hardware acceleration, the ability to work offline and run outside the browser without an additional download. Plus there's support for touch-based input.
Partners also get a set of controls for charting and layout along with the (expected) integration with Visual Studio and the Expression Suite. While partners may be excited by Expression Suite, users of Flash - which dominates the media and interface market - will not be impressed.
Overall, however, version three should finally provide an alternative for Microsoft's design partners who are tired of handing off media and interface work video to Flash experts.
Silverlight is also an important part of Microsoft's online services. The player will enable a web-based version of Microsoft's Office suite called Office Web applications, unveiled last October.
Office Web applications are now expected to be released for testing at Microsoft's partner conference next Monday in New Orleans, Louisiana, following the report of some blatant Web 2.0 self-promotion by a Rackspace employee and Twittery hints from a Microsoft evangelist.
Office Web applications are part of the planned Office 2010 suite, and they're intended by Microsoft to answer Google Apps, which come with competing word, spreadsheet, and presentation tools.
Microsoft has said in the past that Silverlight would "light up" features in Office Web applications. It'll provide sharp images, integration with Office Live Workspace to upload multiple files, and also the ability to share and edit documents simultaneously in real time.
Jul 10, 2009
Adobe patches ColdFusion vulnerability blocking website attack
Adobe Systems Inc. has issued a patch fixing a vulnerability in its ColdFusion application development platform that left many websites at risk of intrusion.
The patch addresses ColdFusion security by turning off an uploading feature enabled by default blocking any attempt by a hacker to conduct a website attack.
According to the Adobe security bulletin, a vulnerability existed in FCKeditor, which is installed by default in ColdFusion 8. If left unpatched, the vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to upload files in arbitrary directories and ultimately lead to a system compromise.
"Adobe categorizes this as a critical issue and recommends affected users patch their installations," the software maker said in the security bulletin.
There were reports of limited attacks against some websites developed using ColdFusion. The SANS Internet Storm Center reported last week that attackers have been exploiting websites.
"The vulnerable installations allow the attackers to upload ASP or Cold Fusion shells which further allow them to take complete control over the server," wrote Bojan Zdrnja, a SANS ISC handler.
Adobe issued a hot fix to address the issue. The update turns off file upload capabilities by default and restricts access to cfm files in the FCKeditor filemanager directory. The fix can be applied using the ColdFusion Administrator.
Source: http://www.searchsecurity.com
http://www.video-to-flash.com
The patch addresses ColdFusion security by turning off an uploading feature enabled by default blocking any attempt by a hacker to conduct a website attack.
According to the Adobe security bulletin, a vulnerability existed in FCKeditor, which is installed by default in ColdFusion 8. If left unpatched, the vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to upload files in arbitrary directories and ultimately lead to a system compromise.
"Adobe categorizes this as a critical issue and recommends affected users patch their installations," the software maker said in the security bulletin.
There were reports of limited attacks against some websites developed using ColdFusion. The SANS Internet Storm Center reported last week that attackers have been exploiting websites.
"The vulnerable installations allow the attackers to upload ASP or Cold Fusion shells which further allow them to take complete control over the server," wrote Bojan Zdrnja, a SANS ISC handler.
Adobe issued a hot fix to address the issue. The update turns off file upload capabilities by default and restricts access to cfm files in the FCKeditor filemanager directory. The fix can be applied using the ColdFusion Administrator.
Source: http://www.searchsecurity.com
http://www.video-to-flash.com
Jul 8, 2009
NY rep. stands by Michael Jackson 'pervert' video
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York congressman who posted a YouTube video blasting Michael Jackson as a "pervert" and child molester is standing by his words.
In an interview that aired Wednesday on Fox News Channel's "The O'Reilly Factor," Rep. Peter King denied that there was anything racist in his remarks.
The Long Island Republican told host Bill O'Reilly that he "was saying what millions of Americans really felt."
In a 2003 documentary, Jackson admitted to letting children sleep with him in his bed at his California home but said it wasn't sexual. In 2005, a jury acquitted Jackson of charges that he molested a 13-year-old cancer survivor.
King is among the possible Republican contenders for the seat held by Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
YouTube needs to convert your video to Flash first.
Source: google news.
In an interview that aired Wednesday on Fox News Channel's "The O'Reilly Factor," Rep. Peter King denied that there was anything racist in his remarks.
The Long Island Republican told host Bill O'Reilly that he "was saying what millions of Americans really felt."
In a 2003 documentary, Jackson admitted to letting children sleep with him in his bed at his California home but said it wasn't sexual. In 2005, a jury acquitted Jackson of charges that he molested a 13-year-old cancer survivor.
King is among the possible Republican contenders for the seat held by Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
YouTube needs to convert your video to Flash first.
Source: google news.
Adobe's Flash to ship on new Android phone
Marking a departure from the world of iPhone, HTC's new Android-based Hero phone will also come with the ability to handle Flash elements that adorn many Web sites and power YouTube video.
Adobe Systems announced on Wednesday that its Flash Player will be built into the HTC phone, an important step in the company's efforts to spread Flash to mobile phones. The phone, one of several from HTC to use Google's open-source operating system, is scheduled to ship in Europe starting in July and in Asia and North America later in the year.
However, the initial version won't match Flash Player 10, the current version for PCs, which can run programs written with ActionScript 3. Instead, the Android version will handle ActionScript 2 applications written for Flash Player 9 chores, Adobe said. HTC is participating in the Open Screen Project to bring Flash Player 10 to mobile phones through over-the-air updates, though, so Adobe expects fuller Flash support eventually.
"Flash Player 10 for mobile platforms that include Android is expected to be available in the first half of 2010. We are working on delivering a beta of Flash Player 10 in the fourth quarter of 2009," the company said in a statement.
The Flash support will be built into the phone and not available as a download for other Android phone users, Adobe said.
Just having a check mark in a feature list isn't enough to outflank a competitor, but Flash is a significant feature on the Web. It powers many games, streaming videos, and dynamic stock charts, and other elaborate features on Web pages. And Flash is also used for many more dynamic advertisements.
Adobe demonstrated Flash on Android in an online video Wednesday, showing off the technology for watching a trailer at Yahoo Movies, playing the Penguin Swing game, and selecting a region on travel site Expedia. Double-clicking on the Flash element on the Web page runs it full screen.
Apple's iPhone doesn't run Flash, though Adobe would like to see it there and has been developing a version.
"We are developing Flash player for the iPhone. To release software on the iPhone requires Apple's agreement. We have to make it work great, and need to get their agreement to have it released," said Adobe chief technology officer Kevin Lynch in a 2008 interview. "We would love to see Flash on the iPhone."
After this people will not have to convert video to MP4, they need to convert video to Flash now.
Adobe Systems announced on Wednesday that its Flash Player will be built into the HTC phone, an important step in the company's efforts to spread Flash to mobile phones. The phone, one of several from HTC to use Google's open-source operating system, is scheduled to ship in Europe starting in July and in Asia and North America later in the year.
However, the initial version won't match Flash Player 10, the current version for PCs, which can run programs written with ActionScript 3. Instead, the Android version will handle ActionScript 2 applications written for Flash Player 9 chores, Adobe said. HTC is participating in the Open Screen Project to bring Flash Player 10 to mobile phones through over-the-air updates, though, so Adobe expects fuller Flash support eventually.
"Flash Player 10 for mobile platforms that include Android is expected to be available in the first half of 2010. We are working on delivering a beta of Flash Player 10 in the fourth quarter of 2009," the company said in a statement.
The Flash support will be built into the phone and not available as a download for other Android phone users, Adobe said.
Just having a check mark in a feature list isn't enough to outflank a competitor, but Flash is a significant feature on the Web. It powers many games, streaming videos, and dynamic stock charts, and other elaborate features on Web pages. And Flash is also used for many more dynamic advertisements.
Adobe demonstrated Flash on Android in an online video Wednesday, showing off the technology for watching a trailer at Yahoo Movies, playing the Penguin Swing game, and selecting a region on travel site Expedia. Double-clicking on the Flash element on the Web page runs it full screen.
Apple's iPhone doesn't run Flash, though Adobe would like to see it there and has been developing a version.
"We are developing Flash player for the iPhone. To release software on the iPhone requires Apple's agreement. We have to make it work great, and need to get their agreement to have it released," said Adobe chief technology officer Kevin Lynch in a 2008 interview. "We would love to see Flash on the iPhone."
After this people will not have to convert video to MP4, they need to convert video to Flash now.
Jul 7, 2009
How to get avi movies from pirates bay to play in my blackberry?
Can you download a codec into the blackberry (how)? Or do you really have to convert every AVI to Flash or to other formats through a long process?
This post borders on the illegal so I am going to assume the files you are downloading are legal trailers, not that it make a difference but it satisfies the not illegal rules of these boards.
First step is to make sure you have the proper codecs installed on your machine. You should be able to view the video with no problems on the machine that will do the conversion. If you cannot see the movie, you cannot convert it.
After you have those files you grab super. It’s free and it does the job well. The link is below. It’s pretty easy to use, find the file set the options and click convert.
These are the optimal settings for your video:
Output Format – MPEG4
Video Size – 320×240 or 240×260 for the BlackBerry 8100 Pearl
Video Bitrate – 400K
Audio Codec – MP3
Audio Bitrate – 48K at 22khz or 44khz (Personally 22Khz works fine)
Video Frame Rate – 30fps works fine but 24fps seems to be faster
Copy the file to your media card using BB Desktop Manager media app or enabling mass storage device on the unit and copying it to the mounted drive.
This post borders on the illegal so I am going to assume the files you are downloading are legal trailers, not that it make a difference but it satisfies the not illegal rules of these boards.
First step is to make sure you have the proper codecs installed on your machine. You should be able to view the video with no problems on the machine that will do the conversion. If you cannot see the movie, you cannot convert it.
After you have those files you grab super. It’s free and it does the job well. The link is below. It’s pretty easy to use, find the file set the options and click convert.
These are the optimal settings for your video:
Output Format – MPEG4
Video Size – 320×240 or 240×260 for the BlackBerry 8100 Pearl
Video Bitrate – 400K
Audio Codec – MP3
Audio Bitrate – 48K at 22khz or 44khz (Personally 22Khz works fine)
Video Frame Rate – 30fps works fine but 24fps seems to be faster
Copy the file to your media card using BB Desktop Manager media app or enabling mass storage device on the unit and copying it to the mounted drive.
Jul 6, 2009
What File Format do you need to upload your video to YouTube, SWF, or FLV?
What file format do you need to upload your video to YouTube, S.W.F. or F.L.V, file format,
SWF…?
Whats the maximum video length…?
How many frames per second are best, what’s the minimus fps, you can set it too in Camtasia Studio 4…?
YouTube accepts a wide range of video file formats such as .WMV, .AVI, .MOV, FLV and .MPG transferred from most digital cameras, camcorders, and cell phones. For more info, u can check on google.
However, Youtube does not accept SWF file. If u want to upload SWF file to youtube, I think you have to use some swf to video converter to convert swf to avi, mpeg, mov, flv, etc video format, and then upload them to youtube.
But if you upload a regular video to YouTube sometime it will failure or take a long time. So normally I use Flash Video MX Pro to convert video to FLV and upload FLV directly. You can get this software here .
And you will find it is really a funny software, it also can convert FLV to SWF .
SWF…?
Whats the maximum video length…?
How many frames per second are best, what’s the minimus fps, you can set it too in Camtasia Studio 4…?
YouTube accepts a wide range of video file formats such as .WMV, .AVI, .MOV, FLV and .MPG transferred from most digital cameras, camcorders, and cell phones. For more info, u can check on google.
However, Youtube does not accept SWF file. If u want to upload SWF file to youtube, I think you have to use some swf to video converter to convert swf to avi, mpeg, mov, flv, etc video format, and then upload them to youtube.
But if you upload a regular video to YouTube sometime it will failure or take a long time. So normally I use Flash Video MX Pro to convert video to FLV and upload FLV directly. You can get this software here .
And you will find it is really a funny software, it also can convert FLV to SWF .
Jul 5, 2009
How do you make a flash video player with playlist support?
I am making a website and would like to know how to make a flash video player. I would like it to not copy information onto the viewers computer and have support to play multiple videos. I know I can do that with Flash 8 or above version but it is expensive and difficult to use.
So as usual I went to the Yahoo. And I find that speaking as a web developer, it's a waste of time to rewrite something that's already been written (in this case several times over). Try Flowplayer... it's simple to install, highly customizable, and free. It also support playlists for both music and video files.
http://flowplayer.org/
Or as I mentioned on my later post, I can use Flash Video MX Pro to convert video to flash and add a player on the video.
So as usual I went to the Yahoo. And I find that speaking as a web developer, it's a waste of time to rewrite something that's already been written (in this case several times over). Try Flowplayer... it's simple to install, highly customizable, and free. It also support playlists for both music and video files.
http://flowplayer.org/
Or as I mentioned on my later post, I can use Flash Video MX Pro to convert video to flash and add a player on the video.
How do I create a video in macromedia flash 8?
I met a problem yesterday, after I have exported the flash and tryed a few other things but the flash want work on a website when it is published :(
So I went to google, and searched the solution. The following one helps me.
“When you have your file open, click: File, export, Export movie, and then in the "save as type" box select a movie format(.avi,.mov, or .gif). A great resource for flash problems is: http://www.kirupa.com/forum/”
Or I also find that I can just convert video to flash and upload to website instead of make one. That is easier. I find Moyea Flash Video MX Pro can help me to do that but it is not a free software. You know as a poor student I have to try another way, but unforturnitly I can not find a free software to do that, so I have to use the trail version of Flash Video MX Pro. And you know, with the logo of Moyea company.
So I went to google, and searched the solution. The following one helps me.
“When you have your file open, click: File, export, Export movie, and then in the "save as type" box select a movie format(.avi,.mov, or .gif). A great resource for flash problems is: http://www.kirupa.com/forum/”
Or I also find that I can just convert video to flash and upload to website instead of make one. That is easier. I find Moyea Flash Video MX Pro can help me to do that but it is not a free software. You know as a poor student I have to try another way, but unforturnitly I can not find a free software to do that, so I have to use the trail version of Flash Video MX Pro. And you know, with the logo of Moyea company.
Jul 3, 2009
What is a good and easy program to make flash videos?
We all know that we need a software to make Flash video, but Adobe's program is too dear and sometime we do not need such many functions. So if you want a good video to flash editor and encoder.
I think Moyea Flash Video MX Pro is perfect for you.
First, it can help you to edit your file. You can use it to trim your file, add watermark, add cuepoint, replace the source audio etc.
Second, it can help you to convert your video and DVD directly to FLV format. As we know Youtube like FLV files most. So if you video is regular format, youtube have to convert it on its server and sometimes it fails. So I suggest you to convert it to FLV format before you upload it and upload the flv directly.
Third, it also can insert FLV files directly. So if you already have a FLV file, you also can use it.
Or here are some other options
vixy.net/ - This service allows you convert a Flash Video / FLV file (YouTube's videos,etc) to MPEG4 (AVI/MOV/MP4/MP3/3GP) file online.
Check at download.com - download.com
Or just get yourself Macromedia Flash CS 4
I think Moyea Flash Video MX Pro is perfect for you.
First, it can help you to edit your file. You can use it to trim your file, add watermark, add cuepoint, replace the source audio etc.
Second, it can help you to convert your video and DVD directly to FLV format. As we know Youtube like FLV files most. So if you video is regular format, youtube have to convert it on its server and sometimes it fails. So I suggest you to convert it to FLV format before you upload it and upload the flv directly.
Third, it also can insert FLV files directly. So if you already have a FLV file, you also can use it.
Or here are some other options
vixy.net/ - This service allows you convert a Flash Video / FLV file (YouTube's videos,etc) to MPEG4 (AVI/MOV/MP4/MP3/3GP) file online.
Check at download.com - download.com
Or just get yourself Macromedia Flash CS 4
Jul 2, 2009
Which is the best and cost effective solution for live video streaming and web casting?
A few days ago, my friend asked one question: “which is the best and most cost effective solution for live video streaming and webcasting on a website?”
So I searched this problem on google. There are some tools will be helpful:
1. A server-based video to flash video converter engine, like Adobe® Flash® Media Interactive Server 3, Flash Video MX SDK or other solutions to accomplish the same end goal.
2. A flash video player maker, like Moyea Web Player Pro, which can create a web page embedded with a web video (flash video) player with scrollable thumbnail playlist and skinnable control bar, you can add as many videos to the playlist of the player as you like. Or if you think it is too complicate you also can use Moyea Flash Video MX Pro to add a player on your video.
3. Database system, like MySQL, ORACLE or MSSQL...
web design and programming development tools, like Dreamweaver, Firework, Flash, PHP...
4. Broadcaster StudioPRO enables you to broadcast video files, desktop activity or streaming video via your webcam. The program acts as a virtual camera drive, and you can configure any webcam application (e.g Yahoo Messenger, Live Messenger, Skype etc.) to use the Broadcaster driver instead of your regular camera. Broadcaster will then act as a proxy between your webcam and the application, allowing you to switch between live webcam capture and broadcasting of saved files, or even desktop activity. In addition, the program also enables you to broadcast to multiple applications, allowing you to use your webcam with more than one messenger application at the same time. Broadcaster StudioPRO can also be used to record video playback from other media players or web browsers by placing the recording frame over the video area and recording it. The video can then be saved as MPEG, MP4, AVI or VOB file. The program offers some unique features, we particularly liked the ability to send desktop activity via Live Messenger (or other applications). The lack of detailed documentation however will make it difficult to use for novice users.
So I searched this problem on google. There are some tools will be helpful:
1. A server-based video to flash video converter engine, like Adobe® Flash® Media Interactive Server 3, Flash Video MX SDK or other solutions to accomplish the same end goal.
2. A flash video player maker, like Moyea Web Player Pro, which can create a web page embedded with a web video (flash video) player with scrollable thumbnail playlist and skinnable control bar, you can add as many videos to the playlist of the player as you like. Or if you think it is too complicate you also can use Moyea Flash Video MX Pro to add a player on your video.
3. Database system, like MySQL, ORACLE or MSSQL...
web design and programming development tools, like Dreamweaver, Firework, Flash, PHP...
4. Broadcaster StudioPRO enables you to broadcast video files, desktop activity or streaming video via your webcam. The program acts as a virtual camera drive, and you can configure any webcam application (e.g Yahoo Messenger, Live Messenger, Skype etc.) to use the Broadcaster driver instead of your regular camera. Broadcaster will then act as a proxy between your webcam and the application, allowing you to switch between live webcam capture and broadcasting of saved files, or even desktop activity. In addition, the program also enables you to broadcast to multiple applications, allowing you to use your webcam with more than one messenger application at the same time. Broadcaster StudioPRO can also be used to record video playback from other media players or web browsers by placing the recording frame over the video area and recording it. The video can then be saved as MPEG, MP4, AVI or VOB file. The program offers some unique features, we particularly liked the ability to send desktop activity via Live Messenger (or other applications). The lack of detailed documentation however will make it difficult to use for novice users.
Jul 1, 2009
Why can't I post a video on youtube?
Yesterday my brother meet some problem when he post a video on YouTube, but for some reason he keep on getting “Upload failed (unable to convert video file)”
He asked me what does that mean. Well I think there are many reasons can cause it.
First of all let us know some common sense: YouTube likes FLV video most, so before you upload them please make sure your video is compatible with YouTube, otherwise youtube will convert the video on its sever, this process will take a long long time and some time it fails (because of the file is too big or Youtube can not recognize the file’s format or something else.)
I suggest him to convert video to Flash on his computer before he uploads it, it would be much faster.
I ask him to try Moyea Flash Video MX because it can convert nearly every video format and DVD directly to FLV.
More details can be found:
http://www.video-to-flash.com/video_to_flash/
He asked me what does that mean. Well I think there are many reasons can cause it.
First of all let us know some common sense: YouTube likes FLV video most, so before you upload them please make sure your video is compatible with YouTube, otherwise youtube will convert the video on its sever, this process will take a long long time and some time it fails (because of the file is too big or Youtube can not recognize the file’s format or something else.)
I suggest him to convert video to Flash on his computer before he uploads it, it would be much faster.
I ask him to try Moyea Flash Video MX because it can convert nearly every video format and DVD directly to FLV.
More details can be found:
http://www.video-to-flash.com/video_to_flash/
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