Thursday, February 9th, 2012 3:43 am

Adobe: CS 5.5 targets tablets, smartphones

San Jose (ip-192.com): Adobe focuses on tablets and smartphones with its new Creative Suite (CS) 5.5 release. Substantive advances to HTML5, Flash authoring, digital publishing and video tools as well as new capabilities enable the integration of tablets into creative workflows. Documents targeted to tablet devices can now include video, audio, panoramic views, 360-degree rotation [...]

Adobe: Urgent security patch released

Mountain View (ip-192.com): Adobe has released a security fix to patch dangerous security vulnerabilities in its Acrobat and Reader applications. A separate vulnerability in the Flash Player browser plug-in has also been addressed. An Adobe security advisory confirmed last week that hackers used Microsoft Excel files as Trojans to exploit the flaw in Flash Player [...]

IAccessible2 now under BSD license

San Francisco (ip-192.com): The Linux Foundation released IAccessible2, a new accessibility API for Microsoft Windows applications, and AccProbe, a desktop application testing tool, under the BSD license. AccProbe uses IAccessible2 platform services to assist developers in discovering and correcting code problems in their Windows applications. It was developed in Eclipse by IBM and donated to [...]

Sony adapts EPUB-format

San Diego (ip-192.com): In an effort to take the confusion out of digital book formats, Sony announced that it will convert its eBook portfolio to the industry-standard EPUB format by the end of the year. Adopting an industry-standard format and Adobe Content Server 4, a cross platform server software solution that copy protects downloadable eBooks, [...]