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Working with PDF files on Linux

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The PDF (portable document format) standard was created in the 1990s by Adobe cofounder John Warnock to make it possible for people to share reliably formatted documents across a wide range of platforms. In addition, Foxit PDF Reader is free and available for Linux. It became an open ISO standard in 2015. using a PDF editor).

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Adobe fixes flaws in Flash Player and Adobe Connect

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Adobe Systems has released scheduled security patches for its widely used Flash Player software as well as the Adobe Connect web conferencing platform, which is popular in enterprise environments. Users should upgrade to Flash Player 23.0.0.207 for Windows and Mac and to Flash Player 11.2.202.644 for Linux.

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Android apps run securely on Chrome OS in Linux containers

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The million Android apps—which include popular apps such as Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Word and Skype and games such as Clash of Clans and Angry Birds—will remedy the Chromebook’s relative app sparsity. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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Adobe fixes critical flaws in Flash Player and Digital Editions

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Adobe Systems has fixed more than 30 vulnerabilities in its Flash Player and Digital Editions products, most of which could be exploited to remotely install malware on computers. The bulk of the flaws, 26, were patched in Flash Player on all supported platforms: Windows, Mac and Linux.

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Adobe patches critical flaws in Flash Player, Reader and Acrobat

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Adobe Systems released security updates for its Flash Player, Adobe Reader and Acrobat products fixing critical vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to install malware on computers. Adobe is not aware of any exploit for these flaws existing in the wild.

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The Browser as an application platform : spf13.com

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t the operating system, nor is it adobe air,net or java, itâ??s Wanna write a application that works on everything from Mac, windows, Linux, beos, iOS, android, webos, etc; write it for the browser. With Google launching their chrome book is significant as it reflects a substantial shift in the world of computing. s the browser.

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Emergency Flash Player patch fixes zero-day critical flaw

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Adobe Systems has released an emergency patch for Flash Player in order to fix a critical vulnerability that attackers are already taking advantage of. Adobe is aware of a report that an exploit for CVE-2016-7855 exists in the wild, and is being used in limited, targeted attacks against users running Windows versions 7, 8.1

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