Monday, December 22, 2008

Latest Tech News from Microsoft & Adobe

MICROSOFT STICKS WITH 'WINDOWS 7' FOR NEXT OS
Microsoft Corp. announced today that the code name for its next operating system, Windows 7, will be the product's official name.  Mike Nash, vice president of Windows product management, said the company was sticking with the label for simplicity's sake. "Simply put, this is the seventh release of Windows, so therefore 'Windows 7' just makes sense," Nash wrote in Microsoft's Vista blog on Monday. 

VISTA CHIEF DECLARES WAR ON APPLE 
Brad Brooks, vice president of Windows Consumer Product Marketing at Microsoft, has gone on the offensive against Vista bashers, Apple and Linux as he personally "draws a line in the sand" and starts fighting for Windows Vista. During Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference in July Brooks told the attendees: "Today we're making a statement. We're going to do things differently. We're going to tell our story - the real Windows Vista story." 

ADOBE FIXES 'CLICKJACKING' FLAW 
Adobe Systems has released a new version of its Flash Player software, fixing a critical security bug. The new Flash Player 10 software, released Wednesday, fixes security flaws in Adobe's multimedia software including bugs that could allow hackers to pull off what's known as a clickjacking attack, wrote Adobe spokesman David Lenoe in a blog postin

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