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Adobe releases critical patches for Flash Player, Acrobat and Reader

Adobe has patched critical flaws in a few of its products that could allow hackers to “take control of affected systems.” If you’re on Windows and use Adobe Flash Player, Acrobat or Reader, you’ll want to update your software immediately.

Although these fixes are marked as critical, Adobe says the exploits have only been used in “limited, isolated attacks.”

If you are using Google Chrome, your browser should have been updated automatically to include the latest secure version of Flash Player. To check if Chrome has an update, click the Menu button and then About Chrome. You’ll be prompted to restart the browser if an update is found and installed. Firefox, IE, and Safari users will want to download the latest Flash version below.

Adobe has a history of security flaws with these products so you may want to switch to other programs. If you’re looking for a free PDF reader, check out Foxit Reader. Browsers like Firefox and Chrome come with a built-in PDF viewer already so you don’t even need another program. Macs come with a free PDF viewer called Preview and are not affected by these vulnerabilities.

Download Adobe Flash Player: Mac | Windows

Download Adobe Acrobat: Mac | Windows

Download Adobe Acrobat Reader: Windows

Source: Adobe | Via: The Hacker News

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Adobe Acrobat 9 coming soon!

acrobat 9Acrobat 9 was officially announced by Adobe today, as AppleInsider managed to reveal before anybody else last week. The new version of the famous PDF reader now comes with native support for Adobe Flash, so you can include Flash videos and applications in your PDFs, live collaboration with other users on the same document via Acrobat.com and unification of all sorts of content into one file. You can already sign up at Acrobat.com to be notified once Acrobat 9 is released and to try out the ConnectNow environment.

Very similar to Photoshop Express, ConnectNow is built completely in Flash and offers a clear interface from which you can create and share new documents thanks to Adobe Buzzword, invite participants to an online meeting, and share your webcam or desktop.

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You can now blend all sorts of content in Adobe’s new Portfolios, called Packages in previous versions of Acrobat. Portfolios look likely to be a more central part of Acrobat 9, with Adobe encouraging users to blend content together, including video and 3D, and share their documents with other users. Acrobat comes with a number of layouts but you can also customize your own by choosing from a set of color schemes. As pointed out by AppleInsider, Adobe have finally integrated Optical Character Recognition (OCR) of scanned text, so you can make any one of your PDF files searchable. Almost all files, including paper documents and web pages, can now be converted to PDF and two PDFs can easily be compared, with varying text automatically highlighted for you.

Acrobat will come in three versions: Pro Extended, Pro and Standard, with the starting price, for the Standard version, being $299. If you’re ready to pay the price and see some use in the extended collaborative tools on hand, it’s probably worth making the jump. We’ll have a hands on review of Acrobat 9 for you as soon as it’s released.

Adobe Acrobat to include online conferencing

PDF fans are in for a treat this November with the release of Acrobat 8, which promises to introduce new web conferencing facilities. Adobe‘s ubiquitous documentation app has been pumped up to include the new Adobe Connect software service, which allows users to set up personal online meeting rooms via a customizable web address.

The software is designed to bring users closer together, enabling them to collaborate on documents with just a single click. Presumably Adobe will take no responsibility for any messy bust-ups that will inevitably occur as a result. Acrobat 8 Standard is expected to set you back an estimated $299, or $99 as an upgrade for registered users.