Just a quick one, hoping to save you some trouble, in case you have problems installing Adobe Flash Player for Firefox on Ubuntu.

For the past half hour, I have been trying to install it either from Adobe’s download page or from Synaptic Pachage Manager, with no success whatsoever.

What did work for me was to manually install it, and I would suggest you do the same, in case you experience difficulties too. In order to do that first you need to download the .tar.gz package from Adobe. Click the above link, go to the download page and from the drop down list, select .tar.gz.

Save and extract the file someplace (eg /tmp)

Now, you need to copy the extracted libflashplayer.so to firefox’s plug in directory. You need to be root to do that.

Open a terminal and type:

sudo cp /tmp/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox/plugins

It will ask you for the root password, just type it and you’re good to go. I didn’t even had to resrtart firefox.

Available for download at http://www.adobe.com/

We needed to build a socket FTP client in FLEX. When done we ran into the problem on how to setup a cross-domain policy file which we never tried before. This post is based on Flash Player version 10 and above. Older versions work in other ways so please compile for ver. 10.

I will not go through all the things we did wrong and all the steps needed to set this up. But I will underline the things that set us on the right track, things that are of major importance to get this working.

HTTP based policy file out of the question
You might be tempted to use HTTP-based policy-file retrieval which will work for any port above 1024! So for FTP this is out of the question!

Socket based policy file retrieval
Setting up a socket server just to serve the policy XML file seems strange but is needed. You can setup the socket server in PHP, Python, Java or any other language that supports sockets.

Port
You need to open up a port on which the socket server can monitor the requests. Adobe recommends port 843. It is important that the socket server port is set below 1024. FTP usually resides at port 21 and if the policy socket is above 1024 it cant give you access to ports below 1024. So stay below 1024!

Read this
To get a working socket server read the following post at adobe.com.

Hope that this few steps will help you get this working faster then we did.

Hace ya casi una semana que Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala vio la luz y, a pesar de mantener todas las características que lo han hecho tan popular, presenta algunos fallos importantes. En el día de hoy nos vamos a centrar en uno bastante extendido, que corresponde a los problemas que da Flash Player en algunas páginas. En mi caso, el plugin funcionaba perfectamente a excepción, a simple vista, de las páginas SpeedTest y PingTest. A pesar de que los contenidos se mostraban correctamente, era imposible interactuar con ellos, y todo intento de hacer click en los elementos para comenzar los test eran inútiles.

Mirando por Internet, vi que el problema era bastante generalizado, y como aún no se encontraba disponible ninguna solución, preferí hacer todo manualmente.

Para solucionarlo, basta con abrir Synaptic (Sistema > Administración > Gestor de paquetes Synaptic), darle a Buscar, escribir ‘flash’, y seleccionar el paquete flashplugin-nonfree para instalar. Por último, se aplican los cambios y se cierra Synaptic. Si todo se ha hecho correctamente, se debería ver correctamente la página del error inicial.

En los próximos días continuaremos con la resolución a más problemas en Linux.

Botnet-Betreiber, die mit Hilfe des Wurms Koobface ihr Netzwerk betreiben, haben eine weitere Initiative gestartet, um sich zu vergrößern. Gefälschte Youtube-Seiten wollen eine gefälschtes Update für den Adobe Flash Player installieren.

Weitere Infos findet Ihr hier:
Adobe Flash Update gefälscht

Biar gak lupa dan gak repot nyarinya, karena kadang suka muter-muter nyari linknya saya posting aja disini.

Firefox : Flash Player 10 | EXE

Internet Explorer : Flash Player 10 | EXE

Shockwave Player : Shockwave Player 10.1 | EXE

Salam.

Today, Adobe Unveiled First Full Flash Player For Mobile Devices And PCs.  Close to 50 Open Screen Project Participants Support New Browser Runtime for Multiple Platforms.

Adobe unveiled Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 software for smartphones, smartbooks, netbooks, PCs and other Internet-connected devices, allowing content created using the Adobe Flash Platform to reach users wherever they are. A public developer beta of the browser-based runtime is expected to be available for Windows® Mobile, Palm® webOS and desktop operating systems including Windows, Macintosh and Linux later this year. Public betas for Google® Android™ and Symbian® OS are expected to be available in early 2010. In addition, Adobe and RIM announced a joint collaboration to bring Flash Player to Blackberry® smartphones, and Google joined close to 50 other industry players in the Open Screen Project initiative.

Rest of the post here.

NVIDIA: GPU accelerated flash footage leaked! – ( HWBOX ) O/C on first boot
Μεγάλος “ντόρος” έχει δημιουργηθεί τον τελευταίο καιρό και με το GPU accelerated flash footage που ακούστηκε ότι παρουσίασε σε επιλεγμένο κοινό η NVIDIA. Παρόλο όμως που η εταιρεία ήθελε να κρατήσει μακριά τα φώτα της δημοσιότητας μέχρι το επίσημο press release που θα δωθεί στις 5 Οκτωβρίου, το Γερμανικό website notebookjournal.de “ανέβασε” στο youtube video στο οποίο φαίνεται ένα μέλος του προσωπικού της NVIDIA να παρουσιάζει ένα εσωτερικό build του Flash Player εν δράση[next]

These Webb Cookies Go Deep Undercover

This month’s Epicenter blog on wired.com discusses Flash Cookies, an online tracking mechanism similar but far less known than the more commonly-recognized internet cookie.  Both operate very similarly to store user data, but there are signifigant differences.  Perhaps the biggest difference is storage capacity: HTML cookies can save up to 4 KB of data while Flash cookies can hold nearly 100 KB.

Oh, and there’s one more thing: when you choose to clear the cookies from your browser, you eliminate the HTML ones, but you don’t touch the flash cookies because they aren’t stored in your browser.  Actually, they are part of the Adobe Flash Player and you can find them through the Settings Manager.  Generally, they have an .sol extension.

Viewed positively, Flash cookies keep track of things like your volume settings for YouTube videos, high scores on flash games and user data for sites like Amazon.

Viewed suspiciously, they are shadowy spyware, implemented in a manner that runs counter to the transparency that characterizes the best web behavior.  Some paranoid programming and tech savvy types conjecture that Adobe intentionally tries to deflect privacy concerns by locating these files in disparate tab locations within their software, under unusual labels like ’storage’ instead of more straightforward headings like ’security’ or ‘privacy.’

Unfortunately for marketers and online data crunchers, most people do view cookies negatively.  According this article in today’s New York Times, a study from Penn and Cal Berkeley shows two-thirds of Americans object to online tracking.  It’s even becoming an issue on Capitol Hill as various representatives are considering legislation to address the issue.

I am not anti-cookie (or Local Shared Objects or DOM Storage Objects).  They make many things far more convenient and I’m willing to sacrifice some measure of privacy in exchange for their usefulness.  This compromise also drives things like my use of Catalina Marketing’s discount card at the grocery store and my daily use of Facebook; I’m willing to let marketers learn more about my behavior in exchange for coupons and free services.  And you can always turn them off.

But first you have to know they exist.  And reside in a different directory.  The disturbing point at the crux of the blog post was how nearly half of the web’s most popular sites use these cookies, yet very few mention them in their privacy policies.  That’s wrong, plain and simple and people have a right to be suspicious of these site’s intents.  Remarkably, the list of offending sites even includes whitehouse.gov.

Of course, if you grew up watching the Watergate Trials, that will just confirm years of suspicion.

By Dennis Ryan, CCO, Element 79

There had been varied rumors had been flying around for a few days before this FOTB’09 that that we would be able to check some sneak peaks at this year’s Adobe keynote, and that’s exactly what happened. Richard Galvan and Mark Anders, “Senior” Principle Scientist at Adobe, were back again this year with an update on the Flash platform and a sneak peek on Flash CS5 and the new Flash Mobile features. YES, IT IS FLASH CS5.

Marc Anders started off by going over the current platform situation and Flash Player 10 installs continue to impress. New figures due out shortly will put the coverage at over 90%. Mark used some community demos to run through features in the Flash Player 10 and AIR runtimes. 

Flash CS5

Richard Galvan gave first sneak peak of “Viper” Flash Professional CS5. The big news for developers is that Flash authoring finally gets integration with FlashBuilder. If you’re using Flash CS5, a new FlashBuilder project can be created from Flash CS5 through a new export dialogue.

Rest will be followed here in Flashmagazine.

Debashish Paul, from the Mobile & Devices Engineering team of Adobe Systems Bangalore in India, will demonstrate how easy is to create Flashlite application and deploy on mobile devices.  This will be a practical session, where the audience can follow the presenter on their laptop and eventually would have Flashlite application ready for use. Participants who are interested to follow the session hands-0n should download the trial version of the Adobe Flash Creative Suite 4 after registering yourself at the link here from Adobe website.

Agenda:

• How to create, publish, test and deploy a simple flash lite application on to mobile device. This will be a practical session
• Creating a real-life app will bring out the latent power of Adobe Flashlite, it will touch upon the general concepts along with design and development approach
• Demo
• Q&A

Speaker Details :

Debashish Paul, works for the Mobile & Devices Engineering team of Adobe Systems Bangalore in India as Lead Software Engineer

When : 10th-oct-2009

Time : 10:30 to 12:30 Tea/Coffee/light snacks break in between the workshop

Venue : Craig Barret Auditorium, Sasken Communication Technologies Limited, # 139/25, Domlur Inner Ring Road, Bangalore – 71, Karnataka, India

Driving Directions :

• When driving down from Koramangala–> Take the left into the lane in front of Hyundai Workshop –>just after Mother Earth –>and then the first left, second right –> leads up to Sasken venue.
• When driving from Indiranagar –> Old Airport road flyover side –> Drive past EGL offices on the left –> stay on the ring road –> Take the U Turn and come back towards Hyundai Workshop –> then take the left into the lane in front of Hyundai Workshop –> just after Mother Earth – and then the first left, second right –> leads up to Sasken Venue

Parking:  Ample parking space is available in the grounds next to the Sasken building.

You can also check the venue in google map given below.

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COST: Free – but registration is required to attend. You can register here for the event here.  

My take:  Hope this event in namma BengaLooru builds up new cream of core developers and designers in Adobe Flashlite and I came to know that attendee list for today has already grown up in good numbers from @Mariam.  

Krishna Raj

Η Αpple κλείνει 33 “τρύπες” του Mac OS X με μία μαζική ενημέρωση του Leopard – ADSLgr.com

Την περασμένη Πέμπτη, η Apple κυκλοφόρησε άλλη μια ιδιαίτερα μεγάλη ενημέρωση για το Mac OS X για τουλάχιστον 33 σοβαρά προβλήματα ασφαλείας που αφορούσαν τους χρήστες του Mac OS X.

Η ενημέρωση αφορά “μπαλώματα” για προγράμματα τρίτων, όπως το Flash Player plug-in της Adobe, το Clam AV, την MySQL και PHP. Μια ξεχωριστή ενημέρωση κυκλοφόρησε για το Snow Leopard, για να διορθώσει το πρόβλημα με τον ευπαθή Flash Player που έρχεται μαζί με το λειτουργικό.

Η ενημέρωση με το όνομα 2009-005 διορθώνει μερικά κενά ασφαλείας από “arbitrary code execution“, τα οποία προκύπτουν αν ο χρήστης ανοίξει ορισμένους τύπους αρχείων. Ανάμεσα στα μέρη του λειτουργικού που έχουν σοβαρά κενά ασφαλείας, είναι τα Alias Manager, CarbonCore, ColorSync, CoreGraphics και το ImageIO.[next]