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• Adobe warns customers of unpatched critical flaw in ColdFusion

  Adobe has warned users of its ColdFusion application server platform of a critical vulnerability that could give unauthorized users access to sensitive files stored on their servers.

• Adobe-as-a-service: Software vendor bets on cloud

  Adobe has announced a major shift in its software strategy, revealing that Adobe CS 6 will be the final boxed version of its major design, publishing and photography products. Instead, the vendor will focus on delivering regular updates to its subscription-based Creative Cloud versions of popular applications such as Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.

• Salesforce.com launches Social.com advertising platform

  Salesforce.com is taking steps to combine its acquisitions in social media monitoring and social advertising with its core CRM (customer relationship management) software through a new product called Social.com.

• Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg deposed in employee antritrust case

  Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg is scheduled to join a number of other high-profile tech players to testify in a private antitrust suit brought against seven California-based technology companies by former employees.

• Most Java-enabled browsers vulnerable to widespread Java exploits, Websense says

  Most browser installations use outdated versions of the Java plug-in that are vulnerable to at least one of several exploits currently used in popular Web attack toolkits, according to statistics published Monday by security vendor Websense.

• IT pricing committee to explore Apple’s music claims

  The IT pricing inquiry committee will take up Apple boss Tony King’s suggestion of approaching record labels to discuss the issue of Australians paying higher prices for digital music.

• Inquiry will 'weigh on' vendors setting future pricing

  The scrutiny applied to Adobe, Apple and Microsoft at last week’s IT pricing inquiry was a small victory for consumers despite each vendor's response not “coming close to a justification for higher prices”, said Matt Levey, head of campaigns at Choice.

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  Adobe: Fly to US for cheaper software

  Australians can go to the US if they want lower American prices on boxed Adobe products, or buy the company’s cloud-based offering, an Adobe official told a Parliamentary panel today.

• Salesforce.com launches Twitter-powered advertising platform

  Salesforce.com is hoping to give its Marketing Cloud product line a fresh boost with a new social advertising platform for Twitter.

• Source code to original Adobe Photoshop released

  The Computer History Museum announced this week that the source code to the original version of Adobe Photoshop would be made freely available.

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  Adobe CEO dodges IT pricing issue at office opening

  Adobe's CEO, Shantanu Narayen, was today quizzed over the Australian pricing of Adobe software products at the launch of the software company's new office in Sydney.

• Adobe confirms zero-day exploit bypasses Adobe Reader sandbox

  A recently found exploit that bypasses the sandbox anti-exploitation protection in Adobe Reader 10 and 11 is highly sophisticated and is probably part of an important cyberespionage operation, the head of the malware analysis team at antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab said.

• Zero-day PDF exploit affects Adobe Reader 11 and earlier versions, researchers say

  Researchers from security firm FireEye claim that attackers are actively using a remote code execution exploit that works against the latest versions of Adobe Reader 9, 10 and 11.

• Adobe slashes prices following Parliamentary inquiry

  Adobe has slashed certain product prices in Australia, following a Parliamentary inquiry into prices earlier this week.

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  Apple, Microsoft, Adobe summonsed to appear before IT pricing inquiry

  Apple, Microsoft and Adobe have all been summonsed to appear before a parliamentary inquiry into IT pricing, following months of wrangling to get the companies to appear before the committee.