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Adobe Flash Player Download Warning: Malware Disguised

This is a warning to all those that are getting flash player downloads; Adobe fake flash player downloads could leave you with serious consequences, especially leaving you with malicious payloads.

You need to know that Malware is being disguised as a Flash Player download, Adobe responding to malware versions of “flash player” downloads that are being posted on community sites like twitter for example, have posted the following caveat on their site.

There has been coverage from the security community of a nasty worm on many popular social networking sites that is using social engineering lures to get you the user to install a piece of malware, and according to reports the worm posts comments on these such sites that includes links to a fake site. If this link is clicked and followed, users will be told that they need to update their Flash Player. The installer, posted on a malicious site, of course installs malware instead of Flash Player.

WARNING: DO NOT download Flash Player from any other site unless it is adobe.com, and we mean any piece of software such as Quicktime, Windows Media Player, Reader etc. Twitter’s security people are working on a fix right now.

Read the full rundown on Information Week

ISPs and government clamp down on illegal downloading

Internet service providers have been working hard and have now worked out a deal with the government, as well as the music industry so that they can clamp down on illegal downloading.

The new deal that will be announced some time today will include a deal with UK ISPs, which means that they will send out hundreds of thousands of letters to their customers who are responsible for illegal downloading.

The BPI, the body that represents record labels, and the government have struck a memorandum of understanding, this will see the introduction of a legislation to a clampdown on people who download illegally.

The new understanding will see a deal struck with the six biggest IPSs in the UK, these include BT, Virgin, Carphone Warehouse, Orange, Tiscali and BSkyB. The deal will include all the parties to work together to come up with ways to stop repeat offenders.

It is about time that ISPs took a tough stance on this, they have failed to take action for so long. It is now time for a reform, so illegally downloader’s beware.

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Sony Blu-ray or Downloads for Xbox 360 and next-gen

What will the future gamers and movie watchers want for their choice of media? Some people believe that Sony’s Blu-ray format is doing fine in sales of Blu-ray games, data and movies, while other people have the view that Blu-ray is tanking in a big way. We do live in a world that is either very mixed in views or misinformed on facts.

One option other than Blu-ray could be the Super Upscale future for DVDs, we have heard Toshiba working on something like that and this would apparently make the need for Blu-ray movies not necessary. That would have to be seen, but if it would be possible to upscale a DVD to near Blu-ray quality. Why the need for dearer Blu-ray discs?

Price will always be an important factor in the sales of Blu-rays, since we saw HD-DVD pull out of the format war the Blu-ray prices have increased and this will not increase sales. With Billions of DVDs in the world it would be a good choice for the people and environment to increase the quality of these through technology.

Yes we do want better quality video and more data on discs but if this can happen through improved Upscaling and better compression technology, then I am all for it and also the rest of the world.

What would you want on your Xbox 360 or next-gen Xbox, Blu-ray or Downloads?

To sum-up, Blu-ray is here now and the next-gen format has not been decided. I personally use Blu-ray movies and games on my PS3, but I would be a mad man not to see that HQ Upscaling for DVDs and better compression technology that can produce almost the same results is the better way to go.

MySpace wants to end Apple iTunes domination with new mp3 store

As we know Apple iTunes dominates the MP3 download world, however MySpace who has entered a joint venture with Sony BMG, Universal Music and Warner Music Group in the hope of distribute music through the MySpace social networking site.

In the joint venture MYSpace will to have a comprehensive range of file formats, although you will have to pay for these files some will be available for free. There will also be a range of services which you can download to your cell phone.

With all of these companies pulling their resources together, you would think that they will be able to stop the domination that Apple iTunes have.

Source - Blorge

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 beta on 30-day trial for free

Adobe are now offering people the chance to download Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 beta on a 30-day trial for free, the software is available for both Macintosh and Windows platforms. If you already own a copy of Lightroom 1.0, then you will be able to use this beta 2.00 for an extended amount of time, from now until August 31st.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 beta has a number of enhancements over its predecessor, such as dual monitor support as well as localized dodge and burn correction. Adobe has also made this their first application to fully support 64-bit for use with Microsoft Vista 64-bit and Mac OS X 10.5 operating systems.

You will also notice that the layout is much improved over the old 1.3 version, such as the library module and a new Smart Collections feature.

To get the Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 beta free trail visit: Adobe

Microsoft Xbox 360 getting original content: IPTV & digital downloads

The latest news says that the veteran Hollywood producer and talent manager Peter Safran and of course Microsoft are going to produce original shows for distribution on the Xbox 360.

This indeed means that there will be IPTV & digital downloads, Microsoft has come up with a fantastic deal with a production company to do this original content for the gaming console.

There is no word on when it is coming but trust us we will let you know, for more information please read the full article here.

Sony PlayStaion 3 Firmware 2.20 Demo: new features explained

The hot news a few days ago was the release of the new Sony PlayStation 3 Firmware 2.20; now thanks to Game Trailers they are showing a video of the Director of PSN operations giving us a demo of this update.

There are a host of new features on the Sony PS3 Firmware 2.20 update, however looking through them none are of any use to me. Maybe once I start to purchase some Blu-ray movies, then I might get to enjoy the update.

Xbox Live high definition movie downloads

According to Virgin Media and Microsoft today Xbox Live high definition movie downloads should take between 15 minutes and half an hour to download by the end of the year on some broadband services.

A spokesman for Virgin Media has informed us that the company’s 50MB broadband service will be made available to over nine millions homes by the end of 2008 which is over 70 per cent of Virgin Media’s entire network.

Xbox Live subscribers can download five top blockbuster movies from 100 MS points, which equates to around 85p.

Most of the movies currently available on Xbox Live can be viewed in both standard and high-definition formats.

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World of Warcraft: Fury of the Sunwell 2.4 patch notes now available

Well seems like the wait is finally over as the much anticipated Fury of the Sunwell 2.4 patch notes for World of Warcraft is now available. As many might already know this new patch introduces us to Sunwell Isle, so this means that you will be able to start a new quest.

As with all WoW patches the new 2.4 patch notes is massive as well as wordy, so a little patients is needed. There is also a new five-man dungeons as well as a 25-man raid. One of the best new features from the Fury of the Sunwell 2.4 patch is the learned spells.

For the Patch visit WoW

New Halo 3 map pack coming: download from Xbox Live in April

If you are getting bored with playing the same old maps in the Xbox 360 game Halo 3, then you will be pleased to hear that there will be a new map pack available for download on April 15. In the new Halo 3 Legendary Map Pack three will be three new maps.

Ghost Town and Avalanche are just two of the new maps, however no details have been revealed on the third yet. However game developer Bungie has said that the map will be a classic.

For more images of these Halo 3 maps visit NZHerald

Unlimited Apple iTunes Downloads: future iPods and iPhones

I love the internet as it is the best place for rumors, and nine times out of ten most of them turn out to be true. The latest rumor doing the rounds is that Apple are looking to introduce a subscription service, where you will be able to get unlimited iTunes downloads.

However this will come at a price, for future iPod and Iphone releases we will have to pay a higher price to help pay for the service.

Would you want to pay more for your Apple iPhone or iPod in order to get unlimited Apple iTunes Downloads?

Source - Buzzfeed

Apple deny Beatles iTunes deal: contrary to Paul McCartney sources

Following on from out story the other day, where Sir Paul McCartney signs Apple iTunes deal. It seams that our source UPI got some facts wrong about the story. Apple has denied that the Beatles iTunes deal has been made.

It seems that a unnamed source close to ex-Beatle McCartney said that the deal had already been done, and that the entire back catalogue would be available in the next few months.

So we still do not know when the Beatles catalogue will be available for download on Apple iTunes.

Source - NZ Herald

WiiWare coming to Japan on March 25: two months before America

It seems like we have been waiting a lifetime for the launch of WiiWare, however we can now tell you that Japan has its release date of March 25. Just think that’s two months before WiiWare makes it to North America.

So just two weeks from now, you Nintendo Wii fans will have access to one of the most exiting things this year in the gaming world. When WiiWare launches there will be nine titles on offer, however as time goes on that list will grow.

Source – Wired

Apple fails at 1,000 iTunes movie rentals: will they sell 10 million iPhone’s in 2008

It seems as if Apple fell short of its target for renting movies through iTunes Store, Apple wanted to achieve a 1,000 movie for rent by the end of February. It seems as if the Apple iTunes Store only managed to have 351 movie titles which are well short of the target.

At the moment there are still only 399 movie titles to rent on the ITunes store, and for both rent and purchase there is a total of 770 movies available. It does seem as if Apple set targets that are a little hard to achieve, just like their target of selling 10 million iPhones by the end of 2008.

Source – Cnet

First Battlefield: Heroes, trailer of the free web browser game

Well here it is the first trailer for First Battlefield: Heroes, this is the free web browser based shooter game. This game is expected for release in the first part of this year and will become Read more

Celrun HD Streaming Multimedia TV: 320GB premium player

Celrun have shown us just how good they are at producing such items as PMP’s, and it now seems as if they want to show us how good of a job they can do with media streaming. Here we have the Read more

Apple iTunes Store special: Movie of the Week, only 99-cents

Apple iTunes always offer a great deal once in a while and there new deal has to be the best offer yet. You can download the Movie of the Week for just 99-cents. The title of the movie is Read more

Details of 6 Adobe AIR Apps that are a must

AIR have dropped the beta tag now which means it is time you checked out some of the Adobe AIR applications which you can use now. Adobe’s AIR platform has just got better allowing developers to create their Read more

Stage6 DIVX video download site to close on February 28: why?

For those of you who love to use the DIVX video download site Stage6, I’m afraid to tell you that this free service will no longer be available come February 28. Tom an employee for the company has Read more

BBC iPlayer service to be made available for Apple iPhone, iPod Touch

With over 17 million downloads since the launch of the BBC iPlayer service on Christmas day, there is no denying how popular this download service has become. This service has also helped to increase the Read more

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