A new kind of cosmic flash may reveal something never seen before: the birth of a black hole. When a massive star exhausts its fuel, it collapses Original post on scienceblog.com Comments on reddit.com
(Phys.org)—Researchers have identified a burst of high-energy radiation known as ‘dark lightning’ immediately preceding a flash of ordinary lightning. The new finding provides observational evidence that the two phenomena are connected, although the exact nature of the relationship between ordinary… Original post on phys.org Comments on reddit.com
Makoto Fujiwara proposed using lasers to literally freeze antimatter in place so it can be studied and compared to regular atoms Original post on nationalpost.com Comments on reddit.com
PC enthusiasts one-stop resource for high-quality reviews, articles and current technology news. Original post on techgage.com Comments on reddit.com
At the City Paper, Ken Whitehouse has a wild tale of hackers who claim to have accessed GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s phantom tax returns… Original post on nashvillescene.com Comments on reddit.com
News, Commentary and Insights from the Flash Player and AIR Product and Engineering Teams Original post on adobe.com Comments on reddit.com
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation. Original post on nasa.gov Comments on digg.com
If you’re using Flash on your computer or phone, there seems to be an update in order. Adobe has just issued a security bulletin notifying users that there’s an update available for Flash Player. Updates have been unleashed for Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.233 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh and Linux, Adobe Flash Player 11.1.115.7… Original post on hothardware.com Comments on digg.com
Mozilla developer Jared Wein is introducing a new security feature to Firefox 14 called click-to-play. Plugins will not load automatically when visiting websites using things like Flash and Java requiring the user to click before the content is loaded. This could prevent many common drive-by attacks on the web. Original post on sophos.com Comments on reddit.com
Alfonso Ribeiro’s still got it. Sixteen years after the conclusion of Original post on cnn.com Comments on reddit.com
Flash Player 11.2 and AIR 3.2 arrived today. But starting in August, Adobe will require programmers to share 9 percent of app revenues when making ‘console-quality’ Flash games. Read this blog post by Stephen Shankland on Webware. Original post on cnet.com Comments on reddit.com
Flash is not dead, as far as Adobe is concerned. So they have rolled out a road map for Flash and AIR Runtime for the next 5-to-10-year period. The road Original post on devicemag.com Comments on digg.com
A distance of 7,500 light-years away, the unstable star Eta Carinae appears set to blow. It could happen today — or in a thousand years Original post on time.com Comments on reddit.com
Apple may have hitched its star to HTML5 with iOS-based devices like the iPhone and iPad, but Flash is still more secure, more available, and used for more multimedia overall. Original post on pcmag.com Comments on digg.com
Adobe has confirmed that Google’s new Chrome for Android browser does not, and will not, support Flash content. And Adobe is done taking the Flash browser plugin to new environments. Original post on arstechnica.com Comments on digg.com
