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• Adobe doles out bug-filled PDF Reader to users

  Adobe delivers an out-of-date version of Reader to users who download the popular application from its Web site, a security company warned today.

• Adobe readies ColdFusion upgrade

  Adobe Systems is rolling out on Monday public beta versions of ColdFusion 9, which is the latest version of the company's Web development platform that leverages server-side services, and the accompanying ColdFusion Builder IDE, for rapid development of ColdFusion applications.

• Adobe shuts down July 4th week to ride out recession

  Adobe Systems has shut down its North American offices for a week for the second time this year as part of cost-cutting measures, forcing employees to take paid time off during the days the company is closed.

• Adobe issues update for Shockwave Player

  Adobe Systems has released a patch for its Shockwave Player to fix a critical vulnerability, the company wrote on its security blog on Tuesday.

• Coming soon: Adobe Flash on Android, WinMo and WebOS

  Adobe is set to introduce Flash Player 10 for most mobile operating systems later this year, including Google Android, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Nokia Symbian and Palm WebOS.

• Adobe patches 13 critical PDF bugs in first quarterly update

  Adobe issued its first regularly-scheduled security updates on Tuesday, fixing at least 13 critical flaws reported by outside researchers and secretly patching an unspecified number of bugs found by its own team.

• Adobe fixes security bugs in Reader, Acrobat

  Adobe has released critical security patches, fixing 13 bugs in its Reader and Acrobat software.

• Facing criticism, Adobe rethinks PDF security

  Blasted three months ago for being slow to fix a zero-day vulnerability in its popular PDF viewer, Adobe today promised it will root out bugs in older code, speed up the patching process and release regular security updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat.

• Adobe snaps to attention over security vulnerabilities

  Adobe Systems, whose applications have been hit hard by hackers, is combing through legacy code for bugs in its products and plans a regular quarterly patch release, according to a top security official.

• Patch Adobe's PDF bug pronto, expert urges

  As expected, Adobe patched a zero-day vulnerability in its popular Adobe Reader software Tuesday, marking the second time in three months that it delivered an update on the same day Microsoft issued its monthly fixes.

• Adobe promises patch for zero-day PDF bug by next Tuesday

  Adobe has promised to patch the newest zero-day vulnerability in its popular Adobe Reader software no later than next Tuesday, potentially adding another update to the month's busiest patch day for the second time in three months.

• Adobe promises fixes for latest flaws by next week

  Adobe Systems expects to have patches ready to fix the latest flaws in Acrobat and Reader by next week.

• Adobe confirms PDF zero-day, urges users to kill JavaScript

  Adobe Systems Inc. Tuesday acknowledged that all versions of its popular PDF software, including editions for Windows, the Mac and Linux, contain at least one, and possibly two, critical vulnerabilities.

• New zero-day exploit targets Adobe Reader

  Adobe Systems Inc. Tuesday confirmed that it's investigating reports that its popular PDF viewing software, Adobe Reader, contains a critical vulnerability.

• Adobe's new Flash can stream Internet content to TVs

  Adobe Systems on Monday unveiled a version of its Flash multimedia streaming technology that would allow people to run entertainment programming directly to television sets from the Internet, a new option for the rapidly changing digital-home market.