Combing through hundreds of blog posts and news articles daily, Dirk Klingner, our technology-trend watcher, sifts through the noise to bring you the tech news most important to consumers. If you have a tip on a story you want to share, leave a comment below.
Attackers exploit critical bug in Adobe's Flash, Reader (COMPUTERWORLD)
...Adobe said that the bug affects Flash Player 10.0.45.2, the most up-to-date version of the popular media player, as well as older editions on Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris. Also vulnerable: PDF viewer Adobe Reader 9.x and PDF creation software Adobe Acrobat 9.x on Windows, Macintosh and Unix.
Yahoo Adds Facebook, Begins New Role as Social Network Aggregator (ReadWriteWeb)
...Because the social aggregation is so extensive, Yahoo users are actually being given a centralized dashboard to manage their external social networks: Yahoo! Pulse. Available (soon, we hope) at pulse.yahoo.com, the site will replace Yahoo! Profiles as a place to link, manage and update social accounts and their privacy settings.
Spelling Corrections in Google Suggest (Google Operating System)
..."These spelling suggestions already exist on the results page, but by moving them to an earlier point in the search process, we hope we've made it faster and easier to get to the results you're looking for. Right now, this feature is offered only for google.com in English, but we're working to roll this out internationally in the near future," explains Google.
Gardening For Dummies: SproutRobot Sends You Seeds And Tells You When To Plant Them (TechCrunch)
...Once you’ve signed up, SproutRobot will send you bags of seeds at the appropriate time, and will tell you exactly when to plant them based on your local weather patterns.
A Story Told in Pictures That Translates into any Language (4to40.com)
A young man saving a dog shown in a series of pictures.
Lighter side: Lady Calls Tech Support to Turn Off Google's Pac-Man Logo (Urlesque)
...In this audio clip, a woman calls her ISP tech support (at least we think it's her ISP) and the most patient man in the world returns her call. She can't figure out how to turn off Pac-Man and the game's noises are driving her nuts.
