There’s a new Blackberry out, it’s white. There’s some phones being released at CES that smell, literally. The iPhone was copied before Steve Jobs got off the stage and Apple is a bit upset. They’ve sent some “stop now” letters to forums and bloggers that provided instructions on how to skin any Windows smartphone so it looks like the new iPhone.
Flash Player 9 from Adobe is shipping. Adobe also has a new beta version of Sound Booth you might not know about and they’ve made Adobe Photoshop CS3 beta available for download at http://labs.adobe.com
Oracle has plugged 51 security flaws. EMI the music label has reached a deal with a Chinese search provider to offer free ad-supported streaming of their Chinese song catalog. The attack code for a “critical” Window’s flaw is out and about. Better get the patch.
I’d like to offer a special thanks to CNET for giving us leads to several of our top stories today. Mahalo.
From Aloha Workshops on the Big Island of Hawaii, this is Brent Norris for the World Organization of Webmasters and the WOW Technology Minute.
New White Blackberry Pearl – CNET Review
http://reviews.cnet.com/RIM_BlackBerry_Pearl_T_Mobile/4505-6452_7-32041928.html?tag=nefdprod.rev
DoCoMo’s new phones feature touch panel, smell
http://news.com.com/DoCoMos+new+phones+feature+touch+panel%2C+smell/2100-1039_3-6150272.html?tag=slide_2
Adobe Labs Top Releases
http://labs.adobe.com
Oracle plugs 51 security flaws
http://news.com.com/Oracle+plugs+51+security+flaws/2100-1002_3-6150671.html?tag=nefd.top
Attack code out for ‘critical’ Windows flaw
http://news.com.com/Attack+code+out+for+critical+Windows+flaw/2100-1002_3-6150642.html?tag=nefd.top
U.S.: No Net governance changes expected