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Mozilla is First Major Tech Company to Denounce CISPA

Despite big name tech companies - such as Facebook, Microsoft, and Oracle - supporting the controversial Internet surveillance bill that passed in the House last week, Mozilla has come out against the legislation. "While we wholeheartedly support a more secure Internet, CISPA has a broad and alarming reach that goes far beyond Internet security," the tech company wrote to Forbes reporter Andy Greenberg. "The bill infringes on our privacy, includes vague definitions of cyber security, and grants immunities to companies and government that are too broad around information misuse."

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Samsung Tops Apple in Global Mobile Phone Shipments

Samsung's smartphone shipments soared over the same period last to easily grab the lion's share of the global market, a market researcher said yesterday. While another market researcher put Samsung No.1 in the overall cell phone market. The South Korean electronics giant's share went from 12.2 percent in the first quarter of 2011 to a whopping 30.6 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to Strategy Analytics.

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Microsoft

Microsoft Releases Fixed Office 2011 SP2 Update

Microsoft has released a fixed version of its Service Pack 2 update for Office 2011. The update was originally on April 12 and offered a number of improvements for Microsoft's Outlook e-mail client; however, soon after its release a number of people found that the update had caused corruption in their identity databases. This resulted in the suite's programs not opening correctly.

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Skype for PS Vita Hands-on

Skype for PS Vita was released to the PlayStation Store yesterday, falling alongside other third-party apps like Facebook and Netflix and marking a notable expansion to the device's voice, text, and video chat capabilities. While the app offers many of the same features found on other platforms, it has been custom tailored to match the Vita's unique interface and take advantage of the device's gorgeous five-inch OLED display and built-in cameras.

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Mozilla Delivers Silent Updating with Firefox 12 Release

Mozilla yesterday released Firefox 12, patching 14 security bugs in the browser and moving it one step closer to matching rival Chrome in silent updating. The latest in the line of updates that have rolled off the Mozilla development line every six weeks since mid-2011, Firefox 12 fixed seven vulnerabilities labeled "critical," the highest threat ranking in Mozilla's four-step scoring, four bugs tagged "high" and three pegged "moderate."

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Windows 8 'Release Preview' due in Early June

Microsoft will release a "release preview" version of Windows 8 in the first week of June, the company announced last night. Microsoft President Steven Sinofsky made the announcement during an on-stage appearance at Japan's Windows 8 Dev Days and more broadly on the Build Windows 8 Twitter feed.

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Adobe

What's New in Adobe Premier Pro CS6

Work natively with the latest mobile, DSLR, HD, and RAW formats; edit, trim, and adjust effects in real time; stabilize shaky footage; and enjoy a sleek, revamped user interface and expanded multicam support. Over 50 enhancements make switching to Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 software easy.

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What's New in Adobe After Effects CS6

Create visual effects faster in Adobe After Effects CS6 software with Global Performance Cache, which optimizes and keeps your previews so you can beat deadlines instead of waiting for frame updates. Boost your creativity with a new 3D engine for text and shape extrusions, a 3D camera tracker, and variable-width mask feathering.

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What's New in Adobe Fireworks CS6

Create and optimize vector and bitmap images, content, comps, wireframes, mock-ups, and designs for smartphones and tablets with Adobe Fireworks CS6. Keep designs crisp on screens of virtually any size with pixel-precise rendering. Smooth integration with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver as well as other Adobe solutions help you efficiently achieve your vision.

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What's New in Adobe Flash Professional CS6

Clearly communicate your creative vision with Adobe Flash Professional CS6 software using a powerful toolset that offers typographic precision, layout fidelity, and expressive motion-editing capabilities.

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