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In a move that could add substantial volumes of Flash content to Internet search results, Adobe is working with Google and Yahoo to provide optimized Flash Player technology to enhance the searching of this content.  read more »

Sharp plans to partially power a new solar panel factory with energy generated from a solar installation on the plant's roof, it said Monday.  read more »

Wilfred Mworia, a student at Strathmore University, is the winner of the inaugural Kenya Facebook Developer Garage, sponsored by Market for Change (now Samasource), Facebook and the University of Nairobi.  read more »

Thomas John Watson Sr. was the president of IBM during its years of spectacular growth in the 1920s through the 1950s. It was during this time that he nurtured IBM's innovative management style, which, until recently, kept Big Blue at the top of the global IT league. Fast approaching 400,000 employees worldwide, IBM remains the world's largest IT employer; although, a couple of years ago, Hewlett-Packard overtook it based on total revenue (but not profit).  read more »

Avery Dennison Office Products has released Avery DesignPro Software for the Mac. The new utility is available as a free download from the Avery Web site. The software was first unveiled earlier this year at Macworld Expo in San Francisco.  read more »

Symantec Thursday said that "suspicious behavior" by a captured exploit had led it to mistakenly conclude that the most up-to-date standalone versions of Adobe System Inc.'s Flash Player are vulnerable to ongoing attacks from Chinese servers.  read more »

African mobile-service providers are tapping into solar energy to power base stations and connect users in remote areas to mobile networks.  read more »

Adobe has announced that it's beginning an initiative to create an industry-wide open file format for digital cinema files, which it says will streamline workflows and help ensure easy archiving and exchange.  read more »

Software developer Autodesk has said it will fix the file format that's caused trouble for AutoCAD users who also use Riverbed's Steelhead WAN accelerators.  read more »

Adobe will introduce a 64-bit enabled version of Creative Suite 4, but initially only Windows Vista users will get 64-bit versions across the board. Mac users have to wait for 64-bit versions of some aps, including Photoshop, and Carbon is the culprit, the company explains.  read more »