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  Adobe fixes critical vulnerability in Shockwave Player

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  Adobe patches 13 critical PDF bugs in first quarterly update

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  Apple patches 10 critical QuickTime bugs

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  Apple, Opera slammed over browser patch regimes

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  Mozilla re-patches Firefox after regression bug pops up

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  Mozilla patches 12 Firefox bugs, a third of them critical

  Mozilla delivers Firefox 3.0.9, but may miss delivery this week of Firefox 3.5 Beta 4... more

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  Oracle delivers major security patch update

  Release includes 43 fixes, including 16 for Oracle's database... more

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  Microsoft fixes Excel, carpet-bombing security flaws

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  Microsoft moves XP into reduced-support phase

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  Google enhances and open sources its Update software

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  Researcher's death casts pall over major TCP fix

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