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    An adobe is a natural building material mixed from sand, clay, and straw, dung or other fibrous materials, which is shaped into bricks using frames and dried in the sun. It is similar to cob and mudbrick. Adobe structures are extremely durable and account for the oldest extant buildings on the planet. Adobe buildings also offer significant advantages in hot, dry climates, as they remain cooler since adobe stores and releases heat very slowly.

    Buildings made of sun-dried earth are common in the Middle East, North Africa, south America and in Spain (usually in the Mudéjar style), but adobe had been in use by indigenous peoples of the Americas in the Southwestern United States, Mesoamerica, and the Andean region of South America for several thousand years, although often substantial amounts of stone are used in the walls of Pueblo buildings. This method of brickmaking was imported to Spain in the 16th century by Spaniards who had traveled to Mexico and Peru.

    A distinction is sometimes made between the smaller adobes, which are about the size of ordinary baked bricks, and the larger adobines, some of which are as much as from one to two yards (2 m) long.

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    5. Adobe Reader update patches bugs, removes bundled Flash Player

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      ...loited by an attacker to crash the application and potentially take control of the affected system, Adobe said in its APSB12-08 security bulletin. Users are advised to install these updates as soon as poss... (Read Full Article)

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      Mac Malware Outbreak Is Bigger than 'Conficker' ...—is malware that is disguised as something benign. The original threat masqueraded as an update for Adobe Flash that compromised machines when executed. The current version, however, is more of a drive-by ... (Read Full Article)

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      ..., Middle East and Africa (EMEA) market. Building on an extensive customer base in the USA including Adobe, Concur, Microsoft and other industry leaders, ExtraHop continues to win EMEA customers and is exec... (Read Full Article)

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    8. Android 4.0 to Get Flash Player By Year-End

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    10. A Buyers' Guide to Online Video Platforms

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      ...egan offering live streaming, including to mobile devices. It recently announced a partnership with Adobe to create that company’s TV Everywhere service, which targets high-end traditional media companies.... (Read Full Article)

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    16. Endpoint explosion poses problems, opportunities

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