Adobe brings long awaited Flash sandboxing to Firefox, Facebook and Google back down from Indian courts, and longstanding torrent site BTJunkie closes up shop.
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- Flash Player Sandboxing Is Coming to Firefox: Adobe released a beta today with the new "Protected Mode," intended to limit your system's exposure to malware and make Flash Player exploits time and cost prohibitive. [ASSET Blog]
- Internet Giants Pull Content After Warning in India Courts: Awaiting a higher court decision, Facebook and Google both removed some content in response to a judge's warning that he would start blocking sites "like China" if the companies did not address religiously offensive material. [Reuters]
- Google Launches "Solve for X" Website, the New Home for Its Global Innovations Conference: The new site appears to be similar to TED, with a focus on science and technology. [TechCrunch]
- BitTorrent Giant BTjunkie Shuts Down for Good: After seven years, the former torrent indexing site now only hosts a message that they have "voluntarily shut down." [TorrentFreak]
- Another Reason Why Apple May Be Limiting Siri to iPhone 4S: Recent SEC filings suggest that Siri may rely on noise filtration technology built in to the latest iPhone's A5 processor. [Ars Technica]