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SAN JOSE, Calif. (UPI) – Hackers exploiting a newfound flaw in Adobe Flash video player and Acrobat Reader can steal data and take money from bank accounts, online security experts say.

Adobe Systems Inc., the San Jose, Calif., maker of the video player and tool for opening PDF documents, is scrambling to develop an emergency patch by Friday, the company says.

Even if it solves the problem and sends out a security patch, the problem may persist because some users may defer installing the updates, Web and computer security experts fear.

As a result, “we may see a broad-scale explosion of attacks,” Purewire Inc. senior researcher Paul Royal tells USA Today.

The security firm says it already found a booby-trapped e-mail sent to a corporate executive.

Another security firm, Finjan Inc., says it found several dozen legitimate Web pages carrying poisoned Flash clips, USA Today says.

The security firms discovered the vulnerability early this month after cybercriminals began e-mailing PDF files with corrupted Flash video clips and hacking into Web sites to implant them, USA Today reports.

The clips, when activated, enable attackers to quickly install malicious programs on the user computers. The programs turn the computers into Internet bots, or Web robots, that steal data, siphon cash from financial accounts, spread spam and trigger promotions to sell fake antivirus programs, the newspaper says.

Some 43 percent of the 1,500 cyberattacks identified by security firm F-Secure PLC the first six months of this year were directed at Acrobat Reader, up from nearly 29 percent last year.

That puts Acrobat Reader ahead of Microsoft Word, targeted in 40 percent of this year’s attacks, the Helsinki, Finland, company says.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International

Billy Mays has died today, 6/28/09. RIP Billy.

Billy Mays has died after a bumpy landing at Tampa airport; America’s favorite pitchman was found dead by his wife Deborah.

According to Fox news reports, Billy May has died. The report says”Mays was found unresponsive by his wife inside his Tampa, Fla., home at 7:45 a.m. on Sunday, according to the Tampa Police Department.

Billy Mays a passenger on U.S. Airways Flight 1241 flying from Philadelphia to Tampa landed. Billy Mays said after the landing “All of a sudden as we hit you know it was just the hardest hit, all the things from the ceiling started dropping. It hit me on the head, but I got a hard head,”, Myfoxtampabay.com reported. Watch the video of the Fox report below.

It is unknown at this time if Billy Mays death was a result of the plane’s hard landing.

Billy Mays used Twitter to send a message after the plane’s landing yesterday. The Tweet said “Just had a close call landing in Tampa. The tires blew out upon landing. Stuck in the plane on the runway. You can always count on US Air.”

Billy May’s son used Twitter to send a message about his dad’s death this morning. The message said “My dad didn’t wake up this morning.. I’m sure you’ll all hear about it. It hasn’t yet hit me but it’s about to.” He also Tweeted “On my way to the house. He’s gone. I’m gonna be strong for him. Thank you for all the thoughts and prayers everyone.”

Discovery Channel issues a stement on the death of Billy Mays

Discovery Channel spokeswoman Elizabeth Hillman released a statement Sunday extending sympathy to the Mays family.

“Everyone that knows him was aware of his larger-than-life personality, generosity and warmth,” Hillman’s statement said. “Billy was a pioneer in his field and helped many people fulfill their dreams. He will be greatly missed as a loyal and compassionate friend.”

Billy Mays wife, Deborah issued a stement “Although Billy lived a public life, we don’t anticipate making any public statements over the next couple of days,”. She also said “Our family asks that you respect our privacy during these difficult times.”

Billy Mays was just on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. You can watch the video below.

Our prayers go out the Billy’s Mays family.

This story is still developing.

UPDATE: http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jun/28/281143/tv-pitchman-billy-mays-found-dead-tampa-home/news-metro/

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We’ve just learned Michael Jackson has died. He was 50.

Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon at his Holmby Hills home and paramedics were unable to revive him. We’re told when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back.
A source tells us Jackson was dead when paramedics arrived. A cardiologist at UCLA tells TMZ Jackson died of cardiac arrest.

Once at the hospital, the staff tried to resuscitate him but he was completely unresponsive. We’re told one of the staff members at Jackson’s home called 911. La Toya ran in the hospital sobbing after Jackson was pronounced dead. Michael is survived by three children: Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince “Blanket” Michael Jackson II.

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COPPELL, Texas (UPI) – A pizza chain may be violating U.S. laws with a promotion involving advertising stickers on pennies.

CiCi’s Pizza, which has its headquarters in Coppell, Texas, and operates 650 restaurants, mostly in the eastern United States, started its Penny Picker Up campaign Monday, the Jacksonville, Fla., Times-Union reported. The company distributed a total of 1 million pennies to stores with stickers redeemable for food.

A spokesman for the U.S. Mint declined to comment on whether the stickers violate laws against defacing U.S. currency or using it for advertising, saying any decision to prosecute would be up to the Justice Department.

Tom Koenigsberg, CiCi’s head of marketing, said he believes the campaign is legal because the stickers are redeemable. Any pennies returned to the stores are to be donated to Big Brothers Big Sisters, Advertising Age said.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International

PAXON, Ill. (UPI) — An Illinois man who helped create a car that transforms into an airplane said the vehicle will be available for public purchase within about two years.

Sam Schweighart, 31, of Paxon, Ill., said the Terrafugia Transition, which took its first flight March 5, is expected to retail for about $194,000, the Champaign (Ill.) News-Gazette reported.

He said about 50 people have already put down $10,000 deposits on the transformable vehicles.

Schweighart, who holds a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, created the car along with colleagues from the same university. He said the Transition runs on high-octane gas or aviation fuel and gets 30 to 35 miles per gallon on the ground. In the air, the Transition uses about 5 gallons an hour and can remain airborne for 460 miles at a time.

“If you need to drive and fly a short distance, it solves several problems, including finding or paying for a hangar,” said Thomas Haines, editor in chief of the news site for the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. “It’s really meant for a special kind of consumer.”

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