With approval from the European Union now official, some speculate that DoubleClick could snap Google out of its funk. That being the looming threat of Microsoft’s proposed Yahoo acquisition, missed earnings, and a report saying that Google’s Achilles Heel is text ads. Adobe says it will add support for a range of 64-bit OSes in a free ColdFusion upgrade within the next month that, in turn, boosts performance given the ability to address larger amounts of memory in 64-bit systems. Two years after Microsoft issued a related patch, an IE FTP flaw manifests, though a security vendor says that to pull off an attack requires very specific knowledge. Wal-Mart takes a Linux PC off its store shelves; a spokeswoman says the move “is based on how our customers vote with their purchases.” BlackBerry comes under scrutiny in India as the government there demands the right to intercept e-mails along with RIM’s encryption algorithm so it can open them. And Robert X. Cringely struts and frets upon his own stage, wondering just who will be the next target, easy prey if you will, for criticism in the tech realm now that Bill Gates is on his way out. Oh, and Cringe debates the mertis of one such prospect in The next Bill Gates. Software Development