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This week in PDF: PDF Conference 2007 online

Dan Shea

Since last time, UNIVERSE Software has reduced the risk of being locked-out of one's PDF documents, while Bluebeam Software has updated its PDF manipulation solution and PDF Conference 2007 has officially opened for registrations.

Enterprise & Government   February 01, 2007

Ubiquitous PDF: Papercraft iPhone

Dan Shea

For gadget geeks like me, the announcement of Apple's new iPhone was very exciting -- even if there are likely to be a few teething problems due to the lack of support for 3G phone networks or the iTunes Store. If you just can't wait several months for the release, why not download a PDF template and build your own papercraft model?

Creative & Print   January 25, 2007

This week in PDF: Adobe improves 3D PDF creation

Dan Shea

In the last seven days, Adobe has improved the conversion of design files to PDF, Mission3 has integrated PDF creation into its platform tools and pdf2image allows for sharper images from PDF sources.

Creative & Print   January 25, 2007

This week in PDF: Adobe plugs security holes

Dan Shea

Over the last month or so, Adobe has been earning column inches for all the wrong reasons, with security experts uncovering several vulnerabilities. This week in PDF, Adobe releases a fix for these issues and announces the formal release of a new service. To round out the week's news, Planet PDF welcomes a new major sponsor to the fold.

Enterprise & Government   January 18, 2007

Ubiquitous PDF: AJAX cheat sheets

Dan Shea

Courtesy of ASP.NETResources, you can now download Microsoft AJAX Library "cheat sheets". Specifically, the cheat sheets relate to JavaScript base type extensions: Array, Boolean, Date, Error, Number, Object, and String.

Enterprise & Government   January 17, 2007

Apago rolls out PDF Shrink 4.1

Nettie Hartsock

Apago has rolled out PDF Shrink 4.1 just in time for the MacWorld Conference and Expo where the company is showcasing the utility for shrinking PDF file sizes.

Enterprise & Government   January 10, 2007

Ubiquitous PDF: Amadeus, Amadeus!

Dan Shea

Mad for Mozart? Wild for Wolfgang? If so, apparently you aren't alone. The International Mozart Foundation site had been inundated with traffic after posting a PDF version of Mozart's complete musical works.

Enterprise & Government   January 10, 2007

NVIDIA Gives a Turbo Boost to Adobe

Nettie Hartsock

California-based NVIDIA Corporation announced recently that the Adobe Acrobat 8 product family and Adobe Reader 8 now offer a new page display rendering mode which taps in the graphics processing unit to enhance the speed in the drawing and display of pages in PDF format.

Enterprise & Government   December 20, 2006

Software602 Releases Print2PDF 6.1

Nettie Hartsock

Software602 has announced the release of its Print2PDF 6.1 Server Edition with updated features for PDF print management and conversion power.

Enterprise & Government   December 20, 2006

Adobe Announces Adobe Reader 8.0

Nettie Hartsock

Adobe this week announced the release of Adobe Reader 8.0 available for download on the company web site. With Adobe Reader 8.0 comes the additional perks of a new "Start Meeting" button that launches Adobe Acrobat Connect. This feature is an Adobe-hosted software service providing immediate online collaboration with Adobe Flash Player.

Enterprise & Government   December 14, 2006

Ubiquitous PDF: Tips to reduce holiday stress

Dan Shea

With the end of the calendar year and holiday season rapidly approaching, it's only natural to feel a little stressed. Luckily, help is at hand with some handy tips on relieving tension from ipopin.com.

Enterprise & Government   December 14, 2006

This week in PDF: The X(ML) factor

Dan Shea

In what is becoming a recurring motif, both Microsoft and Adobe are making news this week, in this case, both with XML-relevant items. Datalogics has also gotten into the act, releasing a new version of the Adobe PDF Library for licensing.

Enterprise & Government   December 14, 2006

Top 25 best-selling products at PDF Store for 2006

Robert Milne

Based on the number of units sold online at PDF Store, the annual Top 25 Selling products list for 2006 has been finalized. Once again, the list highlights consistent long-standing vendors -- PDFlib, Enfocus, Rennie Glen Software, Acrobotics and Glyph & Cog.

Enterprise & Government   December 14, 2006

This week in PDF: Adobe warns of "critical" bugs in Acrobat and Reader

Dan Shea

The big news this week in PDF is being made by several security vulnerabilities affecting Acrobat and Adobe Reader that could be used to hijack a user's system. Planet PDF talks about the nature of the vulnerabilities and their current status.

Enterprise & Government   December 06, 2006

Xplor announces PDF University 2007 for Spring Graphics of the Americas

Nettie Hartsock

Xplor International is hosting its annual Graphics of America exhibition in Miami this spring, and announced this week that in conjunction with the event it will for the first time be organizing a PDF University. The PDF University will run from February 28th to March 3, 2007 at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

Creative & Print   December 06, 2006

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