Firefox 3 Plug-in for Mac Adds In-Browser PDF Viewer
	Everyone can agree on that Firefox 3 is off the charts, as far as coolness goes. There's even a new addition for Mac, a plug-in, which allows PDF-viewing right from within the browser. You can also save the PDF, if you wish, but the ability to view it in the web browser saves pr ... [read more >>]
	19 June 2008, 04:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Leopard Security Doc Released. Download Here
	Apple has just released the "Security Configuration" (PDF) documentation for "Version 10.5 Leopard." The 250-page e-book contains an array of security tips to protect Mac OS X 10.5 ("Leopard") clients. Mac owners can download the Leopard Security Doc right from HERE ... [read more >>]
	03 June 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Free Acrobat.com Online Service Suite
	The free Acrobat.com online service suite provides web based applications and tools to manage and share documents and files. There are web conferences (communication in real time) and storage solutions available, as well as a word processor and an online PDF converter. The applications and tools contained in the suite are: Share, Create PDF, Adobe Buzzword, Adobe ConnectNow and My Files. They make the online collaboration with your t ... [read more >>]
	02 June 2008, 11:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

XPS, PDF and ODF Support in Office 2007 SP2, in the First Half of 2009
	Microsoft has yet to wrap up with the distribution of Office 2007 SP1, and is already looking ahead to the next service pack, in a move designed to offer additional choices for end users but also to take interoperability to the next level, in t ... [read more >>]
	22 May 2008, 07:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

iPhone / Touch - Readdle to Allow Viewing Uploaded Books without a Live Internet Connection
	Readdle has confirmed the upcoming release of a full featured book and document reader for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The app is said to run natively on firmware 2.0-enabled iPhones and Touches, enhancing the now-web-based service's functionality with seamless storage, page-by-page reading, bookmarks, and optimized PDF rendering. The upcoming iPhone application will enable users to view documents with no l ... [read more >>]
	09 May 2008, 07:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google Docs Adds Brand New Features
	In a rush to take over the market and become the biggest office applications suite there is on the Internet, the Google Docs team is pushing hard as if they had a deadline to make it all happen. Fortunately for us, there isn’t one, or else all of the updates would probably make two or three things and break just as many. It’s well known that Google is pushing out products and services not yet finished. Luckily, they started taking heed ... [read more >>]
	25 January 2008, 02:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Adobe and Yahoo Hug and Make Up… or Out?
	Yahoo is probably trying to prove something, because it has picked up its advertising platform that has lied pretty dormant in the last period and it has taken it to the spa and to the beauty parlor. With the latest announcement, Adobe and Yahoo confirmed the rumors that had been circulating that they are to get to bed together as far as advertising is concerned and, as of yesterday, they have signed a deal that will allow pub ... [read more >>]
	29 November 2007, 05:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

...And More Dangerous PDFs for Your Computer Coming from GMail!
	They said PDF spam war was over. It was even thought that using PDF files is not a risky activity anymore. However, it seems that everything that you’ve heard is false. SecureWorks and F-Secure, two of the top security companies on the web, discovered a new impressive assault of the PDF spam which seems to come from Gmail accounts. The malicious PDF files are attached to email messages and ask the users to download and open them. ... [read more >>]
	29 October 2007, 07:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Windows Users Not Vulnerable To PDF Flaw
	The recently reported flaws discovered in Reader and Acrobat tools urged Adobe, the developer of the vulnerable solutions, to release patches in order to protect the customers of the company. If you haven't read the advisories, you should know the holes affected Windows XP users with Internet Explorer 7 installed because the attackers tried to exploit them using malicious PDF files. According to Adobe which confirmed the exi ... [read more >>]
	23 October 2007, 05:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Researchers Announce “Best Spam” Award
	Ladies and Gentlemen… a heavy round of applauds for the winner of the prize of "Best Spam"! I know it may seem early to already give out this prize, but based on a research by Marshal experts I have to hand it to PDF spam. And let me tell you why – as the study shows us, the ratio of e-mails containing attachments has dropped down real low, now becoming something not worth mentioning. But wait! While image spam was sink ... [read more >>]
	09 October 2007, 09:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Adobe Vulnerability: Vista Not Affected, Workaround for XP
	I wrote a hot material a couple of weeks ago, about the fact that Petko D. Petkov of GNUcitizen had discovered serious vulnerabilities caused by opening PDF files. Hackers exploiting those could have screwed up (for good) the Windows box. He didn’t give us the proof of concept, in fear hackers will ... [read more >>]
	09 October 2007, 04:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

PDF-files Slaughter Windows!
	This piece of news just came in! It’s as critical as it can get! GNUCitizen has disclosed a severe issue with PDF documents. It is so bad that they haven’t posted a proof of concept on the site, for fear of hackers. Do not open any PDF file because these documents can be used to compromise your Windows box, as the same site has it. They have also stated that it could completely screw up the system in an invisible and unwilling wa ... [read more >>]
	21 September 2007, 05:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

PDF Encryption for The “Wild Wild Web”
	PGP, which specializes in enterprise data protection, announced yesterday a variety of solutions that enable organizations to communicate in a secure way on the "wild wild web". PGP Universal Gateway Email now features a whole new range of tools – dubbed "Secure Delivery" – that help security, which provide the users with e-mail encryption. There are three features that one can use with this new program: Web ... [read more >>]
	13 September 2007, 03:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

PDF Spam Crashed and Burned!
	I knew that being a sloth will do me good some day. Apparently, that's the way many more users think since – according to a research done by Sophos – laziness seems to have killed the PDF spam phenomenon. As I've seen on their site, there has been a dramatic decrease in the amount of spam e-mail using PDF file attachments to spread unwanted messages. At the beginning, I thought that PDF spam was going to plague us fo ... [read more >>]
	29 August 2007, 07:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Open XML vs. PDF vs. ODF
	Office Open XML, the default document format of the Office 2007 System, is leading the adoption of XML-based standards in both Europe and the United States, according to an IDC survey commissioned by Microsoft. The Redmond company applauded the fact that Open XML is the dominant XML standard taking the wind out of Open Document Format's sales. IDC surveyed a number of 200 organizations, half in Europe and half over the pond. Additiona ... [read more >>]
	28 August 2007, 04:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google Pack Could Offer More Free Software for Download
	Google Pack is a free collection of utilities powered by numerous software companies and bundled into a single archive distributed by Google. Despite the products created by the Mountain View company, there are also several applications that should be installed on a computer in order to have anything you need. For example, Google Pack contains Mozilla Firefox, RealPlayer, Norton Security Scan and Spyware Doctor Starter Edition. B ... [read more >>]
	27 July 2007, 04:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google: PDF Print Support Enabled!
	The new interface of Google Analytics, one of the most popular tools for the webmasters, has some hidden goodies that can be used by many of you in order to maximize the utility's efficiency. As you probably know, the latest update over the Analytics solution bundled an impressive number of functions and new features but some of them are not yet discovered by the several consumers. Today, Alden DeSoto, Google Analytics Team, ... [read more >>]
	17 July 2007, 16:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Develop Mag - Online Portal for Everyone Involved with Game Development
	Develop Magazine, well known as the only European monthly print publication aimed exclusively at the development community, has just unveiled a brand new website, located here. The official repo ... [read more >>]
	17 July 2007, 06:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Microsoft to Standardize PDF Killer – XPS
	Following the intense efforts to establish the Open XML file format as an international standard, and to directly rival OpenOffice's Open Document Format, Microsoft has debuted an initiative designed to take the XML Paper Specification (XPS) through the same process and offer an alternative to Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). As was the case with Open XML, Microsoft will enjoy the support of Ecma, which has already set up ... [read more >>]
	02 July 2007, 06:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

PDF Files Used in Hack Attacks
	A very dangerous spam campaign is currently in progress as security company Sophos discovered a considerable amount of unwanted messages sent to German Internet users. According to Sophos, the unsolicited emails are containing an attached PDF file named sexy_ganja_report.pdf that encourages users to invest in a company called Talktech Media. The spammers are claiming that they will offer a certain part of the profit to the invest ... [read more >>]
	22 June 2007, 04:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google Debuts Download PDF Feature
	The Patent Search technology owned by Google was improved with a pretty useful function that allows users to download a certain patent in PDF format. Until you, you were able to view a patent only on the search results page without having the possibility to download and view it in offline mode. As blogger Ionut Alex reported, "the option is available from the overview page and in the sidebar, when you browse the patent." Google P ... [read more >>]
	24 May 2007, 06:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

PS3Zine – Everything on 'Colin McRae DiRT'
	P3Zine has a good rep among the best videogames magazines, with exclusive screens and coverage of PS3 titles. Although Sony ... [read more >>]
	21 May 2007, 06:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Norway Recommends Mandatory Use of ODF and PDF
	According to a press release, Norway has decided to make the government use of ODF (respectively PDF) mandatory. This recommendation was first made by the Minister of Renewal Heidi Grande Roys, on behalf of the Cabinet-appointed Norwegian Standards Council and implies the use of the two formats in all agencies and services. The other formats, such as OOXML, will be used only in a redundant capacity. Extract from the Norwegian p ... [read more >>]
	15 May 2007, 15:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia