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pdf.js is a simple JavaScript library for viewing PDF files without the help of special browser plugins.
Developed by Mozilla's Andreas Gal, pdf.js works with all ISO 32000-1:2008 Portable Document Format (PDF) standard files.
Using some HTML 5 and SVG magic, the library opens the PDF file and outputs the cont... |
3 May 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Adobe’s popular tool for reliably viewing and interacting with PDF documents on iOS devices has been enhanced with sticky notes, comments, forms, Ink Signatures, as well as performance and memory fixes. Users can now mark up content with sticky notes, the freehand drawing tool or the highlight, strikethrough, ... |
12 April 2012
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Sumatra PDF moved to a major version last week, introducing new features, such as support for MOBI ebook format and the possibility to open CHM documents from network drives. This time around, the new build brings to the table a very small set of fixes.Among the most notable modifications available in version 2.0.1 o... |
9 April 2012
09:36 GMT |
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Almost a year ago, a team from Mozilla started working on a pure JavaScript PDF renderer. The idea was to be able to view PDF files found online in the browser without relying on a third-party plugin. It started out as an extension, but now comes built into Firefox in the nightly builds.
The need for a "native" PDF ... |
26 March 2012
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A remote code execution vulnerability that existed in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader, which the company patched up in 2010, is still being exploited by malware developers that rely on malicious PDF files to ensure the success of their campaigns.
Symantec products stopped many of these PDF attacks this month, the max... |
23 February 2012
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A legitimate Islamic compass Android application was discovered by Symantec researchers to hide a mobile Trojan designed to promote revolutionary topics in the Middle East.
While the app is clean on the Android Market, those who download it from third party locations may end up with a piece of malware that sends out... |
22 December 2011
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The recent passing of the Korean leader Kim Jong-il was picked up by most of the new publications around the world and because it’s still a hot subject, cybercriminals began relying on it to spread their malicious files. An email sample provided by Trend Micro quotes a CNN headline that refers to the death of ... |
21 December 2011
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The latest variant of the popular PDF reader application comes with a fix for a highly critical security flaw that could allow a remote attacker to compromise a system running a vulnerable version.
According to an advisory from Foxit, Foxit Reader 5.1.3 resolves an issue caused by “a cross-border assignment ... |
10 December 2011
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Amazon is making a bigger commitment to PDF files for its Kindle line of devices, with an investment in Foxit Corporation, maker of the similarly named PDF tools.The sum invested or the technical details of the deal have not been revealed, but the two companies say that Amazon will use Foxit technology to boost PDF s... |
6 December 2011
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The goal of the partnership is pretty evident, as Foxit is among the top alternatives as far as reading, editing, creating, organizing, and securing PDF documents is concerned. On the other side, Amazon can extend and improve PDF support on Kindle devices. With Amazon pumping its PDF reading solutions to Kindle comm... |
6 December 2011
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The web is ready to move beyond the plugin. For a long time, advanced functionality could only be achieved with a browser plugin, be it Flash, Java and so on. But there is a greater emphasis than ever on using standard web technologies for everything, which is why the PDF.js project was created.Mozilla is working on ... |
18 October 2011
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The standard tool used by millions worldwide to read PDF files on their computer, Adobe Reader, has been ported to iOS as a free native application that allows you to view and interact with PDFs on your iPhone or iPad.Requiring any iDevice from the iPhone 3GS up and iOS 4.2.5 or later, “Adobe Reader is the free... |
18 October 2011
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Google's mission, as far as the search engine goes, is to make all information online easily available to users when they need it. But there's a lot of info online that's not as easily accessible as it could be. One of the big offenders are PDF files.While the Google indexer has been able to view insid... |
2 September 2011
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Creating PDFs from other types of documents is not a tough job anymore. The sole requirement for this endeavor is to use the right application. If you want to simply convert a document to PDF and protect it at the same time, Doro PDF Writer may be one easy way to achieve it.The application acts like a virtual printer... |
10 August 2011
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Adobe has announced that it has acquired EchoSign, a digital signature service which enables users to sign documents electronically, reducing the time needed to make documents official and also reducing the need to have things printed out.
EchoSign will be integrated with Adobe's existing technologies in the ... |
18 July 2011
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A little over a couple of weeks ago, some Mozilla developers revealed that they were working on a web-based PDF reader that used standard web technology - JavaScript, to decode and render PDF files. The team has already made big progress and its initial goal of pixel-perfect rendering of a specific file has been achi... |
5 July 2011
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Mozilla is working on an HTML5-based PDF renderer for the web. When completed, it will allow browsers or any other application that implements it to display PDF files natively, using HTML, JavaScript and nothing else. This is a big development since, so far, the only way to display PDF files in a browser has been thr... |
17 June 2011
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When it comes to working with PDFs the market is very far from being short of tools and utilities. pdfMechanic is a new alternative if you’re looking for an easy to use instrument that can extract pages from PDF texts, merge or convert them to a different format. The version number (0.2) shows that the applica... |
29 May 2011
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When it comes to creating presentations PDF is definitely not the first choice as there are plenty of applications designed with this specific purpose in mind. PDFrizator on the other hand manages to create slideshows and store them as PDF files, viewable with Adobe Reader. It is a free application that requires lit... |
11 March 2011
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Adobe Reader may look like the most comfortable solution for opening up PDF files, but for many users there are better alternatives. Nitro PDF Reader is part of this broader horizon and despite its name that limits its abilities to reading Adobe documents it can also convert various file formats to PDF, annotate them... |
2 March 2011
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Gmail has made an interesting tweak for those using Google Chrome. Until now, PDF attachments could be viewed online via Google's HTML viewer, but this worked as a preview and nothing more. Now, if you're using Chrome, clicking on the "view" link in Gmail will open it in the browser's built-in PDF view... |
17 February 2011
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Merging and splitting PDF files can be a pretty daunting task if you lack the right instrument or if you are not prepared to shell out some cash. PdfJumbler has been built to cover this necessity as a simple to use, free and portable application. The application can be downloaded in JAR format and used without any s... |
15 February 2011
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Thanks to a recent update to iBooks, you now have the ability to view, sync, and print PDFs right to your device. You can even view PDF e-mail attachments or PDFs from Safari, according to Apple - all within iBooks.Before you start feeding your iOS device PDF books, there are a few things to note.First off, iBooks... |
18 December 2010
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JPdfBookmarks is an application specifically designed to help you manipulate the bookmarks in a PDF file. It allows you to modify them so that they take you to a different spot in the document or to a web location. Moreover, the application can be used to create bookmarks that open up a document in a specific locatio... |
13 December 2010
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Whether you use PDF files on a regular basis or just from time to time, a tool that can create them without much fuss comes in handy. Simpo PDF Creator Lite will help you generate PDFs from docs to HTML pages with just a few clicks.The popularity of the PDF files is undeniable. You can use them to save scanned books... |
5 December 2010
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‘Apple documents’ that have fallen into the hands of 9to5mac reveal the company’s plans to bring folders to iBooks. These will reportedly be named “collections”. The updated app will ship with two default collections: Book and PDF’s, the blog claims.Citing the documents in question... |
26 November 2010
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PDF files are very useful if you want your documents to look perfect in any situation, but PDF editing solutions do not exactly come cheap. PDF Studio from Qoppa Software provides some of the tools needed when dealing with PDFs and tries to be a cost efficient solution.Sharing data using the PDF format is quite effic... |
24 November 2010
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Imposition Wizard, a third-party Mac app that allows users ti easily transform their PDF files, has reached version 1.8, which features 2-up preview mode, allows to rotate sheets and define their default parameters, and reads bleed and trim data from source files.Applications for Life announced the release of Imposit... |
8 November 2010
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The Google Chrome 8.0.552.28 Beta has finally been released after several weeks in the making. There's plenty to like in the new beta and, if you've been using Chrome 7 until now, it's a worthwhile update. Along with the new features which have already been available in the dev channel, Chrome 8 is t... |
4 November 2010
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Turning text docs into modern Portable Document Format files can now be done in a few seconds. PDFproducer is here to prove how easy, with only with a few clicks, TXTs can become PDFs.One of the most widely spread cross platform document formats in existence, the well-known PDF, is designed to convey information tha... |
25 October 2010
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doPDF is a simple tool for a simple purpose, that of creating a PDF document out of any printable file, regardless if it is text or image. The application acts as a virtual printer on your computer and instead of sending the files to the “press” it will convert them into a PDF file. Despite competition e... |
23 October 2010
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A PDF document containing the rules and best practices for artists planning to use the company’s music-centric social network is now available for download. The document outlines that artists should only create a profile if they plan on using it, in an effort to fight off criticism.The documentation begins with... |
12 October 2010
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jPDF Tweak is a simple Java-based tool that lets you modify PDF files by customizing them with watermarks, re-arrange the bookmarks, or change the page size. Password protection is also available in this nifty lightweight instrument, as well as personalizing how a PDF file is opened in your default reader. The appli... |
2 October 2010
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Simpo PDF to Word does exactly what the name suggests: converts Portable Document Format files to Microsoft’s DOC format. Plain text is also an alternative in the application if you want to lose all formatting and pictures. Copy/paste is useful for a small portion of text, but when you have documents as large ... |
28 September 2010
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There are many uses for Adobe PDF files since it is a format very familiar and often encountered by most users. From documentations to presentations or scanned photos grouped together, the range of utilizations is quite broad and one of the reasons is that the Portable Document Format allows you to pile up and join,... |
10 August 2010
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A flaw in iOS’s handling of PDFs has opened the door to jailbreaking the latest version of the iPhone software, although Apple has been quick to acknowledge the bug and promise a software fix. Apple is known to drag its feet when it comes to security holes that need patching, but canceling the jailbreak of unwa... |
5 August 2010
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Despite the abundance of PDF readers available on the Internet, Adobe Reader still remains the number one choice for the largest amount of users. The reasoning behind this choice is pretty simple: it is the most popular product that fulfills the simple need of opening PDF documents. Everybody knows where to head in ... |
4 August 2010
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Of the many companies that announced their intention to join the growing competition on the e-reader front, some have already succeeded, while others decided they would experiment with other endeavors. One of the latest developments in this field comes from Foxit. This company had planned to offer the eSilck, a devi... |
3 August 2010
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One of Google’s greatest tricks is that it can develop a technology and then apply it to several products and get benefits for them all. For example, Google has been working on the optical character recognition (OCR) technology for years and uses it extensively for its Google Books project. But, recently, it ha... |
22 June 2010
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Adobe has recently released a series of solutions for Google's Android operating system, including a beta flavor of its Flash Player 10.1 and a pre-release of AIR for Android, as well as a mobile version of its Adobe Reader, specifically designed for the mobile platform. While various other solutions already of... |
26 May 2010
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Optical Character Recognition may not ring a bell too many; the acronym OCR has more chances of doing that, but still manages to raise a few eyebrows. However, there are plenty of users that require character recognition software in order to create editable digital copies of physical documents. The scenario is simple... |
8 April 2010
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The popularity of PDF files has increased a lot lately, especially because it's a very versatile type of document that will offer users a high level of customization. Top of the list is the fact that you can also secure them at several levels of encryption, and these entire features place this file format at th... |
24 March 2010
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From the variety of document file formats on the market, the PDF is one of the most versatile and universally used. Apart from the output filesize that can be quite big sometimes and can stress your CPU and RAM, this format is highly customizable. It allows you to insert various images and drawings, regardless of the... |
9 February 2010
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The popularity of the PDF files is undeniable. It allows you to insert pictures, drawings, you can scan books or other materials and save them as PDF and it can also contain customized display settings, including page display layout and zoom level.We already know that quality comes expensive and all these features c... |
24 January 2010
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Converting PDF to plain text is nothing out of the ordinary. You just select the paragraph, right-click it, choose “copy” function and then paste everything in the clipboard in a Notepad document. It is just a matter of copy-paste basic in all operating systems.The only problem is the formatting of the te... |
5 November 2009
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Scribd is trying to expand its revenue sources with a new partnership program with select online publications. The site, which allows users to host PDF and other documents and read them in the online viewer, says it has signed a deal with several partners to provide them with a branded reader to embed documents, whic... |
8 October 2009
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Google understandably wants users to have a streamlined experience when using its search engine. While users spending more time on the site means potentially more money from the ads it serves, providing a seamless search experience will make them return a second time proving to be more financially wise in the long ru... |
8 October 2009
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In the heterogeneous computing world of today, documents are encapsulated in a variety of formats, from the mundane PDF to the high-resolution tiffs needed in typography. To be able to view all of them you could use four or five different applications, or you could just employ Evince. GNOME users are probably well fa... |
30 September 2009
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The Portable Document Format, or, shortly put, PDF, files are a document standard providing a secure and reliable way to distribute electronic documents. The beauty of the PDF documents consists of the fact that, with a professional instrument, you can set restrictions to a PDF document, so that the receiver is allow... |
15 September 2009
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Updates issued by Apple almost always come with additional information posted on the Mac maker’s website, under the Support tab. This area is known as the “Support section,” where Mac users get detailed information on everything about their Apple products, including Macs, iPods, the iPhone, the soft... |
21 August 2009
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