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- Adobe ships critical PDF Reader, Acrobat patch
- Adobe ships critical PDF Reader, Acrobat patchTwo words:Foxit. Reader.Like MacOS, you have the added "security" layer of being a minority target. Until Foxit reaches Acrobat's market share, no one will bother much writing exploits, or even looking for holes. (Yes, also like MacOS, you may not get targeted, but...
- Tags: Patches, SECURITY, Foxit, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat patch, critical PDF Reader, PDF Reader, patch, Adobe PDF
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- Adobe ships critical PDF Reader, Acrobat patch
- Adobe has shipped a critical update to patch a code execution vulnerability affecting multiple versions of its Reader and Acrobat products. According to Adobe's advisory, the flaw "could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system." If you have Adobe...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Patches, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- Google Docs now has a PDF viewer
- Google Docs now has a PDF viewerre: Google Docs now has a PDF viewerI don't know what is sadder, the fact that your job involves tech and you don't know how to use Adobe or the fact that you are still employed at a tech job without knowing Adobe because...
- Tags: Google Docs, Google Inc., PDF viewer, Adobe PDF, Adobe Systems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-14
- Adobe Acrobat 9 series
- Adobe Acrobat 9 document-creation software is adding dynamic features such as integration of animation, dynamic maps, 256-bit encryption, and improved forms. We've been playing with the beta edition of Acrobat 9 Pro Extended.Acrobat 9 comes in three versions, which are set to hit store shelves in the coming weeks: Standard...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat 9, Adobe PDF
- Product reviews 2008-06-09
- Adobe merging desktop and web with Acrobat 9 and Acrobat.com
- We made a few announcements today around our Acrobat 9 product and a new portal called Acrobat.com which is aimed at helping people work better. I think it's significant because as a company we've released web-based applications like Photoshop Express and Buzzword but Acrobat.com represents something of a combination between...
- Tags: Desktop, Adobe Systems Inc., Web, Adobe PDF, Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat.com, Linux, Web Conferencing, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-06-02
- Adobe Acrobat (acrobat)
- Whether files need to be shared across the office or around the globe, the Adobe Acrobat product family enables businesses to simplify document processes using Adobe Portable Document Format PDF. A standard adopted by governments and enterprises worldwide, Adobe PDF is a reliable format for electronic document exchange that preserves...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, Adobe Acrobat
- Software downloads 2008-05-15
- Some Text to PDF Converter (exe)
- Some PDF to Txt Converter is a pdf to txt, pdf to text convert tool. You don't need Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader software to convert pdf to txt. Easily convert pdf to txt, pdf to text with Some PDF to Txt Converter. This version is the first release on...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, SomePDF
- Software downloads 2008-05-09
- Some PDF to Txt Converter (exe)
- Some PDF to Txt Converter is a pdf to txt, pdf to text convert tool. You don't need Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader software to convert pdf to txt. Easily convert pdf to txt, pdf to text with Some PDF to Txt Converter. This version is the first release on...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, SomePDF
- Software downloads 2008-05-09
- PDF OCR Compressor (JBIG2, JPEG2000) (zip)
- PDF OCR Compressor (JBIG2, JPEG2000) is a Windows Application which can directly convert image files (TIF, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, PSD, WMF, EMF, PDF, PCX, and PIC) to PDF files. PDF OCR Compressor (JBIG2, JPEG2000) does support skew-correct and despeckle for black and white image files. PDF OCR Compressor (JBIG2,...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, JBIG2, JPEG2000
- Software downloads 2008-02-05
- PDF Compressor (JBIG2, JPEG2000) (zip)
- PDF Compressor (JBIG2, JPEG2000) is a Windows Application which can directly convert image files (TIF, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, PSD, WMF, EMF, PDF, PCX, and PIC) to PDF files. PDF Compressor (JBIG2, JPEG2000) does support skew-correct and despeckle for black and white image files. PDF Compressor (JBIG2, JPEG2000) software doesn't...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, JBIG2, JPEG2000
- Software downloads 2008-02-05
- Adobe Reader (html)
- This software lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document Format PDF files on a variety of hardware and operating system platforms. The new version of Acrobat Reader provides a host of features that enable you to submit Adobe PDF forms created with fillable form fields in such applications as...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., HTML, Adobe PDF, Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software downloads 2007-11-06
- What I want for Christmas
- What I want for ChristmasRemember when No_Ax was suggesting Office run on Solaris?Microsoft had an agreement with Sun, and No_Ax saw an opportunity to increase sales. The idea might have worked, except for the Solaris aspect.Much has changed since, not least the diminished hope for Sun to gain from...
- Tags: Sales strategy, UNIX, Display PostScript, coal, PostScript, Adobe Systems Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Murph, sales, software, Adobe PDF
- Discussion threads 2007-11-01
- Report: PDF files used to attack computers
- Report: PDF files used to attack computersWhoops!Thanks for the reminder article. I clean forgot to do this and probably would not have until it was too late! Maybe I'm naive or something, but I sure do wish people would quit trying to mess up other people's computers. I don't understand...
- Tags: attack computer, Adobe PDF
- Discussion threads 2007-10-28
- Attack of the PDFs
- Attack of the PDFsAdobe's misleadingly broken 7.0.x updaterSo, so far there's no fix for anything earlier than version 8.0. (And BTW have you read Adobe's wording in their release about this? It says that the update "may be installed" over 8.0. As a technical writer, I can tell you that...
- Tags: SECURITY, Adobe PDF, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Systems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-23
- Attack of the PDFs
- Less than 24 hours after Adobe shipped a fix for a gaping hole affecting its Reader and Acrobat software, PDF files rigged with malware are beginning to land in e-mail spam filters. The discovery of the active attacks have underlined the need for Windows users to immediately...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, Attack, DeepSight Team, Security, Viruses And Worms, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-10-23
- Adobe shuts backdoor in PDF Reader, some old versions still vulnerable
- Adobe shuts backdoor in PDF Reader, some old versions still vulnerableAdobe Reader "Check for Updates" doesn't update!You would think Adobe would have made sure Reader's update feature downloaded the fix, wouldn't you?All I can say is...http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader_2/down_reader.htm
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., PDF Reader, Adobe PDF
- Discussion threads 2007-10-22
- Adobe shuts backdoor in PDF Reader, some old versions still vulnerable
- As promised earlier this month, Adobe has shipped a fix for the URI protocol handling vulnerability that left a backdoor open on Windows XP machines with Internet Explorer 7 installed. The patch, rated "critical," addresses multiple flaws in Adobe Reader and Acrobat that could allow an attacker...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-10-22
- Adobe confirms PDF backdoor, offers unsupported workaround
- Adobe confirms PDF backdoor, offers unsupported workaroundThe security cost of feature bloatA "mailto" feature in Acrobat Reader? Why, oh why? The vast majority of people who have Acrobat Reader installed only have it for those occasional times when web sites insist on providing certain documents only in PDF....
- Tags: Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF
- Discussion threads 2007-10-07
- Adobe confirms PDF backdoor, offers unsupported workaround
- Adobe has fessed up to a dangerous code execution vulnerability affecting software programs installed on millions of Windows machines. The flaw, publicly disclosed more than three weeks ago, could allow hackers to use rigged PDF files to take control of Window XP computers with Internet Explorer 7...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Workaround, Adobe PDF, Adobe Acrobat, Bug, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-10-07
- Adobe acquires Buzzword, moves into services
- Adobe is announcing today that we have acquired Virtual Ubiquity, the company behind Buzzword, the online word processor that has generated a fair amount of buzz no pun intended. Buzzword has been in private beta for a few months and in that time has been impressing a number of people....
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Web, Adobe PDF, Buzzword, Channel Management, Marketing, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2007-09-30
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