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1. OpenOffice debuts analog joystick mouse

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 07 November 2009

   ... with customizable wave files. PDF export of profile button assignments. Adjustable resolution from 400 to 1,600 CPI. 20 default profiles for popular games and applications, including Adobe Photoshop, GIMP, ...

2. Adobe starts charging for online applications

   (Software/Software Features)

   Monday, 15 June 2009

   Software firm Adobe said this morning that its acrobat.com web site is out of beta and will sell two subscription services aimed at business.Software firm Adobe said this morning that its acrobat.com web ...

3. US-CERT issues vulnerability warning for Adobe Reader

   (Security/Security Features)

   Tuesday, 28 April 2009

   A new Adobe Reader vulnerability has reportedly been discovered. According to US-CERT (US Computer Emergency Readiness Team), the vulnerability is due to an error in the "getAnnots()" JavaScript function. ...

4. Mozilla building free web video format to challenge Apple, Microsoft and Adobe

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 28 January 2009

   ... controlled by companies which own them privately - like Apple's QuickTime, Adobe's Flash, Microsoft's media player formats and Real Networks. These companies charge a licensing fee to the content creators ...

5. Nvidia launches Quadro NVS 420, 4x 2560x1600 video card

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 23 January 2009

   ... across multiple displays as well. The Quadro NVS 420, like all modern Nvidia graphics cards, supports the CUDA GPU acceleration library enabling applications by Adobe and others to greatly enhance performance ...

6. Ex-Apple exec fights Adobe and Cisco with free web conferencing

   (Software/Software Features)

   Friday, 16 January 2009

   A young startup with Steve Chazin, the ex-Apple marketing whiz who had been part of Steve Jobs' inner circle for years, is challenging the likes of Cisco and Adobe with a new online web-based conferencing ...

7. Adobe opens a place called Cocomo in the cloud

   (Software/Software Features)

   Sunday, 16 November 2008

     Adobe today announced a new cloud computing platform code-named “Cocomo”, which promises developers to provide a platform that allows them to add real-time social capabilities to web applications.  ...

8. Adobe patches Flash Player 9

   (Security/Security Features)

   Friday, 07 November 2008

     Adobe continued its patch party this week and released a patch for critical vulnerabilities in its Flash Player 9 that could allow attackers to bypass the player's built-in security features. ...

9. Adobe patches Acrobat/Reader 8

   (Security/Security Features)

   Tuesday, 04 November 2008

     Adobe released a patch for its Acrobat 8 and Reader 8 PDF viewer, addressing a recently discovered security vulnerability that enables attackers to lure users into opening a specifically crafted ...

10. Study finds major computer virus threat

    (Security/Security Features)

    Tuesday, 28 October 2008

    ... there exists a functioning, virus-free program published by Microsoft, Adobe, or other company. Now, it's obvious that each program contains a particular set of functions internally, and they are executed ...

11. Adobe opens Flash to search engines, finally

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 01 July 2008

      There may be one more reason to create Internet content in Flash soon: Adobe said that it is working with Google and Yahoo to enable crawlers to index content currently trapped in proprietary ...

12. Adobe Acrobat 9: PDF gets movie support, goes SaaS

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 02 June 2008

      Adobe today released a new version of its document management software Acrobat. Flash movies are now natively supported and can be embedded into PDF documents and viewed through a new version ...

13. Quark announces QuarkXPress 8

    (Software/Software Brief)

    Thursday, 29 May 2008

    ... a revised drag and drop tool to simplify the handling of text and pictures from other applications, including Adobe Bridge, Photoshop and Illustrator. QuarkXpress 8 is expected to be available within ...

14. Microsoft licenses Flash Lite, Reader LE

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Sunday, 16 March 2008

      Adobe announced late Sunday that Microsoft has licensed its Flash Player runtime for the Internet Explorer Mobile browser as well as Reader LE to display PDF documents on Windows Mobile-based ...

15. First Look CorelDraw X4: Still the one to beat

    (Software/Software Features)

    Saturday, 02 February 2008

    ... basically delivers a professional vector graphics software that is comparable to Adobe’s Illustrator and comes with basic desktop publishing (DTP) capabilities as well as a consumer-oriented bitmap editing ...

16. Corel releases CorelDraw X4 graphics suite

    (Software/Software Brief)

    Tuesday, 22 January 2008

    Corel has updated its CorelDraw package, which remains one of the few alternatives to Adobe’s Illustrator (and neighboring applications) for graphics enthusiasts. Version X4, the 14th generation ...

17. Adobe and Yahoo team together for PDF ads

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 28 November 2007

    Online newsletters and other cyber documents tailored to a specific product or service category may soon become sprinkled with ads powered jointly by Adobe and Yahoo. San Francisco (CA) - Online newsletters ...

18. Adobe PDF exploits continue after patch

    (Security/Security Features)

    Wednesday, 24 October 2007

    Just hours after Adobe fixed a vulnerability in its PDF viewing applications, users became warned of a continuing security threat. San Jose (CA) - Just hours after Adobe fixed a vulnerability in its ...

19. Adobe ushers in paper-free reading – again

    (Software/Software Brief)

    Tuesday, 19 June 2007

    Although PDF is the standard in the paper-free yet easily printable delivery of information, Adobe has unveiled ‘Digital Editions 1.0’, an improved and free e-reader that lets you easily ‘acquire, ...

20. Adobe gives Apollo a breath of fresh AIR

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 11 June 2007

    ... the brand name for the technology: AIR. AIR stands for Adobe Integrated Runtime and promises developers a new way to create dynamic content that reaches from the Internet to the desktop using HTML/CSS, ...

21. Analysis: Vista's Ready Boost is no match for RAM

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 07 February 2007

    ... but not least we had the Adobe Acrobat Reader 8 open a 22 MB PDF document, containing 1273 text pages. We did a total of nine runs launching all three applications, using 512 MB and 1 GB RAM, without ...

22. Adobe wants to make PDF an international standard

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 29 January 2007

    Adobe plans on submitting its Portable Document Format (PDF) specification as a world standard. PDFs files have become a de-facto standard around the world because of their WYSIWYG nature both in viewing ...

23. Security bug found in PDF reader

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 05 January 2007

      Web users are being urged to upgrade their Adobe reader software as a security flaw is found in older versions of the program. Web users are being urged to upgrade their Adobe reader software as ...

24. Ecma confirms Microsoft's Office Open XML format as standard

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 08 December 2006

    ... strategy towards ODF. No matter how you look at it, ODF remains a competing format, which as been sponsored especially by IBM, Adobe and Sun Microsystems, but also Intel and new best buddy Novell - both ...

25. HowTo Video Training Page - Skype 3 Videos added

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 07 December 2006

    ... Secs - WMV, Quicktime - New Features Adobe Acrobat 8 Acrobat 8 is Adobe's newest PDF reader, but is it worth the time to upgrade? Find out by watching the following videos. 5 Mins 03 Secs - WMV, Quicktime ...

26. Adobe releases Acrobat 8

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 07 December 2006

    Adobe Acrobat, the popular PDF reader and creator, is getting a face-lift with its new version 8. Adobe has just released new versions of its Acrobat Reader and Acrobat Professional which includes a streamlined ...

27. Critical vulnerability hits Adobe Acrobat Reader

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Monday, 04 December 2006

    Adobe is saying that its Adobe Acrobat Reader and Adobe Acrobat programs contain code vulnerabilities which could crash or even allow hackers to gain control of computers. The vulnerabilities affect ActiveX ...

28. At last, Corel announces support for ODF, Open XML

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 29 November 2006

    ... "independent of Microsoft, Adobe and other vendors' efforts to propagate their respective standards." While Corel so far is the only company to have announced direct and integrated support for both upcoming ...

29. Adobe threatens Microsoft over Office 2007 PDF feature

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 20 November 2006

    Adobe's chief executive officer Bruce Chizen told the German magazine Euro that his company is providing the EU commission information about Microsoft's plans to offer the capability to export documents ...

30. Dell recommends 2 GB of memory for Vista

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 27 October 2006

    After Samsung, Dell is the second major company that tells its customers that Vista may need more system memory than what Microsoft is listing in its system requirements. According to a report in the ...

31. Adobe's Digital Editions nears public beta

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 25 October 2006

      Adobe Systems Inc will introduce the public beta of Digital Editions on October 24, said to be a rich internet application built from the ground up for digital publishing. Adobe Systems will introduce ...

32. Microsoft adjusts EU, Korean versions of Vista

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 13 October 2006

    ... instead." The firm's new XML Paper Specification (XPS), a competitor to Adobe's PDF will be submitted to a standardization body and made more accessible to by loosening its the licensing terms. A spokesperson ...

33. Palm unveils slim Treo smartphone, integrates Google Maps

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 12 October 2006

    Palm today took the wraps off a new Treo smartphone, which will become available within a few weeks in the U.S. The new phone maintains the general appeal of its predecessors, but packs more features ...

34. Microsoft's next Office file format reaches final draft status

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 09 October 2006

    ... handling their files." Open Office XML competes with Oasis' Open Document format (ODF), which as been sponsored especially by IBM, Adobe and Sun Microsystems, but also Intel and Novell - both of which ...

35. Adobe, Symantec press EC to remove Vista tanks from their lawns

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Friday, 22 September 2006

      Symantec and Adobe have raised objections to the inclusion of security software and electronic document technology in Windows Vista. Adobe has asked the European Commission to prevent the bundling ...

36. New version of Adobe Acrobat headed for November

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 18 September 2006

    Adobe announced a new version of its document management software Acrobat. Version 8 introduces the ability to connect to a virtual meeting room for real-time Web conferencing. Adobe announced a new ...

37. Palm Treo 700wx for Sprint to run on Windows Mobile OS

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 05 September 2006

    ... which allows users to link the phone to a computer to access the Internet through the mobile phone connection. Document viewers for Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe PDF, are pre-installed on ...

38. Samsung announces two monitors with embedded Windows XP OS

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 24 July 2006

    ... version of the Windows XP operating system that can show JPGs, Adobe PDFs and play video files. Seoul (South Korea) - Samsung has released two new monitors that can display pictures, movies and documents ...

39. Microsoft to offer "bridge" to ODF in Office 2007

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 06 July 2006

    ... ODF "focuses on more limited requirements" and fills "key gaps such as spreadsheet formulas, macro support and support for accessibility options." Of course, the supporters of ODF, mainly Adobe, IBM, Intel ...

40. Microsoft to remove PDF support from Office 2007 in wake of Adobe dispute

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 02 June 2006

    Yielding to pressure it says came from Adobe, Microsoft today stated it is removing native support for Adobe's Portable Document Format (also known as Acrobat) from its forthcoming Office 2007 suite. ...

41. Microsoft expects Adobe to file new EU antitrust suit over portable formats

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 02 June 2006

    A statement made by a Microsoft official to The Wall Street Journal is the first clear indication that talks between Microsoft and Adobe over portable document formats have broken down. Adobe is the portable ...

42. Adobe discloses some Apollo details

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 26 May 2006

      Adobe Systems has begun to dish details of Apollo, a fruit of the company's merger with Macromedia that will allow developers to create run-time applications with Flash and Acrobat that can be used ...

43. EU commissioner suspicious of bundled utilities in Windows Vista

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 29 March 2006

    ... EC is apparently concerned that a future feature of the operating system that enables users to produce PDF files (Portable Document Format, or Adobe Acrobat) from common documents such as Microsoft Office ...

44. Adobe adds a third dimension to Acrobat

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 23 January 2006

    Adobe today announced a new flagship for its Acrobat software family: Acrobat 3D enables CAD users to create PDF files from 3D models and embed a functional 3D viewing application into a PDF document. ...

45. Corel WordPerfect Office X3 follows Microsoft's lead

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 20 January 2006

    ... of course, and Adobe's PDF. For those who were expecting the list to be longer, you may have to settle for some disappointment. Corel told us today the company has no plans, immediate or future, to support ...

46. Corel gives WordPerfect Office one more round

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 17 January 2006

    ... ahead. The original WordPerfect document standard has long since fallen into obscurity. Corel is hoping that WordPerfect's capability to import and export Adobe PDF files, as well as Microsoft Word files, ...

47. Adobe unveils Lightroom beta, tackles Apple Aperture

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 09 January 2006

    Adobe today announced the availability of a public beta version of Lightroom, a picture processing and presentation platform for professional photographers. The software competes with Apple's Aperture ...

48. CES 2006: Samsung launches new "World" phone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 04 January 2006

    ... and an SD slot round out the technical features. Full Adobe PDF and Microsoft PowerPoint files can be viewed on the phone. The SCH-i830 will be available in late January exclusively through Verizon dealers ...

49. Adobe bundles Macromedia products with CS 2 package

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 05 December 2005

    Adobe does not waste any time to take advantage of the new additions in its product portfolio. After having announced that federal regulators have approved the $3.4 billion acquisition of Macromedia last ...

50. Microsoft denies preparations to support OpenDoc in Office 12

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 26 October 2005

    ... had already been announced to support a radically new XML-based format of its own, along with not only its pre-existing Office formats but also Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) as a fallback. Ozzie's ...