Oct 6, 2010 | Adobe, security, updates
Adobe had to release major updates for Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader last night, to fix vulnerabilities that are being exploited out in the wild. The new updated versions are 9.4 and 8.2.5. The last month has not been good for Adobe. Some major Acrobat/Reader...
Jun 21, 2010 | Adobe, photos, web_services
Here’s a service that might help you with an upcoming occasion or give you a new creative outlet. MagCloud was put together by HP Labs to demonstrate what can be done with high speed printers that can handle small jobs as easily as big ones. It takes files that you...
Jun 8, 2010 | Adobe, Microsoft, software, updates, Vista, Windows7, WinXP
Leave your computer on overnight and prepare for it to restart. It’s Patch Tuesday and Microsoft will install a large crop of updates on all versions of Windows tonight. Tomorrow we should see the icon in the lower right corner alerting us to an important patch for...
Apr 27, 2010 | Adobe, law, news, Office, Politics, security
In December the Transportation Security Administration released its airport security screening procedure guidelines with redactions that failed to remove the underlying text. (Boing Boing: “Unfortunately, the security geniuses at the DHS don’t know that drawing...
Apr 21, 2010 | Adobe, hardware
Last year I wrote critical comments about the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 desktop scanner’s lack of a TWAIN driver. There’s a way around that shortcoming – one of those tips that’s easy when you find out about it but apparently not obvious, since Fujitsu’s Product...
Apr 17, 2010 | Adobe, law
Law offices and small businesses are using Acrobat very aggressively to archive email folders and preserve business documents. Lawyers are more likely now to handle case documents onscreen with PDF files than to touch real paper. The Acrobat For Legal Professionals...