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Adobe offering outdated and vulnerable version of Adobe Reader on its website

by Sue Walsh on Jul 23, 2009 at 04:40 PM

Danish security researchers have discovered that Adobe is offering a badly outdated and bug ridden version of their popular Reader software on their website.  The version, Reader 9.1, was released in early March and has 14 security vulnerabilities that have been patched in two subsequent versions. By offering the outdated… Continue Reading »

“Print to Kindle:” What could make the DX almost worth its price tag

by Iyaz Akhtar on May 15, 2009 at 06:17 PM

The big hang up on the new Amazon Kindle DX is the incredibly high price ($489).  The large e-ink display certainly is easy on the eyes, but hard on the wallet.  Some people even speculate that the DX was introduced, in part, to make the Kindle 2 seem less pricey. … Continue Reading »

Microsoft Office 2007 gains support for more file formats including ODF

by Heather Wood on Apr 28, 2009 at 12:18 PM

Microsoft has released its second service pack today for Office 2007.  The service pack will provide a slew of minor updates that will improve functionality for the Office program.  Most of the new features will allow for performance enhancements as well as support for more file formats. You can download… Continue Reading »

Global Garde attempts to kill piracy dead

by Shawn Ingram on Dec 29, 2008 at 06:11 PM

Raise your hand if you remember the Spore SecuROM fiasco.  The community backlash, and the resulting huge amount of pirated copies of the game that became available.  You’d think that somebody would try to create a form of copy protection that both copyright holders and consumers can be okay with. … Continue Reading »

Scanned documents now a part of Google’s index

by Sue Walsh on Nov 3, 2008 at 12:15 PM

Google has announced a new technology that allows its popular search engine to index scanned documents.  It uses Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to convert a document saved as a PDF from an image to words.  Previously the images of text were quite difficult to find via a search because the… Continue Reading »

Google reaches agreement with publishers for Book Search

by Shawn Ingram on Oct 29, 2008 at 08:14 PM

When Google started its Google Book Search Service a few years ago, it annoyed a number of people.  Those people included “the Authors Guild, the Association of American Publishers and a handful of authors and publishers.”  On Tuesday the groups involved reached an agreement, and have submitted it to the… Continue Reading »

Gadgetell Review: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2

by Jodie Andrefski on Oct 10, 2008 at 01:12 PM

Gadgetell Quick Review: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 What is it? Lightroom 2 is a program for Windows and Mac OS X designed to help organize, streamline, and develop your photos.  It costs $99 for the upgrade from Lightroom 1 or $299 for first time buyers. Pros: Easy to use thanks… Continue Reading »

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