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04.06.2009
An international conference scheduled for June highlights problems and solutions in digital archiving. A PDF/A-2 update is on the way; a third standard, early in development, could tackle archiving sound and video.

02.24.2009
Russian software developer's new paper-to-PDF tool creates searchable files from scanners, digital cameras. Lawyers, insurance companies and others are increasingly using digital cameras and OCR to file documents, leaving them the choice of paying big bucks for name brands or using bundled software that doesn't handle OCR well.

01.21.2009
Microsoft is about to deliver Release Candidate 1 of its Internet Explorer 8 browser with new features based on the upcoming ECMAScript 3.1 standard. Microsoft Program Manager Travis Leithead discusses Microsoft's efforts to build IE 8 while the core standards beneath it are in the process of changing.

01.15.2009
PDF Download 2.1 expands compatibility to include Internet Explorer in addition to Firefox, which previous versions supported.

01.05.2009
The first public demonstration of USB 3.0 will reportedly come from networking semiconductor maker Symwave at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. Symwave claims USB 3.0 is at least 10 times faster than the current best USB performance. The ramifications for both consumer and enterprise markets are intriguing.

11.19.2008
MongoNet, backed by Adobe founders, introduces new consumer fax-to-PDF email service charged on a per-page basis.

10.06.2008
IBM opens a beta for Bluehouse, the company's SAAS social networking and collaboration platform. The offering will compete with cloud computing solutions from Google, Microsoft and Cisco at a time when messaging and collaboration platforms are moving into the Web.

09.29.2008
Oracle is teaming with Hewlett-Packard to launch the HP Oracle Database Machine to penetrate deeper into data warehousing by combining Oracle's database software with HP's extensive data storage capabilities.

09.29.2008
Oracle's decision to enable customers to license Oracle Database 11g, Oracle Enterprise Manager and Oracle Fusion Middleware to run in Amazon's EC2 environment is a good move for both companies. Oracle also announces the creation of a cloud-based backup solution.

09.17.2008
There are different standards for certainty in deleting data, and different methods of accomplishing them. If not done properly, there could be serious security and compliance ramifications.

09.17.2008
VMware CEO and President Paul Maritz offers a vision of VMware that moves virtualization beyond data center consolidation and toward a cloud computing infrastructure for both enterprises and third-party hosting companies.

08.27.2008
Mozilla is launching the experimental Ubiquity Web service under an open-source license, providing integrations with Google, Wikipedia, Yahoo, YouTube, Amazon.com, Digg and Twitter.

08.11.2008
Google releases its new Google Search Appliance, a box that now indexes 10 million documents as a way to compete with Microsoft's Fast search assets, as well as Vivisimo, Endeca, Autonomy and other players in the enterprise search market. Google also looks to extend its market lead with new metadata biasing tools, Google alerts, advanced search analytics and Kerberos support.

07.07.2008
Adobe enlists Google, Yahoo in effort to make Flash animations and applications searchable by more than just file name.

07.07.2008
MobiComp will give Microsoft open-source, cloud-based backup, storage and restoration of mobile data.

03.24.2008

Partisans raise barricades for pitched battles over whether Microsoft's OpenXML has changed enough for ratification. 


03.17.2008
Ex-Disney CEO probably won't be delving into creative, off-label applications of deep Acrobat features, but will no doubt provide an entertaining kickoff to the festivities.

02.22.2008

Connecting with a range of third-party multifunction printers, eCopy's scanning software can route documents as PDFs or other formats directly into content management or other applications. 


02.03.2008

 Google has added a "Save as PDF" feature to the presentation tool in its web-based office automation and collaboration suite.


02.03.2008

After 15 years of making PDF a "privately owned but public standard" on which almost anyone could develop, Adobe now makes it an open standard by fast-tracking PDF 1.7 through ISO, approved last week after Adobe addressed comments and the lone committee dissenter changed his vote to "yes."



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