http://gurusunleashed.com Scouring the Web 24/7 for the best creative pro news and how-to so you don't have to. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:28:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://gurusunleashed.com/242375/cool-pdf-tool-web-snapper-2-5-1-for-mac-users.php http://gurusunleashed.com/242375/cool-pdf-tool-web-snapper-2-5-1-for-mac-users.php#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Nettie Hartsock If you need a quick way to capture whole web pages exactly as they are rendered online, then Web Snapper (formerly known as Red Snapper) might be the cool Mac PDF tool for you.…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/242375/cool-pdf-tool-web-snapper-2-5-1-for-mac-users.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/242148/cool-pdf-tool-e-xtract.php http://gurusunleashed.com/242148/cool-pdf-tool-e-xtract.php#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Nettie Hartsock The latest ubiquitous tool to use for your PDF data gathering is E-Xtract. If you're frustrated at not being able to extract those pesky email addresses from existing PDF documents, then this is the tool for you.…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/242148/cool-pdf-tool-e-xtract.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/241905/cool-pdf-tool-feedjournal.php http://gurusunleashed.com/241905/cool-pdf-tool-feedjournal.php#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Nettie Hartsock Ready to convert your blog feed into a PDF newspaper? Or how about converting your enewsletter or other business content into a branded PDF with a newspaper layout?…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/241905/cool-pdf-tool-feedjournal.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/241676/ubiquitous-pdf-tool-free-ocr-com.php http://gurusunleashed.com/241676/ubiquitous-pdf-tool-free-ocr-com.php#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Nettie Hartsock The latest ubiquitous tool to use for your PDF endeavors is Free-OCR.com an online tool for extracting text from any image you upload.…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/241676/ubiquitous-pdf-tool-free-ocr-com.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/241477/ubiquitous-pdf-tool-pdf-ripper.php http://gurusunleashed.com/241477/ubiquitous-pdf-tool-pdf-ripper.php#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Nettie Hartsock If you're wondering how to extract images, text, charts, formulas, and vector drawings from Adobe PDF files, then this tool is for you.…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/241477/ubiquitous-pdf-tool-pdf-ripper.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/240762/new-major-malware-attack-for-pdf-users.php http://gurusunleashed.com/240762/new-major-malware-attack-for-pdf-users.php#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Nettie Hartsock Security companies alerted PDF users today of a new malware attack that hopes to exploit users of PDFs by using an unpatched design flaw in the PDF format. Mary Grace Gabriel, a research engineer in CA Inc.'s security group, stated…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/240762/new-major-malware-attack-for-pdf-users.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/240299/adobe-releases-critical-advisory-updates.php http://gurusunleashed.com/240299/adobe-releases-critical-advisory-updates.php#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Nettie Hartsock Late last week Adobe was struggling with the automation launch flaw, first discovered by Didier Stevens, and which Gottwals, a member of Adobe's security team noted on the Adobe blog saying, "We are currently researching the best approach for this…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/240299/adobe-releases-critical-advisory-updates.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/239889/apago-releases-pdf-enhancer-3-5.php http://gurusunleashed.com/239889/apago-releases-pdf-enhancer-3-5.php#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Nettie Hartsock Apago has announced the release of PDF Enhancer 3.5.…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/239889/apago-releases-pdf-enhancer-3-5.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/239750/new-possible-pdf-exploit-discovered.php http://gurusunleashed.com/239750/new-possible-pdf-exploit-discovered.php#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Nettie Hartsock Security researcher and PDF researcher Didier Stevens alerted the world to a new PDF hack he discovered this week while testing PDFs.…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/239750/new-possible-pdf-exploit-discovered.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/239751/pdfocr-net-releases-pdf-ocr-3-2.php http://gurusunleashed.com/239751/pdfocr-net-releases-pdf-ocr-3-2.php#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Nettie Hartsock PDFOCR.net has announced the release of PDF OCR 3.2, an updated release of its OCR conversion software, which provides instant recognition of characters and converts to text without the need for typing.…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/239751/pdfocr-net-releases-pdf-ocr-3-2.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/239755/kofax-releases-kofax-desktop-2-0.php http://gurusunleashed.com/239755/kofax-releases-kofax-desktop-2-0.php#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Nettie Hartsock California-based Kofax has released Kofax Desktop 2.0, an updated release of its document automation software. The latest release offers more PDF functionality.…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/239755/kofax-releases-kofax-desktop-2-0.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/229819/adobe-reader-currently-the-most-exploited-app.php http://gurusunleashed.com/229819/adobe-reader-currently-the-most-exploited-app.php#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Nettie Hartsock Security firm F-Secure has identified Adobe’s Reader application as the top app targeted for exploitation on its security blog.…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/229819/adobe-reader-currently-the-most-exploited-app.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/228514/adobe-downplays-latest-vulnerabilities.php http://gurusunleashed.com/228514/adobe-downplays-latest-vulnerabilities.php#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Nettie Hartsock Adobe continues to be dogged by the vulnerability of some of its leading programs, including its own Download Manager program that was recently cited by Israeli security researcher Aviv Raff, as a serious security issue.…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/228514/adobe-downplays-latest-vulnerabilities.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/228515/cool-tool-pdf-to-epub-converter-2-0.php http://gurusunleashed.com/228515/cool-tool-pdf-to-epub-converter-2-0.php#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Nettie Hartsock ePub Converter 2.0 is a PDF file conversion program for converting PDF, HTML, XML, TEXT, GIF, and JPEG files into ePub file format.…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/228515/cool-tool-pdf-to-epub-converter-2-0.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/227661/pdftron-releases-pdf2xps.php http://gurusunleashed.com/227661/pdftron-releases-pdf2xps.php#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Nettie Hartsock PDFTron Systems has announced the release of PDF2XPS, for conversion from PDF to XPS format.…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/227661/pdftron-releases-pdf2xps.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/227159/zevrix-releases-checkpoint-1-2.php http://gurusunleashed.com/227159/zevrix-releases-checkpoint-1-2.php#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Nettie Hartsock Zevrix Solutions has released Checkpoint 1.2, updating its PDF preflight and conversion software.…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/227159/zevrix-releases-checkpoint-1-2.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/227161/cool-tool-pdfsearch-edu-sites.php http://gurusunleashed.com/227161/cool-tool-pdfsearch-edu-sites.php#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Nettie Hartsock The developers at Filedigg offer a free Google Chrome extension tool. The program enables users to search PDF files and eBooks from .edu university websites.…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/227161/cool-tool-pdfsearch-edu-sites.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/225480/icesoft-technologies-releases-icepdf-4-0-open-source-pdf-rendering.php http://gurusunleashed.com/225480/icesoft-technologies-releases-icepdf-4-0-open-source-pdf-rendering.php#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Nettie Hartsock This week ICEsoft Technologies announced the release of ICEpdf 4.0, its open source PDF rendering technology for Java.…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/225480/icesoft-technologies-releases-icepdf-4-0-open-source-pdf-rendering.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/219343/more-pdf-attacks-surface-after-updated-patch-released.php http://gurusunleashed.com/219343/more-pdf-attacks-surface-after-updated-patch-released.php#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Nettie Hartsock Less than a week ago, Adobe and Google released updates to protect PDF documents from further exploits, but this week another attack has been cited by anti-malware firm F-Secure.…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/219343/more-pdf-attacks-surface-after-updated-patch-released.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/213176/new-year-brings-new-pdf-vulnerabilities.php http://gurusunleashed.com/213176/new-year-brings-new-pdf-vulnerabilities.php#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Nettie Hartsock While the world was ringing in the New Year, hackers were creating new ways to exploit unpatched vulnerabilities in PDF documents according to Internet Storm researcher Bohan Zdrnja.…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/213176/new-year-brings-new-pdf-vulnerabilities.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/248174/adobe-buys-omniture-the-story-beneath-the-story-and-what-it-means-for-users-2.php http://gurusunleashed.com/248174/adobe-buys-omniture-the-story-beneath-the-story-and-what-it-means-for-users-2.php#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Nettie Hartsock This month we had the opportunity to catch up to Thad McIlroy, editor and founder of "The Future of Publishing", a highly regarded website that monitors news on the digital publishing front and where digital publishing is heading. Thad recently…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/248174/adobe-buys-omniture-the-story-beneath-the-story-and-what-it-means-for-users-2.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/248185/what-do-pdf-and-social-media-have-in-common-2.php http://gurusunleashed.com/248185/what-do-pdf-and-social-media-have-in-common-2.php#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Nettie Hartsock In the early days of PDF, most non-PDF people did not understand how much benefit this new technology was going to bring across all verticals in terms of changing how we all use content on a daily basis. And there…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/248185/what-do-pdf-and-social-media-have-in-common-2.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/248187/pdfa-update-exclusive-interview-with-dr-hans-brfuss-ceo-pdf-tools-ag-2.php http://gurusunleashed.com/248187/pdfa-update-exclusive-interview-with-dr-hans-brfuss-ceo-pdf-tools-ag-2.php#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Nettie Hartsock At Planet PDF, one of our goals is to always update our readers on all the latest and greatest affecting the PDF arena and its users. So we thought it might be good to get an exclusive interview about developments…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/248187/pdfa-update-exclusive-interview-with-dr-hans-brfuss-ceo-pdf-tools-ag-2.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/248188/sponsor-spotlight-how-visual-integrity-brought-the-power-of-pdfs-to-technical-writers-2.php http://gurusunleashed.com/248188/sponsor-spotlight-how-visual-integrity-brought-the-power-of-pdfs-to-technical-writers-2.php#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Nettie Hartsock As part of the ongoing series on Planet PDF's sponsors, we wanted to commemorate Visual Integrity's contributions to PDF as the company celebrates its 15th year in the industry.…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/248188/sponsor-spotlight-how-visual-integrity-brought-the-power-of-pdfs-to-technical-writers-2.php/feed 0