Tag: pdf

OCR Search

We are now able to perform OCR on any scanned documents that we find stored in PDF format.

Adobe 9

I cannot wait until the first time some idiot takes a Flash impregnated document down to their local FedEx Kinko’s and pitches a fit when the zitty clerk tries to tell them that they can’t print a YouTube video of their ugly baby eating cat turds on the lawn

PDF Ads

Yahoo and Adobe have teamed up to give publishers the ability to offer contextual advertising as part of their PDF document downloads.

this reminds me, how do i remove the stupid yahoo toolbar from acrobat reader?

GeoPDF

bakes maps with layers into pdf with layers, for offline use. sort of interesting

Pragh on search

a lot of wishful thinking in there, but the nash equilibrium stuff for recommendations is interesting

Universal PDF XSS

oy. acrobat has a XSS hole with the (useful) # handling by the plugin

Mars

a reformulation of pdf in xml. if svg were not such a clusterfuck, this would be more exciting. still, has some promise.

Acrobat 3D

Adobe Acrobat 3D software enriches collaboration by enabling extended teams to use Adobe PDF documents to more securely and reliably communicate 3D design intent. Insert and publish 3D designs from major CAD applications in Adobe PDF documents that can easily be shared

news to me that PDF / acrobat can do 3D. its built into the acrobat plugin and somehow requires javascript.