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SAN JOSE, Calif. — June 19, 2007 — Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced the release of Adobe® Digital Editions 1.0, a new software application built from the ground up for acquiring, managing and reading eBooks, digital newspapers, and other digital publications. Available as a free download for Microsoft® Windows® and Macintosh systems, Adobe Digital Editions software transforms the digital reading experience and offers new creative possibilities for publishers. Adobe Digital Editions is an engaging new way to read and manage eBooks and other digital publications. Digital Editions is built from the ground up as a lightweight, Rich Internet Application (RIA). Digital Editions works online and offline, and supports PDF and XHTML—based content as well as Flash SWF for rich interactivity.

Download : Adobe Digital Editions 1.0

Earlier this week, Microsoft published a list of 800 applications that should run properly on its new Windows Vista operating system. On its Web site, Microsoft says the number of applications certified for use with Windows Vista is constantly growing and that its list "will be update weekly."Virtually all of Microsoft’s own offerings are on the list. Also included are a host of business and security applications from vendors ranging from Intuit to Trend Micro. Desktop applications from Google made it in, but some of the world’s biggest software companies, including Adobe Systems, IBM, and Symantec didn’t make the cut. Tech industry analyst Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group blames the fact that IBM and Adobe are becoming increasingly competitive with Microsoft in the desktop applications market. Also absent from the list is any software from Apple. Enderle thinks Apple has purposely chosen not to make some of its more popular applications, such as iTunes, Vista-compatible.

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Adobe Systems Inc. by the end of the year will release version 7.0 of its Acrobat products, including a new free Acrobat Reader that now includes reviewing capabilities, the company announced Monday.

With the updates, San Jose, Calif.-based Adobe is underscoring its focus on workgroups and document management. The client products all tie in to the company’s Intelligent Document Platform, a set of elements Adobe wants to use to make PDF (Portable Document Format) with XML (Extensible Markup Language) additions a common way to get data in and out of enterprise systems.

Acrobat 7.0 Professional users can create PDF (Portable Document Format) files and allow those to be reviewed and commented on by Acrobat Reader 7.0 users. The reader features a new reviewing toolbar that can be enabled when the PDF file is created in Acrobat Professional, according to Adobe.

Acrobat 7.0 Standard and Professional will be available in English, French, German and Japanese by the end of the year for Mac OS X and Windows.

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News source : MacCentral

A flaw in several of Adobe Systems’ popular graphics design applications could expose users to hacker attacks, the software maker has warned.A security vulnerability in the Adobe License Management Service, a component used for product activation, “can lead to an unauthorized person gaining access to the user’s computer,” Adobe said in a security advisory posted to its Web site late last week.

The affected products are the Windows versions of Adobe Photoshop CS, Adobe Creative Suite 1.0 and Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5, Adobe said. The San Jose, Calif.-based company said it is not aware of any malicious code that exploits the vulnerability.

Security monitoring company Secunia rates the issue “moderately critical,” which is right in the middle of its five-tier severity rating system.

Adobe has issued a security patch

to fix the problem. Systems running Photoshop CS2 or Adobe Creative Suite CS2 are not exposed to this flaw.

Adobe Systems Inc. on Wednesday announced it is shipping its Creative Suite 2 software.

The new Premium Edition collection includes Adobe Photoshop CS2, InDesign CS2, Illustrator CS2 and GoLive CS2, with Version Cue CS2, along with Adobe Acrobat 7 Professional and Adobe Bridge.Unveiled earlier this month, Adobe Creative Suite 2 focuses on integration between Adobe’s various applications for creative professionals.

Adobe Bridge is a visual file browser developed to let CS2 users browse, organize and process design assets within each Creative Suite 2 application.

Estimated street price is US$1,199 for the Premium Edition and $899 for the Standard Edition (which leaves out GoLive and Acrobat 7.0 Professional). Source : Adobe Creative Suite 2 Home

Adobe Systems Inc. by the end of the year will release version 7.0 of its Acrobat products, including a new free Acrobat Reader that now includes reviewing capabilities, the company announced Monday.

With the updates, San Jose, Calif.-based Adobe is underscoring its focus on workgroups and document management. The client products all tie in to the company’s Intelligent Document Platform, a set of elements Adobe wants to use to make PDF (Portable Document Format) with XML (Extensible Markup Language) additions a common way to get data in and out of enterprise systems.

Acrobat 7.0 Professional users can create PDF (Portable Document Format) files and allow those to be reviewed and commented on by Acrobat Reader 7.0 users. The reader features a new reviewing toolbar that can be enabled when the PDF file is created in Acrobat Professional, according to Adobe.

Acrobat 7.0 Standard and Professional will be available in English, French, German and Japanese by the end of the year for Mac OS X and Windows.

MoreInfo…

News source : MacCentral

Adobe Systems Inc. has completed tests on product activation, and plans to roll out the technology soon.

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It has since been included in Office XP as well as Windows XP.

The technique is used to prevent revenue loss due to piracy. The Business Software Alliance, of which Adobe is a member, has estimated that annually, billions of dollars have been lost as a result of people passing copies of program disks around to friends.

Adobe’s software has in the past been protected by a serial number, which the user had to type into the installation program. But licence keys have been posted in many Usenet news groups, and “key generators” 脙垄芒鈥毬⑩偓聺 software that can generate a working serial number for a given program 脙垄芒鈥毬⑩偓聺 are also becoming popular.

Embedded activation elements been recently been added to software that requires consumers to register their programs upon installation.

Embedded technology also limits the number of times a single software copy can be loaded onto a desktop or laptop.

Adobe test run was done in Australia on Photoshop 7.0.

Source : Globetechnology