soft Xpansion announced the newer version 6 of PDF Render Center, its conversion software for integration with PDF-based Document Management Systems. PDF Render Center 6 converts documents into PDFs or image files.

Doremisoft announced the release of PDF to EPUB Converter 2.1.8, its software for converting PDFs to EPUB format for use on eBook readers. PDF to EPUB Converter 2.1.8 is very easy-to-use with three simple steps to convert the PDFs to EPUB format.

Foxit announced the release of Foxit Phantom PDF Suite 2.1, its business-ready software for PDF creation. The new features includes OCR text recognition, enhanced to PDF standard 1.7 specifications, enhanced search capability and few other features to meet growing business needs.

X360 Software announced the release of X360 TIFF to PDF Image ActiveX Control, its software to convert TIFF images into PDF documents.

Foxit has announced that it will license its industry-leading PDF and ePub technology to key players in eBook market while it will cease the development of its own eSlick Reader. This move will enable the eBook Providers to enhance digital rights management, content management and distribution on their electronic devices.

Datamation has announced an innovative aplonREPORTER, its new stand-alone application targeting the banking sector for converting SWIFT MT messages into easy-to-read PDFs.

Nuance announced the new release of Nuance PDF Converter Enterprise 7, its award-winning desktop PDF software. The new release is feature-packed to deliver efficiency and cost savings of upto two-third when compared with Adobe Acrobat.

Digital Print Republic, an online community for digital printing industry, has launched a new free online tool for calculating the ink coverage breakdowns from print-ready PDFs. The new tool is called Inkchex and is currently available as beta version for free.

Mp4kits Software, a software collector providing a website for downloading software, introduced a new software named PDF Merger, an application for merging several PDF documents into a single document.

Apple Inc. has released an updated version 1.1.1 of iBooks, its iOS software for reading e-books on iPad, iPhone and iPod devices. The new version has improved PDF performance and includes several improvements to existing version of iBooks.

Enfocus has launched Instant PDF 09, its latest version of software for producing press-ready Certified PDFs. The latest version also supports Adobe CS 5 and QuarkXPress 8 applications.

Symantec Hosted Services has warned about new malicious email attacks guised as fake offers to download new PDF Reader. These email attacks are intended to mislead the users to give-away their credit card details.

SmileOnMyMac has released an upgraded version 4.7 of PDFpen, its PDF editing software for Mac OS X. The upgraded version includes support for Evernote, a multi-platform notetaking and archiving service.

Beijing Founder Apabi Technology, a China-based provider of Digital Publishing technologies, is taking on the might of Adobe PDF Reader with its new CEBX technology. CEBX stands for Common E-document Blending XML and is a unified layout document technology for e-books.

Actuate Corporation announced the availability of its Xenos Axess, a patent-pending PDF accessibility solution for producing high-volumes of accessible PDF documents for the visually impaired. The solution has also received thumbs-up from American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), CNIB and the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB).