Plustek Technology Inc. launched a new website which explains the technology and the benefits of searchable PDF technology. Although the conversion of paper documents to digital formats such as PDF, is very common, many users are still unaware of the benefits of having digital formats which can be searched, indexed and bookmarked.

PDFOCR.net announced its PDF OCR 3.0, an application to convert Adobe PDF documents to editable text through the use of advanced Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. PDF OCR 3.0 is a freeware and runs on Windows environments.

PDFTiger.com announced new software called PDFTiger 1.0 for rapid conversion of MS Office documents and images to PDF and vice-versa. It is available to Windows-based users and priced at USD 29.95.

UniPrint, a provider for enhanced printing solutions, has released UniPrint 7.0 for network printing in server-centric Mac environments. UniPrint 7.0 is built on PDF-based universal printer driver technology and delivers efficiencies in network printing.

Integrated Customer Software (ICS) released a newer version of its FormSprint software which is an i/OS electronic forms and design management tool. The new version, FormSprint 201001, introduces new features associated with PDF creation.

Quick PDF Library Lite, a subset of Quick PDF Library has been released, a powerful royalty-free PDF developer SDK used by thousands of developers for working with PDFs on all levels — for free!

Bluebeam Software will be demonstrating Bluebeam PDF Revu 8 to Swedish construction industry at the Nordbygg trade fair. The Swedish version of PDF Revu 8 is available exclusively through FutureCAD, a Stockholm-based software distributor.

Atlantic Zeiser announced its acquisition of a majority stake in SOFHA GmbH, a Berlin-based software solutions provider to OEMs of high-speed digital printing machines. SOFHA GmbH is also a co-development partner of Adobe and the acquisition will create new digital printing solutions based on Adobe’s PDF portfolio of standards.

callas software and Appligent Document Solutions have announced several server-based bundled PDF solutions with an aim to offer efficient PDF/A workflow tools with PDF conversion capabilities. The solution is aimed at enterprises, government and publishers.

Zevrix Solutions has released a maintenance update to BatchOutput 3.6.4, its professional product for automating printing and exporting from Adobe InDesign. The newly released update addresses several issues with PDF auto-preflighting.

Advanced PDF Password Remover 5.0 is a tool to remove basic encryption from Adobe Acrobat PDF files including removing the password restrictions. The tool supports all version of Adobe Acrobat including version 9.x.

In browsing Windows 7 Download we noted, yet another range of PDF reader-esque products, yet this collection with a difference — Drumlin Security’s Secure PDF Reader and Publisher for Windows 7 include “military-strength” encryption and a free Digital Rights Management (DRM) service. Let us know how you go…. Shhh, but not too loudly as you might have someone on your tail!

Foxit Software, a vendor for PDF solutions, will be soon releasing a new version of its eSlick book reader. The new version of the device is called eSlick PS (Pocket Size) and is smaller as compared to original eSlick.

Baltsoft Software announced a new free online service for users to convert web pages into PDF documents. Baltsoft also offers another variant of this service where users can convert the documents in to PDF via email.

A list of five freely available PDF viewers that supports Ubuntu, a Linux based Operating System (OS). Some of these PDF viewers support multiple OS and these PDF viewers have been developed as part of other projects.