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).

The PDF/A Conference Center has organised the 4th International PDF/A Conference in Rome, Italy from 29th September to 1st October 2010. The conference offers technical presentations from experts in PDF/A, workshops for practical hands-on experience and discussions on various PDF/A topics.

PDFScripting.com, the most comprehensive resource site for Acrobat and PDF JavaScript, has just released a new video “PDF Stamps Gone Wild” to illustrate the power of PDF Stamps.

Google announced that it will add PDF support in Chrome browser which will enable users to seamlessly navigate PDF files within Chrome browser as users navigate with web pages.

Java application users and web developers should be happy about the current release of JPedal version 4.21. The upgraded version of JPedal allows faster viewing of JBIG2 images as well as PDF file searching

EndNoteX4, an upgraded version of Thomson Reuters EndNote for Windows, has just been released in the market. EndNote has been popular for researchers and publishers because it enables them to easily search and import PDF files for reference and then cite these files in bibliographies usually found at the end of each publications.

Anti-virus software company Kaspersky Lab has just released a report regarding “Information Security Threats in the First Quarter of 2010″. According to this report, the premier target of virus creators and hackers has been primarily focused on a certain number of software companies including Adobe, Microsoft and Sun.

AnyBizSoft has launched a large-scale giveaway promotion on its Facebook page for the latest version 3.0.0 of its PDF to Word Converter. The software which is worth USD 29.95, is available free to anyone who becomes AnyBizSoft’s fan on Facebook.

Big Faceless Organisation (BFO) announced the release of new version 2.11.10 of its Java PDF Library with a major rewrite of its rendering engine included in PDF Library. The new release enables faster conversion of PDF to TIFF files and improved image quality.

PDFTron Systems, Inc. announced a new version of PDFNet SDK 5, its Software Development Kit for handling PDFs in Document management systems. The new version features two new modules for Universal document conversion and other capabilities.