Rosebud PLM Inc has filed a complaint against Adobe Systems Inc for patent infringement, fraud and violation of a licensing agreement.

QuoVadis announced that its Digital certificates are now automatically trusted in Adobe Acrobat 9 and Adobe Reader 9 via the Adobe Approved Trust List (AATL).

RotatePDF.net, a free online service for PDF files, has been launched. It’s a nifty little service that lets you perform one task, rotating PDF files…

callas software announced a newer version 2.2 of pdfaPilot which now supports the conversion of OpenOffice documents into PDF/A files.

Foxit Corporation announced the release of a new version 3.3 of its Foxit PDF Reader. Foxit PDF Reader 3.3 enhances the security of PDF viewer with the implementation of Safe Mode.

Intertech announced the release of its PDF File Converter, a desktop-based application for converting PDFs in to commonly used Office documents. PDF File Converter is available in Standard and Professional Edition.

Foxit Corporation announced the release of the next Foxit Phantom PDF Suite 2.0, a business-ready software for PDF creation. The new version supports batch file conversion, the ability to insert scanned pages in to a PDF, aid in the automation and streamlining of critical business processes.

Monkeybread Software announced Combine PDFs 5.1, an update to its PDF merge and split tool for Mac OS X. Combine PDFs 5.1 includes numerous new improvements with a focus on ease-of-use and exploiting the powerful PDF libraries built-in Mac OS X.

SautinSoft announced the release of its PDF Vision .Net, a new library for HTML-to-PDF conversion for web-based and desktop applications. A website or desktop application integrated with this library will be able to convert HTML pages or images to PDFs.

Solid Documents announced its new tool, Solid PDF to Word, for conversion of PDFs into editable MS Word documents and other commonly used formats. Solid PDF to Word is presently in its beta stage and works on Mac OS X 10.5 or higher.

Websense Security Labs has received several reports identifying a new Zeus bot (Zbot) trojan spreading through PDF attachments to emails. Zbot is a privacy hacking trojan which collects confidential data from each of the infected computers. This is the most recent exploitation of PDFs.

Adobe announced that it will enable a new regular background service on 13th April to silently distribute and apply PDF updates to the worldwide installation of Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat. The new ‘silent’ service is aimed to keep the copies of its software fully-patched for more number of users.

Apago, Inc. announced the release of its improved PDF Enhancer 3.5, a software for PDF Repurposing & Workflow Automation. The new version is a major update to the last release with improved processing speed, reliability, advanced clean-up of scanned documents, AES security and improved handling of font & color.

A security expert created a Proof of Concept (PoC) in which he executed an embedded executable in a test PDF file without exploiting any security vulnerabilities in PDF software. This clever mechanism could allow hackers to execute attacks through embedding rogue executables in a simple PDF files.

Sounds Broken Inc. announced a new version 1.1.0 of gogoDocs, its reader for Google Docs on iPhone. The new version of gogoDocs now supports ‘upload any file’ feature, including PDF, audio and video files.