BCG Software announced the release of NovusOffice, a fully-compatible office suite of desktop-based applications designed for small businesses. The new suite includes Author, Mail, Spreadsheet, Database, Powershow, PDF Editor, Business Calculator and Zip tools.

A multi-vendor ISO Committee has completed the development of an international standard defining the job exchange format for Variable Data Printing (VDP). ISO 16612-2 Graphic technology — Variable data exchange — Part 2: Using PDF/X-4 and PDF/X-5 (PDF/VT) defines the PDF/VT document format and methods to enable PDF exchange for variable data and transactional printing.

Recosoft announced the latest version 3.0 of PDF2ID, its PDF converter tool for converting PDFs to InDesign documents. PDF2ID v3.0 has been updated to include more than 150 new features and enhancements which would allow it operate seamlessly with Adobe InDesign CS3, CS4 and CS5.

FinePrint Software has released a new version 4.0 of pdfFactory, its software for creation of PDFs. The new version of pdfFactory further simplifies the production of PDFs without compromising the quality and flexibility.

Epson and Thinxtream announced the launch of new wireless printing application named PrintJinni for iOS devices. PrintJinni allows users to print PDFs, Microsoft Office documents and Images from iOS devices to any WiFi-enabled Epson printer or All-in-one.

SmartSoft announced the latest improved version 5.1 of its flagship product Smart PDF Converter. The newer version provides the speed and improved accuracy.

Foxit Corporation and Seclore announced a new partnership to include Foxit’s PDF viewing technology in Seclore’s security and document management solution. Foxit Reader will be soon available as part of Seclore’s FileSecure.

callas software announced the release of its significantly updated pdfToolbox product-line with support for cross-platform automated transparency flattening on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

PDFToJPGConverter.com announced new PDF To JPG Converter, its freeware tool for users to convert PDFs to most commonly used image formats including JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG and TIFF.

If you’re a reader of the Java PDF Blog by Mark Stephens and colleagues then it’s time to update your RSS feeder and bookmarks as the blog has a new home.

BookmarkSoft announced Bookmark Docs 1.2, its new tool for adding bookmarks and hyperlinks to any locations in PDF, CHM, MSDN documents and Web pages. Bookmark Docs provides an easy-to-use interface for users to place bookmarks and hyperlinks for easy navigation through documents.

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.

Kobo announced that Kobo E-Reader, its competitive e-reader App, now supports EPUB and PDF files on iPhone and iPad. This announcement puts Kobo E-Reader in competition with Amazon’s leading Kindle software.

Apple Inc. released a security update named ‘Security Update 2010-005′ to fix a critical PDF vulnerability on Mac OS X. The security patch addresses ‘heap buffer overflow’ when CoreGraphics handles PDF 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.