Google announced that they have added an integrated PDF viewer to the Chrome beta channel. This would allow users to open PDF documents in the browser without any need for additional software or any plug-ins.

Nitro PDF Software announced that it has achieved another milestone for PrimoPDF, its PDF creation tool, as it passed 20 million downloads on CNET Download.com. Nitro PDF Software is also known for its award-winning Nitro PDF Reader.

Readdle announced a new version of PDF Expert for iPad 1.1. PDF Expert allows users to read and annotate PDF documents, highlight text, write notes and draw with your finger.

Foxit announced the release of new version of Foxit Reader 4.2 and Foxit Phantom PDF Suite 2.2. The new versions feature enhanced security measures to address existing security vulnerabilities.

PDFTron Systems released SilverDox SDK, its feature-rich document viewer and publishing platform for Silverlight. SilverDox SDK is a highly-customisable document viewer component which enables the viewing of PDF, XPS, MS Office and other document formats in Silverlight applications.

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.

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.

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.

Aji, LLC, a software developer, announced that its popular iAnnotate PDF, an iPad App for taking notes and adding highlights in the documents, will be part of the course materials for the first-year medical students at Stanford School of Medicine.

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.

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.

Readdle, a developer of iPod and iPhone applications, announced the release of an updated version of ReaddleDocs for iPad. The new version 1.5.1 of ReaddleDocs for iPad allows its users to read, manage documents and mark PDF annotations on iPad.

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.

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.

An anonymous blogger on www.MacOSXHints.com has shared a quick method to enable integration between PDF-capable apps on iPhone, iPod and iPad devices. The idea allows users to transfer the print preview of a document to another app as a PDF document.