Adobe launched its PDF publishing suite Acrobat 9.0 some days ago. They were missing the updated Adobe Reader 9.0, but today here it is.

There are lots of changes. You can read about them here.

Now they are including Acrobat.com support based on Adobe AIR so you can work on it like in a desktop application. I will try the new Reader version to see how it improves over its previous version.

The only thing i hate about Reader 8.x is that everytime you open a PDF document, the program freezes for a few seconds. This happens just about a 1 or 2 seconds after the document finishes loading, so i hate that when i’m opening something to take a quick read at it.

If your language is not ready in the new 9.0 version, just wait a few days and try again. They will soon release it in all languages.

Edit: I just saw that Adobe released a critical security fix for Reader 8.1.2. Get the patch.

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This is a really interesting approach to online applications. The vastly popular Photoshop now has its online version. Adobe is now accepting registration for its new application. It is free and is very promising.

Here is the news excerpt from Vnunet.

Adobe has released its Photoshop Express web-based imaging application as a public beta. Photoshop Express uses much of Adobe’s image editing technology and has been repurposed as a web-based application. Users can store up to 2GB of images online for free, make edits to their photos and share them online. Photoshop Express also allows users to download and upload photos from popular social networking sites like Facebook. The application provides ’standard edits’, such as removing blemishes and red-eye, converting to black and white, cropping and resizing.

Photoshop Express also offers tricks like Pop Color which selects an object in an image, mutes the background colour of the photo and allows the user to swap the object’s colour so that it “jumps off the page”. Sketch effects make photos look like drawings, and a Distort feature allows users to distort facial features or objects for a comical or artistic effect. Adobe said that even users with limited photo editing knowledge can simply select what looks best from a line-up of sample photos with visual hints showing different variations of the added effect. During the public beta period, Adobe will solicit user feedback on product features and functionality which will “continue to evolve over time”.

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Adobe just updated Reader. Version 8.1.2 is available right now in several languages.

There is a “Lite” version a guy from MSFN makes but he haven’t updated his installer yet. I will ask him if i can post it here. If so, i will let you know with a new post.

Meanwhile, grab the new version in you desired language.

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A new version of the Flash Player plugin is available. Here are the installers for IE and other browsers.

IE & AOL | Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape & Opera

I just found out that Adobe released version 8.1.1 of their Reader program. There were some security flaws disclosed in the past few months and i think they are solved now with this new release. Go get it.

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Adobe newest Creative Suite 3 installs Apple’s Bonjour service even if you don’t install Version Cue. Its main goal is to provide zero-configuration connectivity between Version Cue server and the suite’s applications.

When installed by Creative Suite 3 applications, the name used by Bonjour for Windows in the services control panel is:

##Id_String2.6844F930_1628_4223_B5CC_5BB94B879762##

If you are using Version Cue, you can correct the service name just by running two commands at a run prompt box (Start - Run):

• “C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe” -remove
• “C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe” -install

The service will now be displayed with the correct name in the Services control panel.

But if you don’t need it, you can get rid of it easily. Just follow this simple steps:

• Open a Windows Run prompt box (Start - Run) and type the following command: “C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe” -remove
• Navigate to the following folder in Windows Explorer: C:\Program Files\Bonjour
• Rename the mdnsNSP.dll file in that folder to mdnsNSP.old
• Restart your computer
• Delete the the Program Files\Bonjour folder

Note: Please take into account that if you are running Windows in other language, the path to Program Files maybe different.

Also remember that if the path to the file contains spaces, you need to enclose the command in ” “, or double quotes. Just as it is shown above.