Obama awards national science, technology medals

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama linked scientific discovery to helping the struggling economy Wednesday as he honored those who invented batteries for implanted defibrillators, mapped the human genetic code and made global positioning systems possible.

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Sallie Krawcheck resigns from Dell board

ROUND ROCK, Texas — PC maker Dell Inc. said Tuesday Sallie L. Krawcheck is resigning from its board to focus more on her work at Bank of America Corp., which she recently joined as president of its global wealth and investment management division.

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ComScore, Omniture join up to measure audiences

NEW YORK — Two of the largest companies involved in tracking and analyzing Web traffic are joining forces to measure digital audiences more comprehensively.

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American Express, Adobe, General Mills big movers

NEW YORK — The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:

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SAN FRANCISCO - Adobe Systems is to buy internet services firm Omniture for $1.8 billion, the company said Tuesday. The deal will mark the biggest acquisition by Adobe since its $4.3-billion purchase of Macromedia in 2005.

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On the Call: Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen

NEW YORK — Adobe Systems Inc. is planning to buy Omniture Inc., a Web analytic software company, for about $1.8 billion. The deal, announced Tuesday, comes nearly four years after Adobe paid $3.4 billion for Macromedia Inc. — the company behind now well-known Adobe products such the Flash online animation and video software. Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen discussed Adobe's plans for Omniture during the company's fiscal third-quarter earnings conference call.

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Adobe to buy Omniture for $1.8B; 3Q profit slides

NEW YORK — Adobe Systems Inc. said Tuesday it will buy Web analytic software company Omniture Inc. for about $1.8 billion, giving the maker of content-creation software a way to let marketers measure the effectiveness of such content.

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PDF is one of the most widely used standard for electronic documents and forms. A large chunk of information on Internet is stored in PDF files. To read these files you need a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat. Even if you have a PDF reader, there are certain restricted PDF documents that doesn't allow you to copy contents from them. Well, that's not the end of world, there are cool utilities that can extract plain text file from the PDF file content. The free PDF to Text Converter allow you to convert PDF documents to plain text files accurately and at high speed. Here's our list of PDF to Text converters to help you out. Full article (421 words) »

No doubt Adobe Acrobat Reader is the numero uno when it comes to PDF readers. However, there's a second tier of PDF readers with enough features to handle your purpose. Definitely PDF file format is one of the best ways to publish, save and exchange well-formatted documents that can be read on various devices. The resumes, tax forms, user guide, e-books as well as some web pages come in PDF format. All you need is a PDF Reader to view them, and work on them. Well, buying an Adobe Acrobat can burn a hole in your pocket, so if you are looking for alternatives, here's our list of top 10 PDF Readers.

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Adobe's impeccable Flash Player is in brown study with the latest version showing up vulnerabilities that might be targeted by the hackers. Researchers have warned that computer jocks can exploit the loopholes in the latest Flash Player to gain complete control over an end users computer. Next time you visit a website playing Flash Player take guard it might be compromised. The exploit can be triggered with the help of malacious PDF files opened by Adobe Reader or using the more conventional technique that requires a 1.1 kilobyte Adobe Flash file to target the vulnerability. Currently, there are small number of attacks, most likely to surge.

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