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PDFCreator 1.2.1

Nathan Simon — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 02:43:53 +0000

A new version of my favorite PDF Creator has been released. What is this you say? Have you been living under a rock?! PDF Creator is a “print-to-pdf” solution the is rock solid, it just works…

PDFCreator is a free tool to create PDF files from nearly every application.

Create PDF files from every application
Protect your files, i.e. disallow printing
Full support for Windows Vista and Windows 7
Available for Windows 95 / 98 / ME / 2000 / XP

Go here to read more about it, download, and read reviews. Pay attention when you are installing it, you don’t MOST of the time we do not like installing add-ons, i.e. toolbars…

-NS

Android 2.2 to fully support Adobe Flash

Nathan Simon — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:06:24 +0000

Good for Google, embracing Adobe Flash is great for everyone, I’m sick of hearing about Apple and the fact that they just won’t accept Flash onto their device. I hope that the Android picks up steam and take the iPhone out!

Android 2.2, code-named “FroYo,” will fully support Adobe’s Flash platform, Andy Rubin, Google’s vice president of engineering, told The New York Times’ Bits blog Tuesday. Google’s show of Flash support came weeks after Apple, Android’s rival, announced changes that made it more difficult for Flash application developers to create apps for its iPhone.

What is an smart device without flash anyways? There is just so much rich content out there developed using flash, how can one ignore it. Apple, why don’t you give up? We are onto you!

-NS

Adobe Flash 10.1

Nathan Simon — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:02:49 +0000

Adobe Flash 10.1 is hardware accelerated! Check out the details here. What they say we will see is significant resource reduction while viewing H.264 video and playing flash based games, although Adobe complains that the new version will drain your battery less. This is good news for people using netbooks, as some flash games and or movies can run a bit sluggish. There is also news that smartphone support will be included in Flash 10.1.

H.264 provides excellent video quality but requires a great deal of processing power to decode it. H.264 video is decoded in Flash Player 10.1 by a GPU or media accelerator whenever capable hardware is available, which greatly improves playback performance and battery life. This is particularly useful for resource-constrained mobile devices, such as netbooks and smartphones.

Download the Public Beta here.