The PDF (portable document format) standard was created in the 1990s by Adobe cofounder John Warnock to make it possible for people to share reliably formatted documents across a wide range of ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

These days, you don't need an app just to view PDF files. Every web browser can do that. If you sometimes create PDF files out of Office documents, you probably use Adobe's Acrobat Reader. After all, ...

A few recent software releases should grab the interest of Linux desktop users. Beta software for new versions of the Opera Web browser and Adobe Acrobat Reader for Linux were announced last week. A ...

Jack Wallen shares his choice of the five best small footprint PDF viewers that can easily replace Adobe Reader. The Portable Document Format is one of the most oft-used document types in business.

Adobe Systems will restore Linux support for its PDF-viewing software with a version 7 release this week, CNET News.com has learned. In March, Adobe made a prerelease version of Reader for Linux ...