Foxit Reader 6, unlike other free PDF readers, with many exciting new features and feature enhancements,

New Features:

1.       PDF Creation

Allows users to quickly and easily create PDF.

1)       With one-click, create from Microsoft  Word, PowerPoint, and Excel through the Foxit Reader plug-in.

2)       High performance PDF conversion from hundreds of file types by:

a)       Dragging and dropping the document into Foxit Reader.

b)       Using the Foxit Reader create From File capability.

c)       Right mouse clicking on the file.

3)       Convert hardcopy documents into PDF with the create From Scanner functionality.

4)       Extend any application with print capabilities to include PDF conversion through the included Foxit Reader PDF Printer (PDF print driver).

5)       Cut and paste content via the Windows clipboard into a new PDF by using the From Clipboard feature.

2.         Ribbon-Based Toolbar

New user interface with a ribbon-based toolbar based on Microsoft Office 2013 (Office 15) design is more intuitive and provides users with a familiar user experience.

3.         Read and Search PDF Portfolios

Open and read PDF portfolios and perform searches either within a single PDF file or across all the PDF files in the portfolio.

4.         Whitelist Trusted URLs for Form Submission

Enables users to create and maintain a whitelist of the trusted URLs when submitting form online to manage the file access.

5.         Create and Insert Stamps

Allows users to create and insert stamps into their PDF documents and forms, by selecting from a choice of pre-made stamps, creating static custom or dynamic stamps.

6.         PDF Sign

Allows users to sign documents with their own handwriting. Signatures can be created from an image of your signature or by writing it yourself on touch enabled desktop systems or tablets. Users can quickly and easily manage, place, and apply these signatures.

7.         Plug-in Manager

Adds plug-in Manager which shows a list of installed plug-ins and the relevant information.

Feature Enhancements:

1.       Comments Summary

Supports sorting comments by checkmark status, setting current properties of any comment as default, and deleting comment by batch. Plus, the Note comment now supports to be printed.

2.       Booklet Printing

Allows users to print multipage PDF in booklet format.

3.       Run Script Right Control

Supports to control the right of running Script for better PDF protection.

reference,

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/Secure_PDF_Reader/

Pdfgrep is a tool to search text in PDF files. It works similar to grep.

Pdfgrep is an open source project developed by Hans-Peter Deifel, but only Linux compiled version can be found, after some tested, I found it is really a great project, so I decided to compile it for windows.

compiler, I use MXE, it is a powerful MinGW Cross compiler, it let me easily port many projects to windows.

based on the  git version of Pdfgrep and poppler-0.20.3, and some modification of the source code, I successfully compiled the windows version.

From CloudFoundry Blog, we got an exciting message,

Developers can now use vert.x, a framework for highly scalable web applications, with CloudFoundry.com.

Because compare to other event-driven application frameworks, vert.x performances pretty great and Cloud Foundry has been a leader in providing an open Platform as a Service (PaaS).

Cloud Foundry is an open source cloud computing platform as a service (PaaS) software developed by VMware released under the terms of the Apache License 2.0. It is primarily written in Ruby. The source and development community for this software is available at cloudfoundry.org

Cloud Foundry is also a hosted service offered by VMware that runs using the Cloud Foundry software. This service can be accessed at cloudfoundry.com.

From Cloud Foundry Blog,Deploying vert.x Applications to Cloud Foundry,

vert.x is a framework that builds on event-driven architecture and asynchronous I/O, similar to Node.js, but utilizes JVM’s internal capabilities to handle multiple processes and inter-process communications. Using Java threads, vert.x applications can easily scale over available cores making better use of available resources.

vert.x is a community project sponsored by VMware.

reference,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Foundry

Asynchronous Event-driven Network Application Framework:vert.x, Node.js or Netty

Deploying vert.x Applications to Cloud Foundry