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Foxit Reader 2.0 released!
Yesterday I started waiting for an Adobe Acrobat PDF file to open. I am still waiting for the thing to open. Alright, you got me, I actually end-tasked it, 86'd it, killed the process, you get the idea. I don't have the time or patience to put up ...
Foxit PDF Reader solves Acrobat woes
If there's one application I dread using it's Acrobat Reader. It takes more than 30 seconds to load on my reasonably fast computer, it eats up mountains of system resources, and using it feels like running an endurance trial in a peet bog. ...
Make Adobe Reader almost as fast as Foxit
It's no secret that while Adobe created the PDF format, Adobe Reader isn't exactly what you'd call an efficient tool for reading PDF files. In the past our solution has been to install the lightweight and free Foxit Reader. But there might be ...
Foxit Reader 2.2 released: Now with improved text select
Adobe may have innovated the PDF file format, but Foxit Reader is our favorite application for reading PDFs. That's because it's light-weight and blazing fast. You can open and close Foxit 2 or 3 times in the amount of time it takes Adobe Reader to ...
Foxit PDF Reader 3.0 for Windows now works with Firefox
While Adobe may have been the driving force behind the PDF, Adobe Acrobat Reader has grown to be a bloated application which can take an excruciatingly long time to load. One of my favorite alternatives is Foxit Reader, which can open most PDF ...
Foxit Software gets into hardware biz with an eBook reader
We don't spend a lot of time covering hardware at Download Squad. But this story is just too cool to pass up. Foxit Software, the company behind one of our favorite PDF readers, plans to release an eBook reader that will take on the Amazon Kindle and ...
Foxit 2.3: Would you like tabs with that PDF reader?
Foxit Reader 2.3 has just been released, and not only is it quicker and lighter on system resources than Adobe Reader, but the latest version adds a ton of useful features like tabbed viewing. For some reason tabs took the web browser world by ...
How to print just about anything to PDF for free
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/software/How_to_print_just_about_anything_to_PDF_for_free'; One of our favorite programs here at Download Squad HQ is Foxit Reader. It's basically a replacement for Adobe Acrobat. Foxit reads PDF files, and that's about ...
Gmail gets the Google Docs PDF viewer
Google has long offered Gmail users the ability to open PDF attachments as HTML files without downloading the file and firing up Adobe Acrobat, Foxit or any other PDF viewer. But you lose a lot in the translation when you convert a PDF file to ...
Adobe Reader Lite: Blazing fast version of Adobe Reader 8
Adobe may have pioneered the PDF format, but it's been a long time since we've recommended anyone download the free but bulky Adobe Reader for viewing PDF files. Foxit Reader can open pretty much anything Adobe Reader can, but much much faster. A ...
PDFMeNot Offers Flash-based Online Viewing
When people think about the most irritating apps on their computer, Adobe Reader usually shows up on the list. Our readers tend to think the alternatives (like Foxit) are the way to go, and I couldn't agree more. That's why I decided to give ...
PDF-XChange: Another light weight Adobe Reader alternative
We spend a lot of time reading PDF documents here at Download Squad HQ, so we're always on the lookout for full featured PDF viewers that don't take as long to load as Adobe Reader. We've looked at Foxit and Sumatra in the past, and we've been ...
Sumatra PDF viewer: free, fast, tiny, and open source
While Adobe may have invented the PDF format, it's no secret that Adobe Reader is a bloated program that runs slowly on most computers. We're big fans of Foxit as a lightweight alternative that opens PDF files in a flash. But the How-To Geek just ...
USB AutoRunner launches apps or documents when you plug in a flash drive
Have a program on your USB flash drive that you want to launch every time you plug that drive in? USB AutoRunner is a little utility that will create an Autorun.inf file on your flash drive to let Windows know you want to run your portable web ...
Adobe Reader 9 released, Adobe Reader Lite 9 unofficially released
Adobe Reader 9 is out, and while the latest version of Adobe's popular PDF reader offers faster launch speeds and native support for Flash content, it still takes forever to run Adobe Reader on some computer systems. If you've ever come across an ...
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
