Jill Taylor at 14:44 GMT on 24 June 2010
In order to celebrate the launch of gDoc Fusion 2.5, Global Graphics is giving away a brand new Sony VAIO E Series to boost the productivity of a lucky winner. This laptop features a 17 inch high contrast VAIO Display, 4GB RAM and a 500GB hard drive. 
The winner, and 10 runners-up, will also receive a full version of gDoc Fusion 2.5 (worth £100).
gDoc Fusion is a quick and easy to use desktop software application that allows multiple incompatible files to be merged into a single document through a simple drag and drop action. It enables users to create a summary, report or other document that combines spreadsheets, slides, images, text, PDFs and more than 200 other types of document.
So how do I enter?
To enter you need to do the following…
1. Follow Global Graphics on Twitter here
2. Tweet the following message…
Win a Sony VAIO laptop contest. You can enter by following @Global_Graphics and retweet. http://bit.ly/98A8wL
The winner will be announced at the end of July.
Good luck to all those who enter and happy tweeting!
Jill Taylor at 15:10 GMT on 10 June 2010
This week Fox News’ Diane Mercado interviewed Gary Fry, CEO of Global Graphics, when he was in New York. The topic was how to increase productivity in the workplace by the way you use your software. Interesting to see that Diane identifies with the problem of wasting time on reformatting information to bring it into a report from the days when she was a PR Assistant. Gary makes the point that, particularly in today’s economic climate, businesses should be looking at what this wasted time is costing them. IDC, for example, counts the cost for an organisation employing 1,000 office workers as $5.7 million annually lost on reformatting information between applications. With gDoc Fusion you can pull information together in minutes. See the interview here
David Stevenson at 07:28 GMT on 10 June 2010
Back in March I posted a short blog with some tips on avoiding malicious code delivered via an otherwise respectable PDF. Just three months on and the baddies have been at it again, uncovering a security flaw that has made the news. This time it affects both Adobe’s PDF Reader and their Flash player. McAfee’s prediction (you can read the report here) that Adobe software, especially Reader and Flash, will be the primary target for attacks in 2010 is being borne out.
While alternatives to Adobe’s Flash player are a little difficult to find, there are several alternatives to the Adobe Reader such as our own gDoc Fusion. For viewing, even creating PDF, it’s free. We’ve just released an update, v2.5, and it’s well worth considering.
