PDFMeNot, in case you have forgotten, is was a online PDF viewer that would let you view PDF documents in the browser without requiring any desktop software.
The service was initially developed by Stateless Systems, an Australian start-up that is also behind the very popular BugMeNot.com (a web service for bypassing online registration forms) and OurSignal.com (its a beautiful news aggregator).
As of writing, the PDFMeNot.com service has been shut-down and the domain now redirects to docs.google.com/viewer which, like PDFMeNot, is also an online document viewer.
The original PDFMeNot only supported the PDF format while Google Docs Viewer can read both PowerPoint and PDF files so that's a good thing for users.
The downside (or upside?) is that PDFMeNot would render PDF files in SWF (Flash) formatwhile Google Docs Viewer converts files to the HTML format which is not always very accurate.
Update: The story earlier mentioned that Google has acquired PDFMeNot which is incorrect based on the whois records and hosting details of the doamin. The Australian company is simply redirecting their service to Google Docs since it offers similar functionality.
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