A Forrester report said companies are using Microsoft Word for word processing out of habit rather than necessity and are considering other alternatives.
With print media on life support, Hearst Publishing has announced a Kindle-like device designed to deliver a digital copy of the publisher's newspapers and magazines.
Storyist, which features word-processing and organizational features, now adds a new "collage" mode to help visualize connections between story elements, a full-screen view, multiple windows, and support for comments and bookmarks. The Sync'Em synchronization utility also saw an update, while Casio previewed a new WXGA projector due in September.