Google has acquired Upstartle, the Silicon Valley-based maker of online word processor Writely. It gives Google yet another tool in its kit of applications to take on Microsoft — and brush aside its ...

Writer online word processor, with a look mimicking DOS-based text editors running on a green-phosphor display, makes it easy to create and return to a text file, with no sign-in. Dennis O'Reilly ...

LibreOffice Writer gives me everything I need from Word and Docs without subscriptions, accounts, or cloud lock-in.

Microsoft Word has been there for all those who scribble away each day on a digital canvas until Google, the apparent heir, came up with a cloud-based solution. The company’s word processor is ...

Following Microsoft's announcement of Office Live Workplace, Adobe is turning up the heat in the online office software market with the acquisition of Virtual Ubiquity, the maker of online word ...

Artwork: Chip Taylor Microsoft put the last piece of its online office suite puzzle in place Monday, officially launching its Web-based suite of Microsoft Office applications called Office Web Apps.

In business, job descriptions often don't stay static. If you're used to creating tables, charts and graphs, you may end up writing correspondence or produce business reports, which will require some ...

In the past, most small-business owners got by with a typewriter, handwritten notes and a basic text-editor program, but modern-day business professionals depend on a word processor. Whether you're ...