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Title: Paper, Silicon Meet on Your Computer

Author: Pimentel, Benjamin Article Type: Product Analysis
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, pC3(1) Publication Date: Feb 23, 2007
URL of Publication: http://www.sfgate.com

Microsoft and Hearst recently launched The News Reader, a software service that permits newspaper readers to download stories and read them when not connected to the Internet. The News Reader is currently available to readers of the Seattle Post Intelligencer, and it permits readers to automatically transfer a sampling of stories from the newspaper's website onto PCs by clicking on a desktop icon. Based on Microsoft's Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) platform, the service is the most recent effort by a major newspaper company to enter the digital world, emerging at a time when newspaper circulation and revenue are plunging rapidly. Another provider, NewsStand, provides digital media content from various newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. With the Seattle Post Intelligencer's News Reader service, readers who stay online can obtain updated content each hour. The service is free, but only select stories will be made available through it. For access to all the newspaper's stories, readers will have to go to the website of the publication, subscribe to the paper electronic edition, or purchase a copy of the newspaper. The News Reader software will require the Microsoft Windows XP or the Microsoft Vista operating system (OS).

Companies:
Hearst Corp Microsoft Corp

Products:
News Reader Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

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