SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Adobe Systems Inc plans to acquire Virtual Ubiquity, makers of Buzzword, an innovative word processor, in a surprise move that competes with Microsoft Corp and Google Inc .

Adobe has acquired Virtual Ubiquity, the maker of Buzzword, an online word processor that offers features like those of desktop competitor like Microsoft Word. (Announcement here.) Terms of the deal ...

Google Docs and Microsoft Word are quite similar. However, their differences extend beyond whether they’re usually used online or offline. Best for online collaboration: Google Docs Best for precise ...

If you need an online word processor but you’d prefer something less expensive, here are the Top 5 free alternatives to Microsoft Word. If you need an online word processor but you’d prefer something ...

Writely allows users to store and work with text documents on the Web. Users can share selected documents with other Writely users of their choosing, enabling groups to collaboratively edit documents.

In brief: Before Microsoft Word became the de-facto standard for word processing on the PC, the market was rich with choice. WordStar is a program many great writers started their career on, and now ...