Newspaper giant Hearst Corporation unveiled its News Reader software, a product born of a partnership with Microsoft.
Reader is available for free in beta to registered users.
"It is clear that digital delivery and consumption are critical to the future success of the newspaper industry, said George Irish, president of Hearst Newspapers.
Irish said Hearst plans to expand the project to its other major newspaper markets in the near future.
Up to six days of content can also be archived and read, with customizable layouts. The application works on computers running
Windows Vista or Windows XP. Microsoft says it intends to broaden support for the application to additional platforms, including mobile devices and computers running Apple's
The program uses Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft's display technology in Windows Vista. Consumers using Windows XP will automatically receive the necessary upgrade to their system when downloading the P-I Reader.
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