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The buzz surrounding Plastic Logic's highly anticipated e-reader was renewed yesterday with the release of an official name for the device, and more importantly, an official launch date.

QUE (pronounced "Q"), the super-slim, lightweight, wireless e-reader is Plastic Logic's first 'proReader' designed for business professionals and will launch on January 7, 2010 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Reporting by Cecilia Campbell:
Speaking at the 2nd WAN-IFRA conference on e-readers in Paris last week, Stig Nordqvist, Group Director Emerging Digital Platforms and Business Development from WAN-IFRA updated everyone on the lastest buzz and tech rumours in e-reading.

Nordqvist, who has worked in-depth with e-reading for IFRA since 2002, described his view of what the new platform of e-reading will mean for news publishers. He stressed that the type of experience e-readers offer is much more relaxed than that offered by other devices, such as mobiles and laptops, which are usually used 'on-the-go'.

Last week, a Hamburg newspaper reported that Thomas Joschko, manager of a computer company, had fired three non-smokers because they threatened to disrupt the work atmosphere, asking for a smoke-free environment. The story was picked up widely in German and international media.

In an interview with the Guardian’s James Silver, Independent editor-in-chief Simon Kelner contradicted industry opinion, saying why he thinks the Internet is not the future of newspapers.

The Moroccan government took serious action by banning the weekly Nichane, due to “offense against Islam.” A highly unusual procedure in an Islamic State that’s usually on the moderate side of religious governments.