Corel releases public beta of WordPerfect Lightning
Corel released a free public beta of WordPerfect Lightning on Tuesday, a word processor that blends a desktop-based application with online collaboration and storage features. WordPerfect Lightening has a “Notes” tool to save text and images from the Internet, in addition to a “Viewer” that can handle the portable document format (.pdf), WordPerfect, and Microsoft’s Word documents. It also has a “Navigator” to organize files.
The desktop application is 20MB and is compatible with Microsoft’s new Vista OS and XP, Corel said. If users are not at computer running the WordPerfect Lightning desktop application, they can use Lightning’s online site to access files stored by Corel. Users get 200MB of storage space to back up data such as e-mails, contacts, bookmarks, and documents, in addition to a calendar and free e-mail. WordPerfect Lightning is one of a wave of applications integrating desktop applications with online features for greater access and easier collaboration. In March 2006, Google bought Upstartle, a company that created the online word processor Writely.
source: InfoWorld
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Microsoft’s List Of 800 Windows Vista-Compatible Apps
Earlier this week, Microsoft published a list of 800 applications that should run properly on its new Windows Vista operating system. On its Web site, Microsoft says the number of applications certified for use with Windows Vista is constantly growing and that its list “will be update weekly.”
Virtually all of Microsoft’s own offerings are on the list. Also included are a host of business and security applications from vendors ranging from Intuit to Trend Micro. Desktop applications from Google made it in, but some of the world’s biggest software companies, including Adobe Systems, IBM, and Symantec didn’t make the cut. Tech industry analyst Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group blames the fact that IBM and Adobe are becoming increasingly competitive with Microsoft in the desktop applications market. Also absent from the list is any software from Apple. Enderle thinks Apple has purposely chosen not to make some of its more popular applications, such as iTunes, Vista-compatible.
View: Applications that Microsoft has approved for Vista
