Applemorphic

For this week’s Friday Software Spotlight, here are a few product announcements from the week’s Macworld.

• Microsoft is releasing Mac Office 2008 later in 2007. This next version of the office suite will be a universal binary and sports some major user interface changes, which you can get a taste of through an eWeek slideshow. The UI still features a row of buttons across the top, but then there is a web/tab style navigation and sub-navigation scheme for key features.
• Virtualization continues to make headlines. Parallels introduced a new beta of their Desktop for Mac solution, and Crossover Mac 6.0 was released by CodeWeavers. Parallels runs a full copy of Windows inside your Mac (and can run your BootCamp Windows volume), while Crossover runs specific applications within the Mac without the need for Windows.
• Now Software pre-announced their integrated successor to Now Up-to-Date and Now Contact. Codenamed Nighthawk, the software is due for delivery later this year, and from the screenshots looks pretty good. But if it won’t sync with the iPhone…
• Adobe previewed Photoshop CS3 for Mac and reintroduced Premier for the Mac as well.

Of course, there’s much, much more. Check out Macworld Magazine’s reports for announcements, reviews and analysis, and VersionTracker for lists of software releases.

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