Adobe Illustrator, PicLens

• Adobe Illustrator CS3 13.0.1 (free) updates Adobe's industry leading software for digital illustration, addressing issues related to overall performance and reliability in several key areas. Improvements include fixes for LiveColor, PSD file import, Chinese IME, printing, graphic styles, color management, transparency, and Live Effects. [Download - 3.1MB]


• Smart Scroll X 2.5.1 ($20) is a utility designed to make scrolling smoother, faster, and easier with a 'coasting' effect similar to Apple's forthcoming iPhone interface. The latest release adds support for Safari 3.0b, and includes various fixes as well as improvements to Pages, Super Wheel, and Grab Scroll. [Download - 1.5MB]


• Sticky Windows 2.2.3 ($16) shrinks windows into tabs to provide users with a clutter-free workspace. Sticky Windows 2.2.3 imrpoves stability by eradicating sporadic crashes, allows users to gift a friend with a license of the application via reproduction services, and is enhanced for Mac OS X 10.4.10. [Download - 995KB]


• PicLens 1.5 (free) for Safari is a free browser add-on that transforms Safari into a full-screen slideshow viewer, displaying beyond the confines of the browser window frame. One click turns a thumbnail from Flickr, Picasa Web Album, or Google Image Search into a full screen presentation. [Download - 899KB]


• Nethergate: Resurrection 1.0.1 ($25) fixes numerous minor bugs and typoes in the fantasy role-playing adventure game set in ancient Britannia. Players explore a unique setting, assault a multitude of cities as well as dungeons, and attempt dozens of quests. The latest release also fixes a problem that the Celts could encounter when departing the Land of the Dead. [Download - 17.1MB]

by MacNN Staff