November 4 - 10:15am EST  VectorDesigner 1.4.6 ($70) is a vector drawing application that is designed to be simple and intuitive. It contains all the basic tools for creating vector graphics for posters, brochures, shirts and more. The update has added support for the new multi-touch trackpads, allowing users to use familiar gestures for panning and zooming. [Download - 4.9MB] [full story]

January 14 - 10:55am EST   Freeverse on Monday announced Neon Tango, a new original game for the Mac. The company said that a fully playable version of the game will be shown at Macworld Expo ((Booth #1243, South Hall) this week; the final version is expected to ship on February 5th. Neon Tango is described as "a psychedelic arcade shooter with thrilling action, eye-popping visuals, and a spoonful of retro sprinkled on top." According to the company, the title is "conceived with a gorgeous minimalism ... Neon Tango licks the shoot-em-up genre down to its chewy abstract center." Neon Tango will be available for $25 and will run as a Universal Binary on Mac OS X 10.4 or later. A G4-, G5-, or Intel-based ... [full story]