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Has Gone Before…

April 21, 2009

We’re pleased to announce that our three-week long tribute to Star Trek comes to a close with the release of our official set of icons from the feature film. This highly detailed set of desktop icons is based on objects and vessels from the new movie from producer J.J. Abrams and are sure to please. […]

Where No Man…

April 14, 2009

Our tribute to the thrilling new feature film, Star Trek, continues this week with a set of icons that Trek fans are sure to love. Artist Louie Mantia has crafted a set of desktop folder icons based around the familiar command, life sciences and engineering symbols of the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise. Our Star […]

To Boldly Go…

April 7, 2009

The Iconfactory is proud to announce the launch of a three-week long tribute to the exciting, new film by J.J. Abrams – Star Trek. The greatest adventure of all time begins with the incredible story of a young crew’s maiden voyage onboard the most advanced starship ever created: the U.S.S. Enterprise. On a journey filled […]

Unicorn Tears & Rainbow Pillows

April 6, 2009

The Mac community has been watching Microsoft’s new ad campaign closely and we think it’s fair to say they’re not impressed. First we saw actress turned laptop expert, Lauren DeLong, profess that she wasn’t “cool enough” to own a Macbook Pro. Then we got a taste of Giampaolo who told us “Macs are more about […]

Nothing But the Rain

March 25, 2009

We remember back in 2003 when the trailers for Ron Moore’s re-imagining of the short-run but classic 1978 camp sci-fi series began to play. We were not sure what to think. Cylons that look human? Starbuck is a girl? But we gave it a chance despite our concerns about someone frakking with our fond memories […]

Black as Inque

March 3, 2009

Take the shape-shifting abilities of Clayface and combine them with the sensual curves of Catwoman and you have Inque, one of the most powerful villains from DC’s Batman Beyond. This week’s desktop freeware release from Mindy puts the deadly Inque front and center and makes a perfect addition to any comic fan’s Mac, PC or […]

A Plethora of Ive Drives

February 24, 2009

Apple fans are in for a treat with this week’s freeware release from Louie Mantia. Inspired by the industrial design of Apple’s hardware maven, Jonathan Ive, Louie has gone all out to create Ive Drives. This massive set of 40 desktop drive icons comes in four styles: Time Capsule, Apple TV, Mac Mini and Unibody […]

Finally!

February 23, 2009

Greensboro, North Carolina. Saturday, February 21, 2009. 7:15am. 24 degrees Fahrenheit. Gedeon, Talos, Anthony, Louie and myself arrive at Friendly Center to join a small but fanatical group, including Ian Meyer who had camped out all night, in front of a polished aluminum and glass monolith. Just under three hours later the new employees joined […]

Good Things In Worn Packages

February 17, 2009

If there’s one constant in the universe, it’s that you can never have enough application replacement icons. Anthony proves the old adage once again with the release of this week’s freeware collection – Litho Extras Volume 6. This latest set of organic and distressed desktop icons includes popular app replacements such as Things, Coda, Front […]

xScope Winning Hearts & Minds of Developers

February 16, 2009

Over the past year, two of our ‘children’, Twitterrific and Frenzic, have received a great deal of attention. But while these popular pieces of software have been having their moment in the sun, our award-winning tool xScope, has been quietly winning the hearts and minds of developers everywhere. We realized this at Macworld when a […]

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