The Breakroom

Iconfactory Year In Review

December 16, 2005

Today marks our last day at the assembly line for 2005, as all of the workers will be taking the next two weeks off to enjoy the holidays with friends and family. As we close up shop each year, we take stock of what we were able to bring to you, our loyal base of […]

Slice of Us in Tiger

May 4, 2005

Observant users of Apple’s new Mac OS X 10.4 “Tiger” have spotted a little bit of The Iconfactory in the new OS. That’s because our very own funkAmals and Tribal Mask icon collections come bundled for use with Tiger’s new iChat application. While running iChat in Tiger, click “Change my picture…” under the Buddies menu. […]

Go Ahead, Open The Cage!

April 26, 2005

We are pleased to announce that CandyBar is ready for Mac OS X Tiger! This latest release supports several new Tiger-specific icons and includes an overhauled and more flexible auto-update system. If you are upgrading to Tiger you will need to download this update which is free to registered users. CandyBar 2.5 is available immediately […]

CandyBar Auto-Updated

April 19, 2005

Registered users of CandyBar 2.0 need only launch the program to receive an auto-update that will make CandyBar qualified for use with Mac OS X 10.3.9. The auto-update feature was added to CandyBar in version 2 and makes keeping your CandyBar application in sync with the OS easy as pie. If you’re still using an […]

“We fear change…”

April 18, 2005

In case you have not heard the news this morning, Adobe announced that it is in talks to purchase Macromedia in a stock based deal for $3.4 billion dollars. Its not a done deal yet, but if it does fly we’re sure users will see many changes afoot in some of their favorite programs. Macromedia […]

Don’t Panic!

January 12, 2005

Our PC using visitors will want to note that Microsoft announced yesterday a newly discovered vulnerability related to .ICO files that affects virtually all versions of Windows. The security update is listed as “critical”, and as such, we strongly recommend that if you use a PC you patch your version of Windows against this vulnerability. […]

Blame It On Steve!

January 4, 2005

As you may have read here last week, the workers were planning on attending the MacWorld Keynote address at our local Apple store today. However, since a certain CEO we all know seems to have become upset with all of the recent rumor mongering on the web, the web broadcast of the keynote speech will […]

We’re Back!

January 4, 2005

Our annual holiday break has ended and the workers are slowly getting back into the swing of things around the old factory. Pixel workshops are coming back up to speed and new plans are being laid, so we invite you to spend another year with us as we offer more icons, software and goodies in […]

Holy water? Check. Silver tipped bullets? Check. Apple iPod? Check ??? That’s right folks, apparently a 40Gb Apple iPod and a cool set of playlists are crucial tools in the epic battle against the vampire nation. Some of the workers went to see Blade Trinity this weekend and were delighted to find that the entire […]

CandyBar Auto-Update Activate!

November 12, 2004

Registered users of CandyBar 2.0 may have noticed that with the recent release of Mac OS X 10.3.6, CandyBar received an auto-update that qualified it for use with the new OS. This new feature prevents users from having to manually download and install a new version of the software, saving time and hassle. For those […]