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People’s Choice Voting Begins Today

April 6, 2004

Be here at Noon e.s.t. today for the start of public voting for the People’s Choice Award for Pixelpalooza 2004. We invite you to visit each of the three category pages (OS X, CandyBar and Classic) and rate your preference for each entry. People’s Choice voting runs from today until Noon e.s.t. April 13th and the winners will be announced along side of the Grand Prize and Runner up winners selected by this year’s judges on April 21st.

We’ve made a change in procedure from previous contests for this year’s People’s Choice voting. Last year ballot stuffing was a serious problem and as such, we’ve decided not to show which entry is in the lead. We’re sorry if this is disappointing, but you can blame all those people out there who thought voting multiple times for a single entry was okay. Artists from around the world have put their hearts and souls into their creations, and if you value their efforts, please treat the contest with respect and vote only once in each of the three categories. Now get voting!

“Welcome Back Mr. Anderson!”

April 6, 2004

By Webmaster

To celebrate the North American DVD release of Matrix Revolutions, our resident maniac, Dave Brasgalla, has pulled out all the stops for this weeks’ freeware icon release. Matrix Rebooted is a wonderful tribute to the movie trilogy from the Wachowski brothers and contains over 90 individual icons that can be used as a complete system replacement set for your desktop. Users of our popular system icon customization utility, CandyBar will be happy to learn that Matrix Rebooted comes complete as a CB iContainer that can replace all of your system icons in a single click. But that’s not all, the set contains alternate versions so CandyBar uses can mix and match to their heart’s content.

The icon set alone would be more than enough to satisfy any die-hard Neo fan, but Dave being Dave, has also pounded out two extremely cool desktop pictures to complete your Matrix makeover. We advise you to make like Neo and fly over to Dave’s site, Pixelhuset, and swipe them before the Merovingian finds out what you are up to. We sincerely hope that if you enjoy this huge collection from Dave, you’ll drop us a line and let him know.

More Spring Time Wonder From Kate

April 5, 2004

By Webmaster

Iconfactory worker, Kate England has once again let the sunshine in with her latest freeware icon collection Sakura, Cherry Blossom. Anyone who loves Japan or just nature in general will appreciate these beautiful floral icons and accompanying desktop pictures. We encourage you to visit Kate’s page, Marmalade Moon and download these peaceful icons and desktops today. Enjoy!

Artist David Lanham Joins The Iconfactory

April 5, 2004

By Webmaster

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We are proud to announce that a new designer and icon artist has accepted a position with The Iconfactory and has joined the Greensboro team of workers. You may know David Lanham as the first place winner and talented creator of last year’s Mac OS X Pixelpalooza entry “Invading Your Space”. David is a recent graduate of the University of Central Florida and we are very pleased that he will be pushing pixels along with the rest of the workers into both freeware and corporate projects. You can view some of David’s work on his personal website. In the meantime, be sure to grab If you’d like to grab a slice of history, David’s first official Iconfactory icon, MistaDragon, can be found in the 2004 Quick Pix icon collection. Welcome aboard David!

Radiant Stock Icon Collection Released

April 1, 2004

By Webmaster

Announcing the immediate availability of our latest royalty-free icon collection from StockIcons.com – Radiant. Created specifically to work across the widest possible group of application environments, Radiant is both technical and approachable. Skillful use of color and shading, combined with professional detailing gives this collection the edge that will help web or software applications stand out from the rest. Stockicons.com provides developers and designers with high-quality, affordable royalty-free collections of icons for use in software applications, website designs and interactive presentations. Radiant is available today as an electronic download for $349.00.

Put Your Pencil Tools Down People!

March 31, 2004

By Webmaster

The deadline for submitting your 2004 contest entry has now passed. Thanks go out to everyone who entered, and if you didn’t get your submission in in time, we’re afraid you’ll have to wait until next year. Be here starting at Noon, e.s.t. on Tuesday, April 6th to begin voting for the People’s Choice Award. In the meantime, you’ll excuse us, we’ve got entries to post!!

Grab Your Gear!

March 30, 2004

By Webmaster

The Iconfactory is happy to announce the release of this week’s freeware icon collection from icon artist Anthony Piraino – Take A Hike. This fun and colorful icon collection is a perfect companion for those who enjoy camping and hiking in the great outdoors. Even if you are only an “armchair” mountaineer, swing on over and get geared up for a memorable desktop adventure. Take a Hike is available as Macintosh or Windows based icons or as a handy Pixadex iContainer. Enjoy!

Pixadex Updated to 1.5.1

March 25, 2004

By Webmaster

The fine folks at Panic have incorporated some important improvements to Pixadex bringing the current version to 1.5.1. Drag and drop arranging is now much more responsive, the application can now recognize and import older iControl packs and several important bugs have been corrected. For the complete skinny on this latest version as well as to download the update, hop on over to the Pixadex homepage. This update is free to registered users and is available today for $18.95.

I’ll Raise You 21 Smoothicons!

March 23, 2004

By Webmaster

As promised, we are pleased to present yet another volume of Smoothness. The ninth collection in the Smoothicons series adds all of the Adobe apps plus several other frequently requested items. And in honor of the renewed popularity of poker, Corey has added a few fun items to help transform your desktop into Las Vegas, without all the neon. I’ll see that bet! Enjoy!

A Round of Icons on the House!

March 16, 2004

By Webmaster

The Iconfactory is pleased to announce Snappy Hour!, this week’s freeware icon collection, based on licensed artwork from artist Derek Yaniger. Snappy Hour! is a fun and playful collection of retro style illustrations that will help turn your boring desktop into a swinging party full of beautiful babes, hip beatniks and rat-pack crooners. If you enjoy this freeware icon set, be sure to check out the Snappy Hour! Clip Art Collection from Mister Retro that inspired them. Grab them today. Enjoy!

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