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Year In Review for 2007

December 21, 2007

It seems like only yesterday we were celebrating our 10th anniversary and writing our traditional year ending post for 2006. Now, another year has flown by and it’s time to let the pixels rest until we meet again in 2008. Looking back on the past twelve months reveals new software, icons, desktops and even a […]

‘Tis the Season!

December 13, 2007

With only a precious few shopping days left, Ged has updated his holiday icon release from 2003, Winter Wonderland, just in time for Christmas. This fun and bright set of desktop icons is now complete with 512×512 and 256×256 sizes for Leopard and Vista and even includes new, iPhone inspired versions as well. In addition, […]

Fast on the heels of the exciting release of CandyBar 3.0 for Mac OS X Leopard, comes a new version from the talented folks at Panic. CandyBar 3.1 adds new features and loads of improvements like “Dock Previewing” that lets you see what a dock looks like without having to apply it. The dock preview […]

Corey Marion’s eagerly anticipated system replacement set is now available for download on the Freeware page. Candybar 3 users had a bit of a head start since Float is the bundled default icon set but now everyone can get it. Float includes large icon sizes for Mac OS X Leopard and Windows Vista.

Plateau Stock Family Updated

December 6, 2007

Stockicons.com has released the latest collections in the Plateau family of royalty-free stock icons. Two add-on collections are now available as both classic bitmaps and scalable vector PDF files for use in a wide range of projects including print, software and web applications. Designed around a palette filled with bright and dynamic hues, Plateau is […]

The Golden Compass

December 4, 2007

New Line Cinema’s The Golden Compass opens in theaters this week, and Iconfactory artist Dave Brasgalla has created some freeware goodies to celebrate. His new desktop picture, Dust is available in widescreen, fullscreen and iPhone formats. And on our Freeware page you’ll find a brand new QuickPix icon based on the truth-telling Alethiometer. Head on […]

Agua Gets Refreshed

December 4, 2007

If your Leopard desktop is suffering a drought of creativity, we have just the thing – David Lanham has refreshed his popular Agua System and Agua Extras icon sets. Now all three Agua sets – Agua, Agua Extras Vol. 1, and Agua Apps Vol. 1 – include 512×512 icon sizes and new Dock resources for […]

It’s taken over four years, but this week Futurama marks its long-awaited return to the small screen in the form of Bender’s Big Score on DVD. To mark the occasion of Bender, Fry, Leela and the Professor’s return to our living rooms, Ged has worked hard to bring you volume 5 in his series of […]

It’s Here – CandyBar 3!

November 28, 2007

From the start, you could tell they were meant to be together. Pixadex, our intuitive and familiar icon organizer, and CandyBar, our safe and cheerful icon customization utility, always worked hand-in-hand to transform your desktop into a place you could call home. Now, thanks to the power of modern computerized technology, unthinkable magic has happened: […]

Due to some technical difficulties that just happened to strike as many of us were sitting down to our Thanksgiving dinner yesterday, the Frenzic.com web server is offline. We’re working hard to get the problem fixed and get the site back up and running, but until it is, players will be unable to log in […]