The Breakroom

Our Next Big Thing

May 20, 2003

Here at the Iconfactory, we like to keep the bigger projects under wraps until they’re 100% ready – we think it’s more exciting that way! However, we’ve decided to give in to the many requests we’ve been receiving and give everyone a quick peek at our next major software product. We won’t go into the […]

Resident pixel maniac, Dave Brasgalla, is pleased to announce that four sets in his popular World of Aqua icon series have been fully converted for use with Windows XP and are available today. If you use XP, then you’ve probably been waiting for these for some time. So go get these new conversion today: World […]

Watching Woz

April 24, 2003

One of the two founding members of Apple Computer, Steve Wozniak, will be giving a speech this Saturday (26.Apr.03) at NC State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tickets for this event have been hard to come by, but if you are planning on attending, keep one eye open for our very own Talos Tsui who […]

The May 2003 issue of MacWorld Magazine, on sale now, boasts reviews for over 500 Mac products. We’re pleased to report that our compact system monitoring tool, iPulse received a full four mice from the publication. We encourage you to check out iPulse for yourself and see if you agree. Craig Hockenberry has released a […]

That’s right folks, its that time again! Time for all of you regular visitors to the Iconfactory to get up and atom to vote for your favorite entries in this year’s Pixelpalooza contest. We invite you to visit each of the three category pages (OS X, CandyBar and Classic) and rate your preference for each […]

The official deadline to submit entries for this year’s Pixelpalooza contest has passed. A sincere thank-you goes out to everyone who entered this year, your creativity has helped to make Pixelpalooza 2003 a huge success! For all of those who do not see your entry posted on the contest pages, please be patient. Everyone who […]

Let Hollywood keep their Oscars, we’ve got pixels! Seems like only yesterday we were announcing the start of this year’s annual icon design contest, Pixelpalooza. Seven weeks later, we’re nearing the end, and that means that if you’ve not submitted your entry to this year’s contest, get yourself moving! To date, Pixelpalooza 2003 has garnered […]

R.I.P. John Crichton

March 21, 2003

Today is a sad day for fans of the cult science fiction television series, Farscape. Despite fan efforts to save the show, tonight marks the U.S. airing of the series finale on the Sci-Fi Channel and the factory workers are none too pleased about it. Arguably the best sci-fi show on TV today, Farscape dared […]

Yoroshiku Baby, Desuno!

March 15, 2003

We’re pleased to announce the release of our latest collection of icons based on a new anime series called Risky and Safety. Thinking that she can never see her boyfriend again, Moe Katsuragi’s despair summons a spunky soul collecting apprentice named Risky. Risky urges Moe to depart the mortal realm, leaving behind her precious soul […]

Tick Tock, Tick Tock!

March 13, 2003

That’s right folks, according to that ol’ calendar on the wall, there is less than three weeks left to enter this year’s Pixelpalooza Icon Design Contest. We’ve already received over 60 sets in this year’s three entry categories; OS X, CandyBar and Classic icons. With time running out, we expect the number of entries to […]