In celebration of the new Indiana Jones movie, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the Iconfactory announced on Tuesday that it has set up a page that will include Leopard (and Vista) resources: icons, custom dock for Mac, and desktop pictures.

Divine Fiat has announced the immediate avilability of Grunge, a theme for Apple's Keynote presentation software.

Microsoft announced on Tuesday that they have resumed the availability of Windows XP SP3 at the Microsoft Download Center. Distribution was halted last week when a last minute incompatibility with Vista SP1 and the Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS) software was discovered

Shebly Seyrafi with Caris & Co. raised his EPS estimates for Apple (AAPL) on Tuesday based in upwardly revised estimates for Macintosh and iPhone sales in 2008 and 2009

Orbicule announced the launch and immediate availability of Macnification on Tuesday. The new software allows the scientist to import, organize, find, annotate, analyze, adjust, compare, visualize and publish microscopic images.

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Italy looks to be the first country to break Apple's one carrier per country rule for the iPhone now that both Telecom Italia and Vodafone plan on offering the combination iPod and smart phone in the country some time this year

Macgamestore.com announced the immediate availability of Supercow on Tuesday. The arcade-style game puts players in the roll of Supercow to save the farm and the world from the evil Professor Duriarti.

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Today TMO readers are offering their take on whether or not it makes sense for Apple to buy Adobe

NBC is jumping back into the online media store game again, but it instead of returning to the iTunes Store, the network has teamed up with Microsoft's Zune online store. As part of the deal, customers will be presented with bundled TV show purchases and a variable pricing structure

Volitans Software announced the immediate availability of SMART Utility 1.2 on Tuesday. The update for the hard drive diagnostic application added French localization along with improved support for smartctl

A Sharp announced the immediate availability of Opal 1.2 on Tuesday. The update for the outlining application added support for MacBook Air and MacBook Pro trackpad gestures, along with support for Leopard's grammar checking

The popular iPhone will be moving into ten more markets around the world in 2008 now that Vodafone has penned a deal with Apple. The cell carrier will be offering Apple's combination iPod and smart phone in Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey before the end of the year

In a rare move, Apple commented on rumor and speculation when company officials denied that its pro-level applications, including Final Cut Pro, are up for sale. The rumor began when Robert X. Cringely reported last week that Apple was looking for a buyer at NAB this year

Based on 10,099 notebook and desktop computer owners who contacted customer support between September 2006 and January 2008, Consumer Reports found Apple to be number one in technical support. Lenovo came in second for notebook computers and Dell was second for desktops

The iMac broke the 3GHz barrier, and Apple's lawsuit train picked up another passenger. This time the suit is over iPod flash memory interfacing. Adobe killed GoLive, Tennessee is considering a digital download tax, the iTunes Store turned five, and AT&T may lower iPhone pricing. Ricky Spero makes a special guest appearance, and this week's Quick Tip: Locating login items.

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Lunar Software has announced the immediate availability of EarthBrowser 3.0. The new version adds Doppler Radar, true 3D rendering using Adobe AIR, Northern Lights overlays and more.

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MacPractice announced the immediate availability on Monday of their all Mac interface to PLANMECA Panoramic and Cephalometric digital X-ray equipment and PLANMECA digital sensors via Ethernet.

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iLounge announced on Monday its "Design the Next iPhone, Win the Next iPhone" contest. Three grand prize winners will receive Apple's next-generation iPhone, courtesy of iLounge, and three runners up will receive US$100 iTunes Gift Cards

Mike Abramsky with RBC said in a note to investors on Monday that Apple's estimate of 10M iPhones to be sold in 2008 is too low and expects the number to be 14 million