I've had a chance to talk to Adobe folks about the switch to the CC and why they dropped the perpetual license. For the most part, Adobe claims they were caught off guard by how people gravitated to the CC. While they didn't provide actual numbers, they did claim the vast majority of people who upgraded did not purchase CS6. Rather, they bought into the CC. Adobe started preparing CS7, but at a certain point they realized that the cost of preparing two versions of the same software—one that would be updated and one that would not—was going to not be a wise use of their resources. Ergo, drop the less popular option.

If you want a perpetual license for the Adobe Suite, go out and buy CS6. Yes it's a year old, but a year from now you will still have the same suite, no more payments, it will always be on your desktop. Today at Adobe MAX, Adobe announced that the Perpetual license, that which you buy and you are done, will no longer be sold. Now, if you want the latest from Adobe, you rent it. This is a mixed bag, truly.

On Monday, April 23rd, Adobe made a double announcement regarding Creative Suite 6 (no surprise) and the Creative Cloud (also no surprise). There was no surprise because Adobe has been presenting us with sneak peaks of upcoming features for some time, and the Creative Cloud was informally announced back in October at the Adobe MAX in Los Angeles. Now that details are coming in, this cloud has a very silver lining.

In celebration of Thanksgiving. Wondershare Software is giving away fully-licensed copies of Wondershare iCollage for Mac (a $29 value). The giveaway runs from Nov. 21th 00:00 PST to Dec. 7th 24:00 PST

Paint, sketch and draw with tools you already know how to use

Hamrick Software, the developer of VueScan, the world's most widely used scanning software, adds support for Searchable PDF Files

The Adobe Photoshop CS4 11.0.2 update addresses a number of critical issues and vulnerabilities discovered after Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop CS4 Extended (11.0 and 11.0.1) software were released

Digiarty Software today announces DVD Ripper for Mac, including a new round of compatibility and functionality improvements. Now, this version not only supports Intel Macs, but also offers compatibility with Mac PowerPC. DVD Ripper offers users of both processors a way to rip and convert both encrypted and non-commercial DVDs to Mac iTunes, MP4, MOV , iLife and portable devices like DVD to iPad, iPod, iPhone, PSP, Apple-TV and more

Flying Meat's Acorn 2.3.1 is a layer-based bitmap image editor with filters, chaining of filters, image and canvas resizing, flood fill, gradients, vector shapes, draw and erase tools, text tools, GPU support, and more. This major update is written for Snow Leopard only and includes 64-bit support, layered screenshots (each window captured in its own layer), rulers, scripting vis JSTalk, RAW image import, new tools (dodge, burn, clone, and smudge), layer groups, perspective transformation, a Render Clouds filter, and more

Axure brings its popular wireframing, prototyping and specification tool to the Mac, enabling user experienced professionals to use Axure RP on Macs and PCs without virtualization

The Adobe Camera Raw 6.1 Release Candidate is now available immediately as a free download

In addition to a range of new photographer-oriented features, Phocus 2.5 for Apple computers allows users to import RAW files from more than 150 DSLR cameras, and features support for most standard image file formats, making Phocus more flexible and powerful than ever before