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.

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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.

The OS X Lion v10.7.3 Update is recommended for all OS X Lion users and includes general operating system fixes that improve the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac

Apple has released updates For OS X Lion v10.7.2. The Version 10.7.2 Update is largely a bugfix release, along with the usual slate of security patches, plus new support for iCloud support. Apple also released Java updates for OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and OS X 10.5 Leopard

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

iSkysoft is offering their DVD Creator for Mac application (normally $49.00) for free until November 2. This is the full version of the application with a registration keycode - not a crippled demo

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Download from the Mac App Store for $29.99; requires OS X 10.6.6 or later to install; requires an Intel-based Mac with a Core 2 Duo, i3, i5, i7 or Xeon processor and 2GB of RAM; Lion will be available on a USB thumb drive through the Apple Store ( http://www.apple.com ) for $69 (US) in August

Apple has released a variety of Mac OS X v10.6.8 updates, and a security update for OS 10.5 Leopard. The Version 10.6.8 Update is widely expected to be the ultimate version of Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard prior to the release of OS 10.7 Lion. The Security Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard

On Monday afternoon, Apple released the Mac OS X v10.6.7 Update, largely a bugfix along with the usual slate of security patches and a few feature enhancements. The Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard