2 important updates by their sizes and number of bug fixes improving stability, performances and general compatibility for the Microsoft Office suite.

Office 2004 goes 11.5.0 (45 Mb), Office 2008 updated to version 12.1.1 (153 Mb) and the new Open XML documents converter 1.0 (45 Mb).

1. Office 2004 11.5.0:
   Adds read/write compatibility for Open XML Format (.docx, .xlsx, etc.) files if installed with the Open XML Format Converter
   Better stability and printing/page setup fixes for Word
   Better paste compatibility with Office 2008 for all apps
   Powerpoint fixes for stability with large documents
   Download here.
2. Office 2008 12.1.1:
   Several issues are fixed with the updates, including charting problems, Entourage crashing when the computer wakes from sleep, and issues regarding converting documents to and from the Open XML Format.
   Download here.

 NB: before installing the Office 2008 update, you gotta make sure you have version 12.1.0 installed. Yes… No combos for Microsoft Updates.

Superbly designed, these 6 wallpapers are the creation of Kevin Anderson.
They’re awesome and deserve kudos.

Download them here.

Flawless! That’s a fact. And a beautiful interface! Like many others I’ve noticed the fact pages are lighter in Firefox 3 than Safari, I did the Apple.com test to see the difference, and.. no doubt, it’s like HD (Safari) compared to standard definition.

First, wanted to say it was not very bright to overwhelm their servers while they wanted to break a world record of downloads in a 24 hours period… The servers were off for hours…

Let’s first analyze the address bar:

1. Type in a URL and it acts like Spotlight through your history; same thing with the Google menu (with popular searches)
2. Favorites are marked with a star, clicking on the star adds the URL to your bookmarks (very cool)
   
3. The RSS logo is now blue (a color, we, Mac users love more than the old orange)
4. When you type in a URL, the “go” button appears as a blue “Play” logo, didn’t like it all, but it’s just a detail
5. The address bar changes when you visit a secure page like PayPal reacts as a phishing center, increasing your security while browsing in sensitive websites, that is a very cool feature!
   
6. Try to drag your Tabs to re-organize them and you’ll get an ugly thing compared to Safari’s smooth animation
7. Firefox 3 has a very nice glow effect when you point your mouse cursor on one of the tab, you’ll see the site’s favicon glowing, Apple’s looks awesome!

That’s all I noticed for the address bar.

While Apple is seeding a preview version of Safari 4 to developpers, the 3rd version of Firefox is going to be shipped today!
A great even for the Firefox users!
The download link will be turned on at 10 am PDT.

If you can’t wait, you can still download Firefox RC 3 from here.

Made by Loaf Ninja, this hat icon is the perfect replacement for any of your RSS reader desktop application.

I’ve just replaced the Sherlock Holmes hat I used to use for NetNewsWire with this one.

Download Holmes here, and Ninja Loaf’s hat here.

The final version has finally been released, this new version has a great new feature, it gives you the ability to save flash animations like the ones you see in YouTube or Daily Motion.

This is a surprise, since it wasn’t enabled in the beta version of Real Player! Now I understand better why CosmoPod needs you to have Real Player installed!

Download Real Player 11 here.

You can easily install an application on a jailbroken iPhone, but a few number of apps is really worth mentionning.

MxTube is simply destined to directly download and watch YouTube videos on your iPhone.
It combies stability & ease of use.
Even its icon is gorgeous!

To try it, just search “MxTube” on Installer and you’ll get it!