Adobe CS3 Is Finally Here; May Prove Macromedia Merger Was Good Idea

For all you graphics geeks who have been waiting eagerly to find out whether or not Adobe has screwed up all of your favorite Macromedia design tools, now's your chance to plunk down $1,000+ to find out. CS3 launches today, and it's as freakin' thorough as expected. You can buy Design Premium for $1,799, Design Standard for $1,199, Web Premium for $1,599 and Web Standard for $999. Also available are separately wrapped apps: Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended, Adobe InDesign CS3, Adobe Illustrator CS3, Adobe Flash CS3 Professional, Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Adobe Fireworks CS3, and Adobe Contribute CS3. More »

Adobe CS3 Pricing Leaked by Amazon

Most of the details have already been revealed about Adobe's huge upgrade of its CS3 line of content creation software, except for the pricing. A day before Adobe's official rollout on March 27, now Amazon has spilled the beans on the Adobe Creative Suite CS3 and all of its iterations, offering pre-order pages for the dizzying array of combinations in which you can buy Adobe's full lineup. More »