Weekend review: This week's software

Each Saturday we feature a review of all the software we've posted about over the past seven days. Here is this week's entry.

Commercial Software

• Macromedia Studio 8 Now shipping
• Office 12 UI revealed!
• Stuffit 10 Archive utility receives a major update

Shareware

• Dot Mac Menu .Mac utility updated

OS X Updates

• Java 1.3.1 and 1.4.2 Release 2 Software update for Mac OS 10.4

Freeware

• Free Ruler Put a multi-function ruler on your desktop
• Skype Widget Interact with Skype with this Dashboard widget
• Firefox 1.5 beta Manage downloads with the new beta of Firefox
• Unify Safari Make Safari look more like Mail
• Growl Add functionality to Google's Gmail notifier

Open Source

• Mail Type Select Finder-like searching for Mail

Beta

• Widgetarium An independent development environment for making Dashboard widgets
• Flock "Social browser" looks promising (currently a closed beta)