Think Secret's Secret Notes section reports that sources "familiar" with the development of Photoshop CS3 have revealed that Adobe has sped up the release of the development builds and that a ship date as early as the end of March could very well happen. Secret Notes also says that an unconfirmed report - based on "internal communications" - puts the release at a much more specific date: March 27.

The rumored March release neatly coincides with the release of Apple's Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, there has still been no word so far if Photoshop CS3 will be taking advantage of Leopard-dependent technologies. Speculators have also pointed towards cross-marketing opportunities between Apple and Adobe as a reason for the rumored March release of Photoshop CS3.

While a release on or near Leopard's is indeed likely (Adobe has always released Mac versions first, after all), we caution everyone, especially those waiting desperately for CS3, to take this with a grain of salt. I personally can't wait, actually. I haven't tried CS3 yet, but I've heard that it has some great improvements in speed over CS2.