No clue on the release date but I'd like to see a updated version of it rebuilt from the ground up to take advantage of dual cores etc.. I bought version 2 when it came out then let that sit for years, finally upgraded to 4 probably right before 5 came out then just last month finally got around to getting 6. To me it still feels like version 2 so thats why I said I hope they rebuild it, not just slap new features into the same UI. It's dated and sluggish and still relies upon the big icons and subfolders instead of a decent straight forward menu system thats sortable/moveable.