On behalf of the Stardock family I'd like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!  

We have a new Master WindowBlinds skin available today called Brilliance.  A bold and elegant skin for both Windows 7 and Windows 8, and also includes a matching wallpaper also.  Give this one a look, and if you are a WinCustomize Subscriber don’t forget your 20% discount. Brilliance by LightStar  

Just in time for Christmas, adni18 brings us a beautiful Master WindowBlinds skin for the holidays.  Christmas Time uses a rich holiday color, and this skin will work with both Windows 7 and Windows 8. Christmas Time by adni18  

Today we released a Fences v2.12 update which includes an assortment of performance enhancements and fixes. You can now choose between rounded and 90 degree corner edges for your fences to better match your PC theme. Touch features have been re-enabled to help you navigate between desktop pages and move icons into fences on your touch screen display. You can view the entire changelog here . Fences is available to try as a free 30-day trial Current Fences owners should open their ...

Today we released a Start8 v1.31 update which includes an assortment of performance enhancements and fixes. You can view the Changelog here . Start8 is available to try as a free 30-day trial Current Start8 owners should open their Object Desktop Manager application or visit their Stardock account to download the v1.31 update. To learn more about Start8 visit https://www.stardock.com/products/start8/  

The Stardock Cyber Monday Sale is now live, and all week you can get Stardock software up to 50% off. Stardock Cyber Monday Sale Sale highlights: Object Desktop subscription – $34.99  $49.99 Start8 – $3.99  $4.99 WindowBlinds – $7.49  $9.99 Fences – $7.49  $9.99 ObjectDock - $7.49  $9.99 DeskScapes – $7.49  $9.99 and many more! Sales are valid from 12/2/13 until 12/8/13.

WindowBlinds is the original Windows user-interface theming application to enable users to customize their PCs with themes called skins. 15 years later and WindowBlinds and the awesome WinCustomize.com skinning community are still going strong! Today we’re releasing a WindowBlinds v8.02 update which includes the Modern skin and an assortment of performance enhancements and fixes. And if that wasn’t exciting enough, for limited time WindowBlinds is on sale now for 15% off. So down...

WindowBlinds is 15 years old today!  It’s almost crazy to think it’s been around that long, but many of our WinCustomize members have been there from the start and continue to use WindowBlinds to make their desktop shine.  To help celebrate 15 years and over 19 million downloads on Download.com alone, we wanted to have a little contest where you can win a year of Object Desktop.  Object Desktop not only includes WindowBlinds, but many other customization and desktop...

We have a new Master WindowBlinds skin from LightStar up on WinCustomize this week, and no laws were broken while making this skin.  Criminal takes the darker path with a cool design compatible with both Windows 7 and Windows 8. Criminal by LightStar  

Lifehacker put an article up over the weekend with the top 10 ways to customize your desktop.  Of course many Stardock apps were mentioned including WindowBlinds, ObjectDock, Fences, WindowFX and more. "Tired of the boring grey window borders and traditional buttons in the corner? You can spice up your windows with  WindowBlinds " Read more on Lifehacker. Top 10 Ways to Customize Your Desktop  

There’s lots – I mean LOTS – of WindowBlinds skins on WinCustomize that can fit just about any style you are looking for.  I want to point out and feature some popular skins as of late to help users find one they might like. These are a few WindowBlinds skin that you should have in your skin collection.  Remember, you can find the full WindowBlinds gallery here .  Windows Glass by madcat21   ElectroSexual by Vampothika &nb...

Add a stationary dock to your Windows 8 Start screen. The Start screen in Windows 8 organizes your applications into groups of tiles. Launch8 adds the convenience of a quick access stationary dock on your Start screen. Now you’ll be able to drag and drop your favorite applications into Launch8 and quickly launch them no matter where you have swiped to on your Start screen. Launch8 v1.0 is available to try as a free 30-day trial and can be purchased for only $4.99. Vi...

Amara is the latest Master WindowBlinds skin from LightStar.  It’s refreshing color is a pleasure to use and works well on both Windows 7 and Windows 8.  It’s another fantastic skin to add to your collection.  If you are a WinCustomize Subscriber don’t forget your 20% discount. Amara by LightStar

Halloween is approaching and this is one occasion where WinCustomize has lots of skins to choose from.  We have some spooky and creepy skins in many categories, and I’ll feature some below for you to get started with. CursorFX       WindowBlinds ...

Stardock's CEO Brad Wardell talks to Neowin about our 20th Anniversary and a new product coming called Launch8! Can you give us a general idea of what Launch8 is about? Basically it's a quick launch bar for Metro. It's a launch bar at the bottom of the Start screen that stays there when the user scrolls through the the tiles. Head over to Neowin for the full interview !  More info about Launch8 will be coming soon.