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December 4, 2013 by Island Dog
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 ...
December 4, 2013 by Island Dog
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/  
December 2, 2013 by Island Dog
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.
November 20, 2013 by Island Dog
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...
November 20, 2013 by Island Dog
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...
November 19, 2013 by Island Dog
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  
November 18, 2013 by Island Dog
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  
November 14, 2013 by Island Dog
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...
November 6, 2013 by Island Dog
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...
November 4, 2013 by Island Dog
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
October 22, 2013 by Island Dog
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 ...
October 21, 2013 by Island Dog
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.
October 16, 2013 by Island Dog
Start8, the world’s leading Windows 8 start menu, announces compatibility for Windows 8.1 RTM! In addition to compatibility with Windows 8.1, v1.30 also includes support for skinning the menus and start buttons. You can download new buttons and skins from WinCustomize.com . Visit your Stardock account to download the latest update now. Click here to download a free 30-day trial or purchase the Start8 Windows 8 start menu today. Visit https://www.stardock.com/products/start8/...
September 30, 2013 by Island Dog
Another week has started, so that means we’ll take a few minutes to take a look at the skins from around the weekend.  We had some nice WindowBlinds submissions and updates, great wallpapers, and some impressive icons. ...
September 27, 2013 by Island Dog
Acoustic Bridge is a really cool that allows you to take an audio signal from one PC and send it to another.  If you are looking for more info take a look at a new article I have up about Acoustic Bridge. Read more…. Use Acoustic Bridge to Send Audio from One PC to Another