These are 3 quick video demos of the new WindowFX 5 .  These show some of the new window animations, how  you can focus windows, and the new icon features. Follow @stardock      

Stardock announced the fifth iteration of the ultra-popular WindowFX desktop enhancement program today. WindowFX is a unique program that allows users to animate windows and start menus with slick animations and effects. No other program gives you so many polished and reliable window enhancement capabilities including; animations, window resizing options and movement customizations. WindowFX 5 not only makes the windows experience look cool but, it also helps you focus on what is important wi...

Master Skinner vStyler is back with a new skin called Andromeda for XP, Vista, and Windows 7.  This is a cool space theme with a fresh set of colors for anyone looking for something new and unique.  Several sub-styles are included and matching wallpapers and skins are in the galleries. Andromeda by vStyler WinCustomize Subscribers get a 20% discount!

RTSguru.com also got a chance to sit-in with a Q&A session with Rebellion Producer Chris Bray. “One of the Q&A participants asked about Rebellion's competitors in the expanding genre that the SoaSE series is a part of, and Chris opined that he's excited about the growth of their niche field, as competing titles drive his team to do better while bringing more attention to the games themselves.  Interestingly, we were also told that the Homeworld series greatly affected the...

Via Neowin: http://www.neowin.net/news/this-is-dells-windows-8-tablet The fine folks over at Neowin have obtained the specs and some more information about an upcoming Windows 8 tablet from Dell.  “As you can see from the slide above, we are looking at a 10.8 inch tablet, 1366x768 resolution, dual core Atom processor, fingerprint reader, Intel graphics (x86 tablet folks), 2 GB of ram, 128 GB SSD and of course it will be running Windows 8. We should note that it ...

I hope you had a great holiday weekend, and we’ll kick off this shorter week with some of the skins that came in.  I wasn’t expecting much to come in, but I was pleasantly surprised to see a bunch of them.  Keep up the great work! ...

It’s been hitting your inboxes so many of you have already seen the May edition of WinCustomize Magazine.  You can view it at the link below but be sure to signup to get it delivered right to your inbox. WinCustomize Magazine for May Update your mailing subscriptions here. https://www.stardock.com/subscriptions.asp

An update to CCleaner is out.  Definitely one of the best apps to have on your PC. Added option to bypass annoying UAC prompt. Added support for Firefox 13.0 beta. Added Thunderbird cleaning as a separate rule. Added cleaning for BitDefender. http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

Before we head off to a long holiday weekend, be sure to checkout the latest TWiS! This Week in Skinning-May 25th

Hey folks!  Welcome to another edition of This Week in Skinning where we show off some of the coolest desktop skins and themes from the past week.  Lots of good stuff this week so lets get to it! Now for this weeks picks!     Andromeda by theAVMAN This is a really slick and detailed cursor theme for CursorFX .  Just download it and see.   Fantasy by DolphinDoc A new desktop theme for DesktopX which a clean ...

Master Skinner adni18 has shared another beautiful Master WindowBlinds skin with us today called Midas Touch.  This skin has a great texture and includes the wallpapers and Dock background as well. Midas Touch

Stardock’s Chris Bray had a chance to speak with the folks at GameSpy about the upcoming Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion in a question & answer session. “ Producer Chris Bray : We're lucky in that the Sins community is absolutely AMAZING about providing helpful feedback, bug reports, etc. It's so good you almost forget you're on the internet. One thing we've gotten plenty of feedback on are the new corvette units. They started off cheap to produce, but not very effective. We've u...

Microsoft has a huge blog post from the head of the user experience team for Windows 8 about the UI changes and some ideas behind them.  It’s long, but an interesting read. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/05/18/creating-the-windows-8-user-experience.aspx “So what is the role of the desktop in Windows 8? It is pretty straightforward. The desktop is there to run the millions of existing, powerful, familiar Windows programs that are designed for mouse and keyb...

PC Gamer has been spending some quality time with Sins: Rebellion lately, and they have posted their preview! “The lighting on these ships is just incredible. They glimmer in the dark of space, and then blaze with laser beams, a wash of explosions, and the fire of distant stars. The Titans move with a ponderous menace: my Ankylon pulled into range of the Ragnarov and the slowly rotated to bring its massive, slab-like sides to bear for a crushing broadside. I could make out the main gun...

Welcome to another Monday!  While you sip on some of that delicious coffee this morning take a look at a sample of some of the skins coming in to WinCustomize over the past few days. Another Se7en for WindowBlinds Digital for WindowBlinds     Amen Ra for sysMetrix Andromeda 1 in Wallpapers     Hay in Wallpapers Natures Colors 12 in Wallpapers