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December 2, 2011 by Island Dog
In continuing with our series of highlighting some cool and favorite Christmas themed skins on WinCustomize, we shall continue today with some gadgets and widgets.  These are created with DesktopX , but many are created as gadgets so they will run by themselves. These are fun mini-apps you can place anywhere on your desktop to add some neat decorations on your PC. Christmas Countdowns: Santa Sleigh Countdown ...
December 2, 2011 by Island Dog
Stardock announced today that the award-winning 4X turn-based strategy title Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition has made its way to Steam. Stardock announced that after years of exclusivity to the Impulse digital distribution platform (now owned by GameStop) its titles would be making their way to a broader PC gaming audience. Fans can now purchase Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition (priced at $19.95) for 25 percent off through December 9 at  http://store.steampowe...
December 1, 2011 by Island Dog
It's time again this year to have a thread where people can post pictures of their Christmas and holiday trees and decorations.  I'm posting this in the PC section so all the sites can see it. Here's our tree.  This is about an 8ft. Fraser Fir.
November 30, 2011 by Island Dog
We have released an update for both DesktopX 4 and DesktopX 4 Pro.  These updates are only bug fixes for DesktopX. You can download the betas (v3.96)  via the Stardock store only. https://store.stardock.com/myaccount/products
November 30, 2011 by Island Dog
Tis the season again, and as we enter December it’s often time to change your desktop to one that shows off some holiday spirit.  There’s always a huge amount of choices when it come to Christmas wallpapers, but I went through the WinCustomize wallpaper gallery and picked out some of my favorites.  Christmas one by Frankief Merry Christmas II by DP Studios ...
November 29, 2011 by Island Dog
Today Stardock sets out to save the holidays with Elfsquad7 , a festive retro co-op adventure side-scroller ( www.elfsquad7.com ). Available now on Xbox Live Indie Channel for only 80 Microsoft Points, Elfsquad7 is holiday family fun at its finest as you battle to save Santa from Kevin, the evil toy-building robot of the North. Stardock, a world-renowned developer and publisher of PC-exclusive video game entertainment, makes its first foray into the world of console gaming with Elfsquad7,...
November 29, 2011 by Island Dog
I was browsing through Download.com and was checking out what’s on in the desktop enhancement section, and it’s always great to see Stardock apps at the top of the list.  With an amazing 25,738 downloads just this week alone, ObjectDock tops the list! Right behind that is Fences with 25,638! WindowBlinds and LogonStudio are also in the top 10, so be sure to stop by and check out the desktop enhancement lists. http://download.cnet.com/windows/desktop-enhancements/?tag=...
November 28, 2011 by Island Dog
We have returned from a nice, long weekend and now it’s time to get back to work.  We’ll start off by featuring some skins from the past few days, including several entries for the WC Christmas contest! ...
November 25, 2011 by Island Dog
While people rush to stores and wait in long lines for hours, you can also get some great deals by going online and checking out our Stardock Black Friday sales.  Many of our desktop applications are on sale up to 50% off regular price. Fences Pro (50% Off / $9.95) ObjectDock Plus (50% Off / $9.95) CursorFX (50% Off / $9.95) WindowBlinds (33% Off / $13.37) DeskScapes (50% Off / $9.95) IconPackager (50% Off / $4.95) Galactic Civilizations: Ultimate Edition ...
November 25, 2011 by Island Dog
While people rush to stores and wait in long lines for hours, you can also get some great deals by going online and checking out our Stardock Black Friday sales.  Many of our desktop applications are on sale up to 50% off regular price. Fences Pro (50% Off / $9.95) ObjectDock Plus (50% Off / $9.95) CursorFX (50% Off / $9.95) WindowBlinds (33% Off / $13.37) DeskScapes (50% Off / $9.95) IconPackager (50% Off / $4.95)   If you want the w...
November 24, 2011 by Island Dog
From the staff of WinCustomize and Stardock we want to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.  We hope you have a safe and enjoyable holiday, and we will be back in a few days to wind down another exciting year.
November 23, 2011 by Island Dog
If you are new to Stardock Tiles or just want to familiarize yourself with some of the features, come check out the first of many new guides for Tiles.  This one focusing on pages in Tiles and how to set them up for your use. Using Stardock Tiles: Pages    
November 23, 2011 by Island Dog
Now that Tiles is available, I wanted to start showing off some of the features that makes Tiles pretty awesome.  First, we’ll start off with Pages as this is an important configuration and has a significant impact on how you interact with Tiles. Remember, if you don’t have Tiles, get the info here: https://www.stardock.com/products/tiles/ Adding and Removing Pages In your Tiles configuration the first option is Pages which is going to let you customize the pages ...
November 21, 2011 by Island Dog
Master Skinner vStyler has released another fabulous WindowBlinds skin called Nocturne.  This has a subtle use of color and doesn’t hurt the eyes when used on a daily basis. Nocturne by vStyler WinCustomize Subscribers get a 20% discount!
November 18, 2011 by Island Dog
This has been an exciting and busy week!  We have the public beta of Tiles out now, and of course we can’t forget the WC Holiday contest going on.  This opens up lots of opportunities for skinners as we expect a big increase in usage of Tiles and for people looking to use different skins.  Now would be a good time to learn how to skin it. Now for this weeks picks!   Lethal Industry FX by neone6 A cool, nicely detailed theme for Curs...