What a time I have had in the last week and a half.  After months and months of waiting, we were finally able to close on our new house and it was time to load the moving truck.  The worse part is it was one of the hottest days this summer in Florida, and the ground temp was well over 110 degrees.  I hired one of the teenagers from my martial arts school to help us, so that ended up being a very helpful decision. I have spent the last week building all types of thin...

Windows 7 is scheduled for general release on October 22nd.  Pricing for Windows 7 has also been revealed for full and  upgrade versions.  They have also started an upgrade program for people wanting to buy a new PC now, and will enable them to receive Windows 7 for free or at a significant discount. Anyone who buys a PC from a participating OEM or retailer with Windows Vista Home Premium, Business or Ultimate on it will all receive an upgrade to the corresponding version o...

Well after a nice vacation of moving boxes and getting our new house ready, I am back!  There is so much to catch up on as I didn’t have internet access for much of my time away, so I’m anxious to hit the galleries and see what’s been going on.  Here are some featured picks that I found so far!

  Television pitchman Billy Mays — who built his fame by appearing on commercials and infomercials promoting household products and gadgets — died Sunday, FOX News confirms. Mays was found unresponsive by his wife inside his Tampa , Fla., home at 7:45 a.m. on Sunday, according to the Tampa Police Department. Police said there were no signs of forced entry to May's residence and foul play is not suspected. Authorities said an autopsy should be complete by Monda...

We have had lots of WindowBlinds submissions in the past couple of weeks.  I wanted to take a minute and feature some of the recent skins. Be sure to check them out.

This edition of the WC member spotlight is on a member who contributes a lot to the skinning community with both skins and community articles.  That member is sViz !  She has been a member of WinCustomize since 2006, and is known to be one of the best DX skinners around. She has also started a monthly article series called ‘I Love DesktopX’, which gives the community tips and tricks, featured skins, interview, and more on everything DX related.  So congrats to sViz, and be...

So how is Obama "different" again?  Where is this hope and change now? Let’s unwind the timeline a bit to test this new allegation.  Walpin pressed hard to prosecute Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson for defrauding the government over more than $400,000 in community service grants.  Johnson, an Obama supporter, got a deal from the White House that allowed him to manage federal funds again and avoid paying back at least half of the grant money he used illegally.  The W...

One of the new releases from Activision is Prototype.  It’s one of the first of the Activision titles available on Impulse, and it’s a really awesome game.  GameZone has published their review and gave it a 9 out of 10!  “Despite the pervasive violence, Prototype is generally an aesthetically pleasing game. Impressive audio effects pound the senses (though a bit repetitively at times), and sleek animations encourage the player to repeat the same insane stunts over...

The last poll on WinCustomize asked if you were planning on purchasing a new PC this year.  With Windows 7 just around the corner, people might be holding off until later this year to grab a new PC with Win7 installed already.  A great number of you said no, you won’t be purchasing a new PC, but quite a few of you did say you will purchase, or at least a “maybe”. Since summer is here, this week we ask what you would like to see on WinCustomize this summer.  Community projects...

I'm sure most of you have read about WinCustomize subscriptions, or maybe seen some really cool master skins, or any number of great products from our online store.  I wanted to remind everyone that all these things make great gifts, and it's perfect for someone who lives far away from you or a last minute gift that needs to be delivered almost instantly. We have made it easy to purchase anything such as a WinCustomize subscription, or Object Desktop suite, PC games, and send it a...

Monday again?  It seems like I just did this a few days ago.  Oh well, the beginning of the new weeks means checking out the skins that came in to WinCustomize over the weekend.  It looks like some of you had a very creative weekend, because I saw some really cool skins. Check out the weekend picks!

The Winstep Nexus dock is a FREE, stand alone, version of the Nexus dock that is part of the Winstep Xtreme suite of applications , although it has no support for multi-docks and multi-level sub-docks, unlike its bigger 'cousin' in Winstep Xtreme. This first public beta release features a new User Interface with multi-language support that will also become part of Winstep Xtreme later this month. Because of this, and ONLY until then, if you click on the Winstep Xtreme link in the About ta...

After upgrading my desktop PC, another good result is I have a ton of spare parts laying around.  Enough for two complete PC’s actually, so I thought it might be fun to build a test system for Windows Home Server .  I have always wanted to have a home server going, but I wanted to test it first before committing to it. I took a Celeron D in a MicroATX Gigabyte motherboard, about 1GB of RAM, and put it in a spare PC case.  I loaded up WHS and got it installed fairly quickly....

How can America really last until the next election?  Obama and his dem allies have already made the economy worse, and billions and billions in more taxes will only lead to more unemployment.  I wonder if those businesses who supported Obama are now saying….”we did what”? June 12 (Bloomberg) -- Health-care overhaul legislation being drafted by House Democrats will include $600 billion in tax increases and $400 billion in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, Ways and Means Committe...

Once again the weekend is just right around the corner, and after scanning the WinCustomize galleries I have come up with a list of some really cool skins that you need to check out.  We call it This Week in Skinning, and here is this weeks edition!