Fences is still making headlines, and is still growing in popularity.  With that being said, I wanted to give another quick walkthrough of some of the basic features of Fences, and how to get the most out of this nifty little program.

I got my coffee ready, checking e-mail, and now it’s time to go through the galleries and see what came in from the past couple of days.  Was there any skins that really caught your eye this weekend?  

Fences is one of my favorite applications I have running on my desktop.  Having a clean and organized desktop is very important to my productivity, and Fences solves any issues I had with a messy desktop due to icons scattered all over the place. I wanted to give another quick walkthrough of Fences in case this is the first time you have seen it. Fences is available as a free community preview, which you can download from here. https://www.stardock.com/products/fences/ ...

The best day of the work week is finally here!  It’s been a good week, lots of stuff going, and as usual the skins have been pouring in.  We have a nice selection on this weeks TWiS, but the featured .dream is one of my personal favorites. So head over and check out This Week in Skinning!

You know what day it is, and you know what to expect, right?  Yes, it’s time once again for This Week in Skinning.  The greatest collection of featured skins found anywhere on the internet today! Now for this weeks picks! Drag and Drop Shortcuts Templates by sViz This set of templates for DesktopX will definitely be a help to people creating objects/widgets. Kurvy...

If you have ever been interested in 3D and how to create beautiful landscape scenes, then I have always recommended the Vue product line.  It has been my favorite for many years due to its render quality, ease of use, and low entry price.  I just noticed today that they are now offering a free personal learning edition , and also a free edition called Vue Pioneer .  Now remember both of these have limitations, so read carefully and don’t expect them to be a full version.&nbs...

I just wanted to give another update of some of the cool skins that have rolled in over the last few days.  It’s getting harder and harder to decide what skins to put together for my desktop. There are just too many good ones out there!

Stardock announced today that the forthcoming update to its digital distribution platform, Impulse, will include a new technology aimed to pave the way to solving some of the common complaints of digital distribution. The new technology, known as Game Object Obfuscation (Goo), is a tool that allows developers to encapsulate their game executable into a container that includes the original executable plus Impulse Reactor, Stardock’s virtual platform, into a single encrypted file. ...

The Stardock crew are at the Game Developers Conference this week, and one of the highlights is Brad Wardell showing off a new video of the upcoming, Elemental: War of Magic.  

The Stardock crew are at the Game Developers Conference this week, and one of the highlights is Brad Wardell showing off a new video of the upcoming, Elemental: War of Magic.  

Check out this video of Elemental: War of Magic, which was shown at the 2009 GDC.  

As we have mentioned several times over the past week, the Game Developers Conference is in full force this week, and yesterday Stardock’s Brad Wardell gave a speech which Shacknews reported on today. "These games were once mainstream games," said Brad Wardell, CEO of Sins of a Solar Empire publisher Stardock, speaking of them fondly as he cycled through screenshots. "How long has it been since you've seen an adventure game at retail? Exactly." But the sub...

An update to WindowBlinds is available today bringing it to version 6.4.110.  WindowBlinds is an application that allows you to completely change the look and feel of Windows XP and Vista by applying visual styles, also known as skins, that change the Graphical User Interface of Windows.  Thousands of skins are available for download on WinCustomize.com, and WindowBlinds is safe to use as it does not alter or patch any system files. This update brings: Updates for Safari, ...

An update to WindowBlinds is available today bringing it to version 6.4.110.  WindowBlinds is an application that allows you to completely change the look and feel of Windows XP and Vista by applying visual styles, also known as skins, that change the Graphical User Interface of Windows.  Thousands of skins are available for download on WinCustomize.com, and WindowBlinds is safe to use as it does not alter or patch any system files. This update brings: Updates for Saf...

Ve3tro has published their preview of the upcoming game, Demigod .  “Born in the vein of the popular Warcraft 3 mod, Defense of the Ancients, DemiGod creates an easy to pick up and play mix of RPG and RTS elements. We here at Ve3tro checked out the multiplayer beta for the game and came away pretty impressed. Before even booting a game of DemiGod it comes with one very important feature which I hope other PC games will follow going forward and is worth highlighting: Impulse Reac...