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August 5, 2014 by Island Dog
Try your luck with the latest Master WindowBlinds skin from LightStar. Whether you are a Windows 8 or Windows 7 user you will get to enjoy this beautiful skin for WindowBlinds.  If you are a WinCustomize Subscriber, don't forget your 20% discount. Shamrock by LightStar  
August 1, 2014 by Island Dog
Yay it’s Friday!  This was another good week for skins and again we had a great variety come in the past week.  Is is so hot outside that people just want to stay in and skin?  Maybe, but regardless you have so many choices in customizing your desktop, so check out some of the best from this week. Lazulight Enhanced by bleumart   (WindowBlinds)   Steel v2 by Uvah   (ObjectDock Background)   Sunset Evening by haw...
July 29, 2014 by Island Dog
Stardock is hiring for various tech and game positions! Check out our careers page for more info and how to apply. https://www.stardock.com/about/careers.asp Web Applications Developer SQL Database Architect Technical Support Advisor Software Engineer 3D Game Artist If you know someone who might be interested, please feel free to share this post.  
July 28, 2014 by Island Dog
I was excited to see a bunch of new skins from over the past few days.  We had quite a few new, cool looking animated wallpapers, a new WindowBlinds skin with a variety of matching skins, and quite a few more.  Take a few minutes and check out what these talented people took the time to share with others this weekend. View all the latest skins here . ...
July 28, 2014 by Island Dog
GamersGate has Stardock titles on sale as part of their midweek sale. You can grab a variety of Stardock games and DLC for up to 75% off! Highlights: Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes - $14.00  Legendary Heroes Loot Pack DLC - $1.75 Dead Man's Draw - $2.50 Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate - $4.99 Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion - $13.98 Sins: Rebellion Stellar Phenomena DLC - $1.75 and much more See it here:  http://bit.ly/1o6LIWG   ...
July 25, 2014 by Island Dog
Sins: Rebellion is 75% off in the Humble Store Daily Deal! http://bit.ly/1qEcy0f  
July 22, 2014 by Island Dog
Skin submissions have been really good over the past few days and we’ve had a good selection of skins coming in.  We have several new start buttons for Start8 , some animated wallpapers for DeskScapes , and a variety of other skins and themes made available on WinCustomize.com. Come check out what’s new! ...
July 18, 2014 by Island Dog
Whether you work in a traditional office environment or have your own home office setup, having your Windows desktop working at maximum efficiency is a key step in being as productive as possible.  Stardock makes a bunch of great desktop customization and enhancement apps, and while they all offer a benefit to the desktop, I wanted to write about the ones I think are a huge benefit to your productivity as well. I have used these applications in my home office for years, and I can say wit...
July 18, 2014 by Island Dog
Basj has released a new Master skin for WindowBlinds this week called C Series.  This has a cool design using white on black and is designed for use on Windows 7 and 8.  He’s also made a sub-style to make it easier to use on a touch screen system. C Series by basj Become a WinCustomize Subscriber today to get a 20% discount on Master Skins.
July 17, 2014 by Island Dog
Dark Dreams is the latest Master WindowBlinds skin from LightStart to hit WinCustomize.  A clean, dark skin that keeps a minimal design that should appeal to a variety of users.  Be sure to check this one out, and if you are a WinCustomize Subscriber, don’t forget your 20% discount. Dark Dreams by LightStar
July 15, 2014 by Island Dog
The Start8 v1.44 beta is now available for download for current customers.   Changelog is here . This beta includes: -New activation and trial mechanism You can download the Start8 beta from your Stardock account page , or via Object Desktop Manager.  
July 15, 2014 by Island Dog
I realized my main desktop PC, which is also my gaming PC, is well over 5 years old.  It's still handling most games quite well, and for something I built for around $600 I can't complain at all.   The basics: AMD Quad-core 3.0ghz ATI HD5700 video card 8GB RAM SSD for mostly OS and most used apps HDD for data and everything else I really haven't done much for upgrades aside from the SSD, which was a great improvement.  I'm thinking about putting togeth...
July 15, 2014 by Island Dog
The ObjectDock 2.20 beta is now available for download for current customers. Changelog is available here . Update includes: Fixed Start8 start button position issue at high DPI by marking ObjectDock as DPI aware Further improved 64bit folder handling (system32 folder specifically) Removed "names only" view option from tabbed docks Added notification for when DWM is disabled for folder tabs Hardcoded support for LibreOffice in ObjectDock taskbar v2.20.0.850 The beta can be down...
July 15, 2014 by Island Dog
So far this week we have several new skins for your desktop that you should definitely take a look at.  Here’s a quick look at some of the most recent skins made available on WinCustomize.com, including several new WindowBlinds skins. ...
July 9, 2014 by Island Dog
We have completed our server-side changes to relax the activation limits for Fences and Object Desktop subscriptions. You can continue to use Fences version 2.13. If you have any issues or concerns, please contact support at support@stardock.com. Thank you for your patience!