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December 13, 2012 by Island Dog
Beta 2 for Start8 v1.1 is now available!  This latest beta release adds more language localizations, UI improvements and more.  Start8 is the “best solution” for the missing Start Menu on Windows8 by USA Today, Forbes, CBS News and Lifehacker! Changes in Start8 1.1 beta 2: Expanded the size of some UI elements to handle translations to more wordy languages Tweaked go to desktop feature further Jump lists now respect the OS setting for the number of entries show...
December 13, 2012 by Island Dog
Stardock is excited to release the v1.1 update to Elemental: Fallen Enchantress!  Fallen Enchantress offers players an immersive new world to build or destroy as they try to conquer the land and its inhabitants, and has received some great reviews from sites like Game Informer , GamingOgre , the Escapist , and more! This update includes many bug and balance fixes, and a huge focus on improving the AI. Some highlights of this update: Massive improvements to the AI Big change t...
December 13, 2012 by Island Dog
Stardock is excited to release the v1.1 update to Elemental: Fallen Enchantress!  Fallen Enchantress offers players an immersive new world to build or destroy as they try to conquer the land and its inhabitants, and has received some great reviews from sites like Game Informer , GamingOgre , the Escapist , and more! This update includes many bug and balance fixes, and a huge focus on improving the AI. Some highlights of this update: Massive improvements to the AI Big change t...
December 13, 2012 by Island Dog
We’ve taken a look at some holiday inspired WindowBlinds skin, and some wallpapers , so I figured next up would be some animated wallpapers (.dreams)!  We have some awesome holiday animated wallpapers that look absolutely great on your PC desktop, and go especially well with some of the Christmas WindowBlinds skins we also have on the site. To use these you will need DeskScapes.  Get more info and the download here - https://www.stardock.com/products/deskscapes/ ...
December 12, 2012 by Island Dog
Today marks the end of the 2012 GUI Champs as we are excited to announce the overall winners of the competition!  We would first like to thank everyone who participated in the events and to the community who helped make this another great event. Now for the winners! Overall Winner in WindowBlinds Galaxus 7 by roflmfaoo $650 Cash, Official GUI Champs Medal, 1 Year Object Desktop Subscription and 1 Year WinCustomize Subscription   ...
December 11, 2012 by Island Dog
PC Gamer has put out their nominees for their Game of the Year and Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion has been nominated! http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/12/11/pc-gamers-game-of-the-year-nominees/  
December 10, 2012 by Island Dog
Today we are excited to announce the winners of the Most Creative and Most Usable in the WindowBlinds category of the 2012 GUI Champs!  Congrats to all the winners and thanks to the community who participated in voting for these great skins! Most Usable First place – NOIR by TomRichter   Second place – Day Spa by k10w3   Third place – Crux by LightStar     Most Creative First place – Cimmerian b...
December 10, 2012 by Island Dog
Windows 8 has the new Start screen (aka Metro) which some users love, and others hate.  After having use it for a while, I have come to like it and use it often especially since there have been some great apps released recently.  One thing about the Start screen though is you really can’t customize it much aside from colors and a few included background images. That’s where Decor8 comes in and gives you ability to further personalize your Windows 8 experience.  Decor8 allows ...
December 8, 2012 by Island Dog
Sins: Rebellion is also in several voting categories in Game Informers Readers Game of the Year!  Head over and show your love for Rebellion! http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/12/04/vote-on-your-games-of-the-year-for-2012.aspx
December 7, 2012 by Island Dog
Show you’re love for Sins and vote for Sins: Rebellion today! Vote here: http://www.gamespot.com/best-of-2012/peoples-choice/index.html
December 6, 2012 by Island Dog
Gaming All The Time has put up their review of Fallen Enchantress and gave it a 9.5! “With modding tools built in to the game, and promised DLC, this game is set to be another hit for Stardock. With the time seemingly flying by, I ended up spending way to much time on this game for my own good- I’m definitely not done. If you are into games like Civilizations,Warlock, or similar games of the genre, you owe it to yourself to check out Fallen Enchantress” Read the full review her...
December 6, 2012 by Island Dog
Gaming All The Time has put up their review of Fallen Enchantress and gave it a 9.5! “With modding tools built in to the game, and promised DLC, this game is set to be another hit for Stardock. With the time seemingly flying by, I ended up spending way to much time on this game for my own good- I’m definitely not done. If you are into games like Civilizations,Warlock, or similar games of the genre, you owe it to yourself to check out Fallen Enchantress” Read the full review her...
December 5, 2012 by Island Dog
The Tiles 1,1 is now available!  Tiles works by creating a side-bar on a user’s display. At the top of the side-bar are labels for each page such as ‘My Tiles’ or ‘Documents’ or ‘Apps’. Users can then drag and drop programs, documents, or website URLs onto Tiles. When the program is inactive, it appears as an icon. When it is active, it appears as a live preview tile. New in this beta update: New UI Modern UI applications now show in the running applications list ...
December 5, 2012 by Island Dog
The Christmas holiday is always a great time for skinning as there are so many options and a ton of skins available.  Today we’ll take a look at some of the best WindowBlinds skin that you can use to decorate your desktop for the winter holidays.  First, get WindowBlinds at www.windowblinds.net Then, come download these skins from WinCustomize.com. Miricla Christmas by Mirsguy   Christmas 2011 by LightStar   Plastic...
December 5, 2012 by Island Dog
Master Skinner adni18 has released another beautiful Christmas holiday theme! This includes the fantastic holiday skin for WindowBlinds, Christmas icons, and a desktop gadget. WinCustomize Subscribers get a 20% discount! Christmas Holidays Theme