Stardock, the world's leading developer of OS enhancement utilities, announced DesktopX 3 and DesktopX 3 Pro today which will be released on March 1st. DesktopX is the program that helped introduce the concept of desktop conten
Take a guided tour through the features of WindowBlinds 4.5. If you don't have it or Object Desktop, you can get it at www.windowblinds.net. In the meantime, check this out!
Tired of the old blue title bar or green Start button? Then get SkinStudio 4.5. It makes it relatively easy for you to design you rown themes to change the look and feel of Microsoft Windows. The finished "skin" can then be applied with WindowBlinds, a free download ( <A TARGET=_blank href="http://www.window
Samurai Works is Stardock's business partner in Japan and the Far East. Last year, they licensed WindowBlinds for localization for the Japanese market and created the Japanese site Link They have now licensed Object Dock and are seeking the permission o
LIVONIA, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 2005--Software developer Stardock Corp. released WindowBlinds 4.5 today. WindowBlinds is a program that enables users to change the look and feel of Microsoft Windows by changing the title bars, push buttons, radio buttons, scrollbars, Start bar, and other elements of the Windows user interface by applying system wide themes known as "skins". WindowBlinds is the world's most popular desktop enhancement utility. With an user base estimated of ar
You can now check out the latest happenings with the sequel to Stardock's popular, award-winning strategy game, Galactic Civilizations.
ObjectDock and ObjectDock Plus 1.1 are now available! ObjectDock is a freeware program launcher and task manager that is highly configurable in how they look and feel. ObjectDock Plus adds tabbed docks, multiple docks, fly-out menus and other features. New in ObjectDock / ObjectDock Plus 1.1: Zooming tabbed docks (icons in tabbed docks can now zoom). You can now always resize tabbed docks from corners Can now run on limited user accounts
Natural Desktop is a program that gives your desktop a natural look, feel, and sound to it. First, it changes the wallpaper on your desktop based on the time of day and time of year. The wallpapers were created by Ryan Bliss, founder of Digital Blasphemy. Mason Fischer created nearly a half hour sound track that is based on the time of day. Morning doves in the morning, crickets at night, rain when it's storming. And finally, the most advanced weather visuals available created by Matt Crockett (
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2004 was a great year for Stardock. Stardock's suite of Windows enhancement utilities, Object Desktop became more popular than ever thanks to the growing user base of WindowBlinds, DesktopX, IconPackager, SkinStudio, and more. On the games side, TotalGaming.net was launched and added several new games to its collection such as The Political Machine, Disciples II, Celtic Kings, Robin Hood, and more! 2005 promises to be even more exciting! The next version of Windows, Longhorn, s
Stardock has released an updated version of their popular desktop enhancement utility, DesktopX. DesktopX 2.4 allows users to customize their widgets. Each widget has its own properties dialog that enables users to tweak the widget’s z-order, transparency, shadow, color, and whether it automatically runs on start-up or not. Stardock also added in a host of user suggestions such as widgets saving their position, a cleaner, simpler configuration for DesktopX global settings, an
Stardock has released a free “Holiday Desktop” theme. This theme includes everything the user needs to seamlessly change the complete look and feel of Windows XP. This suite shows off the power of Stardock’s Object Desktop, which allows users to completely customize the look, feel and function of Windows. Once the holidays are over, a user can simply turn it off and return their system to its pre-holiday look and feel. The suite includes a visual style that changes the Window
Livonia, MI- (December 14, 2004) – Software developer Stardock Entertainment has released the real-time PC strategy game “World War II: Frontline Command” now available at www.totalgaming.net. World War II: Frontline Command is an action strategy title that allows players to take command of Allied forces and turn the tide of Axis aggression while conquering fortress Europe using a vast amount of authentic infantry, vehicles and weaponry. In this third-person game players c
Stardock has released the popular PC adventure/strategy game, Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood onto its TotalGaming.net electronic distribution network. In Robin Hood you take on the role of the title character in an effort to take control of the King’s throne. The game received an 8.6 rating on Gamespot and has won universal acclaim in the media and game players alike. The game is a viewed in the third person. Players control each of the legendary characters tactically as th
The Unorthodox Skinpack is a collection of 5 premium WindowBlinds visual styles that transform the Windows GUI in a whole new way. The pack, created by popular skin artists at Skinplant, includes such skins as "Hi-Fidelity", "Tablet PC", "Pocket PC", and more! Check them out at <img src="http://sdcentral.stardock.com/images/icons/url.gif" border=0 ALT="https://www.stardock.com/products/themes/unorthodox" ALIGN="ab
The first truly major overhaul of WinCustomize.com will occur on December 8. The website as you know it, will be gone. Replaced by a new site with tons of new features. Stay tuned!
ObjectDock is a freeware program that does both program launching and task management with style. When the user s mouse is over a dock item, it can zoom up in size. Stardock also provides ObjectDock Plus which adds support for tabbed docks, system tray displays, multiple docks, multiple monitor support, fly-out menus, and much more. ObjectDock 1.05 addresses a host of issues reported by users from previous versions and tweaks performance and memory usage further.
Stardock releases DesktopX 2.3 Enhance your Windows desktop with objects, widgets, and themes LIVONIA, MI (November 9, 2004) — Software developer Stardock Corporation released DesktopX 2.3 today. DesktopX is a desktop customization utility that lets users and developers add new features and content to their Windows desktop. These features can increase productivity, usability, and even make the Windows desktop more fun to work with. DesktopX is used primarily for three t
ATI™ has always provided outstanding support for the PC customization community by participating in activities such as the GUI Olympics. Now ATI is offering skinners the opportunity to design the user interface for the Catalyst™ Control Center” The Catalyst Control Center was made skinnable through the integration of DirectSkin from Stardock. DirectSkin integrates easily into programs and allows software developers to use WindowBlinds technology to create new user interfaces for their
Famed icon designer, Paul Boyer, who created the Orion icons suite 2 years ago has been hard at work at creating follow-up to it that would live up the to high expectations his work always generates. We think he's succeeded with the Utopia icons suite. When applied, it changes over ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY of your Windows icons. And it comes in 4 different colors as well. It's only $9.95 (just a bit over a penny per icon). It's well worth it and looks fantastic on your desktop. W
This year we had the GUI Olympics, a contest in which many of the top skinners, icon authors, and Winamp skin creators put together some of the best skins ever. We've taken all those skins and put them together onto a single CD with a slick user interface. If you're into skins or icons and such, you'll definitely want this CD.
LIVONIA, MI (October 29, 2004) — Software developer Stardock Corp. released Blog Navigator 1.0 today. Blog Navigator is a program designed to make it easy for users who enjoy reading blogs (short for “web logs”) to read and organize them. Blog Navigator works by reading RSS feeds and displaying them in a clean, easy to understand way. It includes a host of different news and blog sites for users to read through. Blog Navigator is arguably the most advanced program of its kind and i
Slate has a great round-up of all the political strategy games for this campaign season. We are pleased to say that our own game, The Political Machine, was ranked as the best of the group. Read the whole story the whole thing and to check out the other games. If you're a political junkie, you may want to try out these other games as well. <img src="http://sdcentral.stardock.com/images/icons/url.gif" border=0 ALT="http://slate.msn.c
Gamespy has a very interesting article on games that are based on politics. As the US election approaches, many gamers have become interested in games that cover politics in various forms. This article covers some of the games involved including Stardock's The Political Machine.
Stardock released ImpressionCreator today. ImpressionCreator is a software program that allows the user to easily create impressive looking program launchers, menu programs, and a variety of useful interfaces. When users insert a CD into their drives, the auto-run program that comes up to begin the installation is usually ugly and unimpressive. In addition, many companies include programs that act as launchpads for their various programs that are visually unappealing or clunky. Impress
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