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Design your own desktop with DesktopX 2 in Press Room Stardock Forums

For Immediate Release Design your own desktop with DesktopX Stardock''s new desktop enhancement turbo charges the Windows desktop LIVONIA, MI (October 28, 2003) — Software Developer Stardock Corp. released DesktopX 2.0 today. DesktopX is a revolutionary new program that transforms Windows to support a host of new features and technologies right on the desktop. “There are an infinite number of possibilities of how one might interact with their computer,” said Brad

GalCiv present and future interview at Homelan in Press Room Stardock Forums

Homelan has an interview with Stardock''s Brad Wardell concerning Galactic Civilizations -- both today and what is coming for it in the coming months and years. It provides a sneak peak at Stardock''s overall gaming strategy.

Object Desktop 2004 Announced in Press Room Stardock Forums

Object Desktop 2004 Announced Desktop Enhancement suite provides unprecedented ability to transform the look and feel of Windows For Immediate Release: Contact: Bradley Wardell mailto: Email 734-762-0687, x226 Canton MI (TuesdayOctober 21st, 2003) –

Server Maintenance in Press Room Stardock Forums

Stardock is in the process of migrating it''s web servers to a new ISP and on new servers. To facilitate this migration we are planning on having some down time. On Wednesday, October 8th at approximately 7:00 AM EST we will need to shut down several of our servers during that time. The outage is expected to last approximately 4 hours. The following sites and applications will be affected: www.wincustomize.com www.galciv.com www.joeuser.com Stardock Central Thank

DesktopX 2 Media Guide Available in Press Room Stardock Forums

Here''s a link to the DesktopX 2 Media Guide.

10 Years of Stardock! in Press Room Stardock Forums

This month marks the 10 year anniversary from when Stardock was incorporated. Back in 1993, college student Brad Wardell, looking for a way to pay for school, founded the company. In an article that looks back over the 10 year history of Stardock, Wardell talks about the highs and lows in a year by year round up. URL: <img src="http://sdcentral.stardock.com/images/icons/url.gif" border=0 ALT="https://www.joeuser.co

WindowFX adds cool effects to Windows XP in Press Room Stardock Forums

The first public update of WindowFX in over a year is now available. WindowFX is a program that adds special effects to Windows including: • Shadows under windows • Minimize/Maximize transition effects (windows can spin into the taskbar amongst other effects) • Change the desktop icon size to 48x48 while leaving the rest of the Windows icons their normal size. • 3D icon labels • Window dragging effects (windows can sway and rotate as they are dragged on the screen).

DesktopX 2 Public Gamma in Press Room Stardock Forums

The DesktopX 2 public gamma is now available. This should be the final public release before DesktopX 2.0 is officially released. DesktopX is a the ultimate desktop enhancement program. It lets usres completely customize the look, feel, and function of the actual desktop. Features include: * Enhanced Desktop Icons: Make your desktop icons any size you choose, put shadows under them, change the label font, have it zoom up when you put your mouse over it or anything else you

Galactic Civilizations Expands in Press Room Stardock Forums

Galactic Civilizations™ Expands Award-winning strategy game gets a free expansion pack Canton MI (September 16, 2003) – Developer Stardock Entertainment has released Galactic Civilizations: Expanded Universe, a free expansion pack for their award winning strategy game, Galactic Civilizations today. Set near the dawn of the 23rd century, the player takes on the role of leader of the human civilization and must compete against dozens of alien civilizations in the creation of an

The Political Machine Homepage Created in Press Room Stardock Forums

The initial home page for The Political Machine is now up. The Political Machine is Stardock''s upcoming political strategy game. Players take on the role of campaign manager of a presidential candidate and must help their candidate win the presidency of the United States. The game is expected to go into beta next month on Drengin.net (if you have Drengin.net you''ll be able to get it through Stardock Central). Final release is expected in January 2004.

SkinStudio 4 beta released in Press Room Stardock Forums

Stardock has released the first public beta of SkinStudio 4 (3.95) to the general public. SkinStudio is a program that makes it relatively easy to create your own skins for a variety of programs including Stardock''s popular WindowBlinds as well as Microsoft''s Windows Media Player. SkinStudio 4 is the first Stardock program to support the new Universal Skin Format standard. The idea behind USF is that a skin author would be able to create a skin in USF and then export it to a variety o

WindowBlinds 4 Reviewed in USA Today! in Press Room Stardock Forums

WindowBlinds 4 got a 5 star out of 5 star review in today''s USA Today newspaper. The review compares WindowBlinds 3 and WindowBlinds 4: "Stardock Software''s WindowBlinds 3, a nifty Windows-skinner that allowed you to customize the Windows operating system graphical interface, was good, but it was far from perfect. Not every skin worked correctly and the WindowsBlinds 3 could leave your PC and some applications less than stable, forcing some users to remove it after the novelty wore

WinStyles Theme Manager 1.5 released in Press Room Stardock Forums

WinStyles is a program that allows users to create and apply suites of skins, themes, icons, wallpapers, cursors, and more all together in a single click. A .suite file might contain a visual style, an icon package, a Winamp skin, a wallpaper, a cursor suite, a DesktopX theme, and a Trillian skin (for example). It is what companies such as Microsoft, Nintendo, nvidia, ATI, Dell, and others have used to distribute suites that can change the desktop all at once. WinStyle

Drengin.net Media Guide Updated! in Press Room Stardock Forums

What the heck is Drengin.net? There''s nothing quite like it out there. It''s a suite of games where the games are constantly increasing in number and quality. Check out the media guide to see what''s in Drengin.net and what Stardock has planned for it in the future. If you have GalCiv, you can still upgrade to Drengin.net for only $30.

WindowBlinds 4 Info Guide in Press Room Stardock Forums

WindowBlinds lets you totally skin your Windows user interface to look like anything you want it to be. You can make Windows look like an alternatie OS (Mac, Linux, OS/2, BeOS, etc.) or something completely different. The WindowBlinds 4 guide goes over some of the specific features of the latest version of WindowBlinds. WindowBlinds has been licensed by companies such as Microsoft, nVidia, Nintendo, Warner Bros., Dell, Bell South, and others to add more visual styles to Windows XP and

Making good skins! in Press Room Stardock Forums

Greenreaper has created an excellent guide on how to make a good skin. Check it out.

The Keyboard Launchpad released! in Press Room Stardock Forums

Stardock has released The Keyboard LaunchPad, an extremely useful little progrma that lets you assign hot keys to virtually any action you might take on your system. It''s part of Object Desktop and available stand alone as well. For instance, if you visit many websites you could set each one to a hot key. For instance, you could set Ctrl-Alt-W to take you to WinCustomize.com. It also will launch programs, control specific programs, and even save clipboards to a hot key (for example, u

Stardock releases The Keyboard Launchpad in Press Room Stardock Forums

Stardock releases Keyboard LaunchPad Program allows users to add keyboard shortcuts for virtually any type of action that can be performed on a PC For Immediate Release Tuesday, July 29, 2003 Contact: Brad Wardell ( Email ) Stardock Corporation<B

Gamespot preview of Galactic Civilizations: Expanded Universe in Press Room Stardock Forums

Gamespot has a brief preview of Galactic Civilizations: Expanded Universe (GCX) with screenshots. GCX is the free expansion pack Stardock is working on for all Galactic Civilizations owners. Galactic Civilizations is available at most retail stores but you can also purchase it directly from Stardock and download the game while waiting for your CD to arrive (instant access) here: <img src="http://sdcentral.stardock.com/images/icons/

WindowBlinds 4.1 released! in Press Room Stardock Forums

Screenshot: http://www.windowblinds.net/wb-july03.jpg Stardock has released WindowBlinds 4.1. WindowBlinds is a program that allows users to change the look and feel of the Windows GUI (title bars, Start bar, push buttons, radio buttons, etc.) on Windows XP (the full version supports Windows 2000 as well). Version 4.1 adds support for tool windows, some new additions to the skin format, hyperpaint support for UIS2 skins, and a host of tweaks and fixes based on feedback

Terminator 3 Desktop Released in Press Room Stardock Forums

Stardock and The Skins Factory have released the Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines desktop. Developed for C2 Pictures and Warner Bros.studios, this desktop was a part of the marketing for one of the summer's hottest films. Built using Object Desktop technology, this desktop will allow you to dress up Windows to have a look that would fit right in with the Rise of the Machines.

Rise of Nations Desktop Theme in Press Room Stardock Forums

Rise of Nations is a great historical real time strategy game from Big Huge Games’ Brian Reynolds, designer of PC game classics such as Civilization 2 and Alpha Centauri. We have been fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to play the game since the Beta release Thanks to John Dongelmans of Microsoft we are able to offer an exclusive release of the theme, which was created by Essorant (Tim Dagger.) For those of you with WindowBlinds, a stand-alone version of the visual style will be

ObjectDock 0.95 Released in Press Room Stardock Forums

There''s a new version of ObjectDock available. ObjectDock is a freeware program that combines a task manager and program launcher but does it with style. website: www.objectdock.com New features: -Thanks to Jairo Boudewyn for the great looking ObjectDock icon now in use! -Context (right click) Menus added, functional for both windows and files. -Clicking and holding on programs that have running indicators under them will show a menu of all

New Official NVIDIA WindowBlinds Skin in Press Room Stardock Forums

Stardock and NVIDIA Corporation have partnered to release a new visual style that transforms the Windows desktop. Designed for NVIDIA by the artists at Pixtudio, the theme uses WindowBlinds 4 technology from Stardock to transform the Windows Graphical User Interface (GUI) and apply an NVIDIA theme. The theme uses the NVIDIA color scheme and adds a special button to the Windows title bar that connects users to the NVIDIA website. This will mark the second time NVIDIA has offer

Terminator 3 Desktop Released in Press Room Stardock Forums

– Stardock and The Skins Factory have teamed up to create a new desktop theme as part of the promotional efforts for the upcoming movie Terminator 3: Rise of the Machine. The theme includes an official WindowBlinds visual style that transforms the Windows task bar, start bar and start button, title bars and more to reflect the movie’s futuristic look and feel. The visual style also adds a “T3” button to the Windows title bar that offers fans one-click access to the T3 website. “More and more