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eVGA Scavenger Hunt Offers $20,000 In Prizes in TGN News JoeUser Forums

eVGA is holding it's annual on-line scavenger hunt and this year the prizes are valued at $20,000! The prizes this year are extraordinary. Stardock is one of the sponsors. We are providing one-year subscriptions to TotalGaming.Net and to Object Desktop. There is no purchase needed to enter or to win. The contest is, however, open only to residents of the US and Canada. The complete rules can be found at http://www.evga.com/scavenger/default.asp?switch=3 &nbs

Multiplicity 1.02 in TGN News JoeUser Forums

Stardock has released Multiplicity 1.02! Multiplicity is a program for Windows XP/2000 that allows users to multiply their computing power by connecting multiple computers in an office together as a single computing platform.&nbsp It does this by establishi

ObjectDock 1.2 released in TGN News JoeUser Forums

ObjectDock 1.2 has been released.&nbsp ObjectDock is a freeware program for Microsoft Windows XP/2000 that lets users have a highly customizable dock on their desktop.&nbsp ObjectDock can respond to mouse-over events with zooming and now

IconPackager 3.0a released in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

A new version of IconPackager has been released. This update has been designed to address some compatibility issues and fix a few bugs we found. Below is what's been updated: Updated iprepair.dll for people reporting issues (like being unable to drag items in ObjectDock). Added File > New menu for creating new themes. Added 527 string entry to language files. Fixed new file types being displayed in Package Builder mode correctly. Fixed exe

World of Warcraft Desktop in TGN News JoeUser Forums

Blizzard has released the official World of Warcraft Desktop. The suite, created for Stardock Media by Apocalypse_67 and Adam Najmanowicz (lead developer of Stardock SkinStudio) combines both original artwork and in-game interfac

Alienware's War of the Worlds PC Contest in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Alienware is giving away an exclusive War of the Worlds modded PC. The PC is an Area-51(r) 3500, with a specially modified case to celebrate the movie. The PC also features the AlienGuise Theme Manager software, powered by Object Desktop from Stardock. <p class="MsoNormal" styl

Learn about commercial skinning and UI design in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Stardock's Brad Wardell will be giving a talk on the opportunities for commercial skinning. A growing number of artists are now making a full-time living designing custom user interfaces, skins, themes, icons, and other elements needed to create alternative user interfaces for applications, desktops, and websites. And the market is likely to explode next year with Microsoft's release of Longhorn and the increasing popularity of widget and gadget enabling programs. deviantART Summit is be

Stardock is moving in Political Machine News JoeUser Forums

Stardock is moving next week. It probably won't disrupt things too much. After 7 years being based in Livonia Michigan, Stardock has purchased a building over in Plymouth Michigan and is migrating to it. So if we seem a bit out of touch next week, that's why.&nbsp The network setup is bein

PlanetAMD64 Skinning Contest Update in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

PlanetAMD64 has extended the deadline for contest submssions until 12 AM PST (Midnight) on September 5th, 2005, which is the Labor Day Weekend. You can see all the rules at http://www.planetamd64.com/index.php?showtopic=5838 (Registration may be required.) The contest's Welcome page, including a listing of prizes, is at http://www.planetamd64.com/index.php?showtopic=7470

DirectSkin 4.5 Reviewed at Larkware in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

DirectSkin 4.5 has been reviewed by Mike Gunderloy at the Larkware site. "DirectSkin is a single ActiveX control with a simple purpose: it brings skinning to your applications. That is, you drop the control on your form and it is not itself visible. Rather, it enables your application to make use of Stardock's skinning technology, developed for its own WindowBlinds application. Your end users can then select from a variety of "skins" (which you need to provi

MMORTS, Society, website launched in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Stardock has officially launched the website for its upcoming massively multiplayer real time strategy game, Society. The website, SocietyGame.com, is designed to give players a place to interact with the development team and get more information on the game. In the game, players take the role of a sovereign of a society in which they start with control of a single province in a world with tens of thousands of provinces. Players build cities which have dozens of different kinds of buildi

MMORTS, Society, website launched in TGN News JoeUser Forums

Stardock has officially launched the website for its upcoming massively multiplayer real time strategy game, Society. The website, SocietyGame.com , is designed to give players a place to interact with the development team and get more information on the game. In the game, players take the role of a sovereign of a society in which they start with control of a single province in a world with tens of thousands of provinces. Pla

Sneak peek of Society at Gamespy in TGN News JoeUser Forums

Gamespy has an indepth sneak peek at Stardock's upcoming MMORTS that is in development. Check it out to get details on Society..

Sneak peek of Society at Gamespy in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Gamespy has an indepth sneak peek at Stardock's upcoming MMORTS that is in development. Check it out to get details on Society..

DirectSkin 4.5 released in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Stardock Releases DirectSkin 4.5 Make your applications fully skinnable using WindowBlinds(TM) technology New version now includes optimizations for Microsoft .NET Framework CANTON, MI- (May 11th, 2005) – Stardock, a Microsoft Gold Partner and a leading developer of software that customizes the Microsoft Windows Graphical User Interface (GUI), today anno

Object Desktop wins PC Magazine Editor's Choice Award in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

The 2005 PC Magazine Utility Guide issue is out and Stardock's Object Desktp won the Editor's Choice Award. Stardock's popular suite of Windows enhancement utilities also won the award last year. This year's Ob

Object Desktop 2005 Released in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

LIVONIA, MI (May 3, 2005). Software developer Stardock, the world's leading developer of Windows enhancement software, released Object Desktop 2005. Object Desktop is a suite of desktop enhancement utilities that enable users to enhance virtually every aspect of the Windows environment. When these programs are put together, it is like having a future version of Windows today. "We listen to what features PC users wish for and then put them together into a single suite of Windows ext

Multiplicity 1.01 Released in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Stardock has released Multiplicity 1.01. Multiplicity is a program that enables users to take multiple computers in their office and put them together to use as a single computing platform. Multiplicity works by having a single primary computer along with multiple secondary machines. Each computer has its own monitor connected to it but only the primary computer has a keyboard and mouse connected to it. When the user moves their mouse off the edge of one m

New WindowBlinds Skinning Contest at PlanetAMD64 in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

This just in from }SkOrPn--, Administrator of PlanetAMD64. With support and prizes from AMD, ATI and Stardock, PlanetAMD64 will be hosting a WindowBlinds skinning contest, intended to create skins based on the AMD64 and Windows XP x64 theme. Official Announcement: "We here at the Planet would like to announce the world's first WindowBlinds x64 Skinning Contest for Windows XP x64 Edition. If you would like to enter the contest please visit t

Object Desktop 2005 nearly here in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Object Desktop 2005 nears availability Upgrade Windows to the next level with Object Desktop 2005 LIVONIA, MI (April 20, 2005). Software developer Stardock, the world's leading developer of Windows enhancement software, announced Object Desktop 2005 today. Object Desktop is a suite of desktop enhancement utilities that enable users to customize virtually every aspect of the Windows environment. Users with Object Desktop are able to add a who

Samurai Works Shows DesktopX Widgets for Corporations in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

DesktopX Widgets offer tremendous marketing opportunities for companies in every market segment and location. Samurai Works, Stardock's business partner in Japan, recently let us know about the success they have had with two of their clients in Japan. Open Computer Network or OCN is an ISP and part of the NTT Communicat

ThinkDesk Beta begins in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Stardock Announces ThinkDesk Maximize your computing power with this suite of utilities LIVONIA, MI (April 14, 2005) - Stardock, a leading developer of Windows utility software announced a brand new suite of software utilities called ThinkDesk. The programs of ThinkDesk are designed to allow users to increase their productivity by treating all of the computers they have access to as a single unit. The initial launch of ThinkDe

WindowBlinds 4.51 Reviewed on Extended64.com in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

WindowBlinds 4.51 has been reviewed on the Extended64 web site. The conclusions? * Installation: 10/10 * Ease of use: 9/10 * Performance 10/10 * x64 Compatibility: 10/10 Extended64.com Application Overall Rating: 9.75/10 Extended64 is "the first community website devoted to the Windows x64 Platform." According to Administrator Ryan Hoffman "Our goal is to provide you with the latest news, tweaks, tips, and guides for Wi

WindowBlinds 4.51 released in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Stardock has released WindowBlinds 4.51. WindowBlinds is a program that enables users to change the look and feel of their Windows GUI by applying new skins called "visual styles" that can change nearly every aspect of the Windows interface (title bars, push buttons, Start

Galactic Civilizations II beta released in Game News JoeUser Forums

For strategy gamers who want a sneak peek at what in store with Stardock's next generation strategy game, Galactic Civilizations II, the beta has just been made available to users who have pre-ordered it. Stardock is taking feedback from customers to ensure that the final game, due out in nearly a year, is everything users are hoping for.