Object Desktop 2004 Announced Desktop Enhancement suite provides unprecedented ability to transform the look and feel of Windows For Immediate Release: Contact: Bradley Wardell bwardell@stardock.com 734-762-0687, x226 Canton MI (TuesdayOctober 21st, 2003) – Stardock announced Object Desktop 2004 today. Object Desktop is a suite of programs that are designed to enhance the base feature set of Windows while allowing complete control over its look, feel, and function. Stardo...

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 you for your ...

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: https://www.joeuser.com/index.asp?AID=328

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). • Set what re...

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 a...

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 of...

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 an...

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: https://www.galciv.com/purchase.asp If you already have Galactic Civilizations, you can upgrade to D...

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 offered a...

CursorXP is a freeware program that lets Win2K/WinXP users have spectactular looking mouse cursors. What makes it special is that it allows for mouse cursors that are both animated and alpha blended at the same time. You can download CursorXP here: http://www.cursorxp.com. Oranda is a suite of 5 complete sets of CursorXP mouse cursors created by Renzo Riccio, one of the world's top cursor designers. The screenshots of it on the Oranda home page don't do it justice as it's the smooth, ...

Stardock Corporation 17292 Farmington Rd. Livonia MI 48152 June 2, 2003 Stardock Central Released! New program combines software updates, chat, message boards and more into a single program! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Canton MI – Stardock released a new program that combines software distribution, internet chat, discussion groups, and documentation updates today. The new program, called “Stardock Central” has been designed to allow its customers to instantly update their...

There may be a problem with certain builds of WindowBlinds 3.5A expiring. We will have a new build of WB 3.5 available on Monday for those affected. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Take a visual tour through the features of WindowBlinds 4 with Stardock's Brad Wardell. Using Microsoft's WMV format, the nearly 10 minute demo is just over 7 megabytes and streams over a dial up well. It does require Windows Media Player (if you have version 8, it'll need to download the version 9 codec). To get WindowBlinds, visit www.windowblinds.net (http://www.windowblinds.net).

Stardock''s Brad Wardell and Gamespy have gotten together to write up a Post Mortem on what went right and wrong during the development of Stardock''s hit strategy game, Galactic Civilizations. The article goes into considerable depth and is written from the perspective of a gamer on the trials and tribulations of trying to compete in today''s game industry.

Stardock''s Brad Wardell will be reporting from the floor of E3 for JoeUser.com this week. E3 is the world''s largest game-related expo. All the major new games coming out this year can be found there. Check it out.