While Novell is arguing that it's next desktop Linux will be better than Windows, Linspire, the user friendly version of Linux, is available and early reviews look promising. That said, one has to wonder if Linux advocates were asleep during the 90s when IBM's OS/2 Warp wasn't just slightly better than Microsoft Windows 3.0, 3.1, and 95 (i.e. undisputeably) but massively better but still lost.  OS/2 lost because IBM couldn't get major PC vendors to pre-load OS/2 instead of Windows.&n...

T-man and Nakor have successfully migrated the new servers over.  Hopefully things will soon be significantly faster and more reliable than before. Over the next couple of weeks, we'll be able to set up new servers.  In case you're wondering, the colo we were at was literally out of electrical power that they could spare to new servers. So as all of the Stardock servers got busier, there was not much we could do to speed things up other than try to optimize code further and further. ...

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To better assist Windows users wanting to convert to the Macintosh, Apple is apparently working on a two-button mouse. Meanwhile, Las Vegas odds makers are currently taking bets on how long it will take for Macintosh advocates to claim that Apple invented the two-button mouse and Microsoft and "PeeCee" users merely copied it from them.

McAfee AntiSpyware quickly detects then safely eliminates malicious applications (key loggers, remote-control programs, browser hijackers, etc.) hiding on your system before they can rob your identity, snatch passwords or monitor browsing activity when you surf or shop. Erasing online roadblocks, it also foils adware programs that trigger annoying advertisements.

One of the hot topics at this year's Game Developer Conference was the soaring costs of game development.  In a couple of months, the next-generation consoles will be introduced and along with their increased capabilities comes increased expectations on what the top games will deliver. Many developers lament that because costs are growing so high, publishers are becoming much more risk adverse which in turn stifles creativity.  But that isn't the full issue.  Is it really an is...

DesktopX 3 will be released in two days (this Tuesday). In the meantime, here are two more journal entries of doing things with DesktopX 3. Journal day 7 shows how you can make a really cool skinned media player in 3 minutes without writing a single line of code. Journal day 8 shows how to combine the wonders of Flash and DesktopX together in a matter of minutes to create flash games and other flash based media that can then be turned into fully "skinnable" programs to distribute. Day...

Microsoft announced yesterday that they are planning to kill access to the MSN Service via MSN for Mac OS X software from May 31st onwards. In a statement to customers and press, Microsoft is advising customers to "access MSN services and features with their preferred browser and by setting up a My MSN page as a portal to their favorite online destinations." Customers will still be able to use the MSN Messenger service but will be unable to use MSN Explorer for Mac OS X. It's not clear what p...

I don't think most people realize this but I receive approximately 1,200 to 1,600 email each day.  Of it, about 300 of it I have to look at and I usually have time to respond to about 60 or so each day (sometimes more depending on the day).  So anyway, for all of you who email me that don't get a response, I apologize!!

For those of you not familiar with Stardock, it's the company that pays for most of the costs of WinCustomize.com.  Yesterday, we finally got around to updating the Products Page on the Stardock home page. 

Every once in awhile I make a news item for this site. It's that time again where we tell our visitors to check out Daily Rotation, a great site for getting the latest news on pretty much anything! They were letting users have customized RSS feed personal pages before most places knew what RSS was!

Samurize is a program that lets you easily create various kinds of system monitoring tools that live on your desktop. In fact, it can do a lot more than that.  Samurize is half widget enabling program, half rapid development environrment. 

Aero is the code-name to the "user experience" of the next version of Windows (code-named Longhorn).  This WinHec Microsoft is supposed to hand out a new build of it.  Aero has a distinctive look to it that many skinners have found interesting.  Check the link below to look through our library for Aero related things.

For those of you who are interested in customizing Windows XP to look like the next generation version of Longhorn or simply want the latest news and information on Microsoft's next generation version of Windows, be sure to visit www.aero-soft.com .  

While no one knows for sure when, how, and if Microsoft's next generation file system technology will manifest itself, Microsoft officials do plan to bring WinFS in some form to Windows XP. Just as Microsoft is currently doing with it's next-gen display technology, Avalon, WinFS apparently will be able to be used by Windows XP users as well.