Impulse Big Labor Day Sale!
Thursday, September 3, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
The big and long weekend for Labor Day is coming up in the U.S., and to kick it off we have a huge sale on Impulse. Grab some games off Impulse, and use this long weekend to get your game on!
Impulse Labor Day Weekend Sale
You can go directly to the Impulse store and see all the current sales!
Stardock and NVIDIA Partner to Distribute Impulse
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
Stardock and NVIDIA have announced a special Impulse ‘NVIDIA Edition” which will be specially branded for NVIDIA users. Gamers will be able to be informed of video card driver updates and install them via Stardock’s Impulse. Users will also use Impulse to see the latest gaming news and purchase and download PC games straight from Impulse.
"The single biggest issue preventing PC gamers today from having an optimal experience is a failure to update their video card drivers," said Brad Wardell, CEO and president of Stardock. "For many users, updating video drivers has been a complicated and sometimes confusing experience. As PC game developers ourselves, we recognized those concerns and, in partnership with NVIDIA, have taken a step to make the process more accessible."
Full press release can be read here.
Download the Impulse NVIDIA Edition here - http://download.nvidia.com/downloads/nZone/impulse_setup_nvidia.exe
DeskScapes 3 New User Interface
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
Fences Update - Sept. 1
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
There was an issue with the beta appearing to expire earlier than expected. There is an update on both Impulse and the download page that corrects this issue.
This Week in Skinning - August 28th
Skin Roundup for 8-28-09
Friday, August 28, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
It’s Friday! Lets start off by saying a big congrats to the winners and everyone who participated in the Summer ‘09 wallpaper contest. There were an amazing amount of wallpapers submitted, all of top quality so everyone benefited from this.
Now for this weeks picks!
Impulse Weekend Buys - August 27th
Thursday, August 27, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
It is that time again to talk about the Impulse Weekend Buys that are up for this week. Always good stuff, and this week our featured pre-order special is for Majesty 2 , which pre-ordering will get you Majesty Gold for free !
We also have more deals on games including sales on Trine, Supreme Ruler 2010, Gish, and more! Check below for the list and links.
Pre-order special: Get Majesty Gold free | ||
$9.99 | $19.99 | |
$9.99 | $19.99 | |
$7.50 | $9.99 | |
$14.99 | $19.95 | |
$22.49 | $29.99 |
You can get more information about Impulse, and your free download at www.impulsedriven.com .
First Look at Fences Pro
Thursday, August 20, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
Ever since Fences was released as a community preview, people have raved over it. Anyone in need of help organizing their desktop icons immediately found out how useful Fences is for cleaning up the clutter, and for making a more productive desktop environment.
Since the beginning we have stated that there will be a free and Pro version of Fences, but we really haven’t said much about Pro. Until now that is! Of course we’re not going to let all the features out of the bag, but I wanted to start off by talking about a couple that people have been recently asking about.
Skinning
In the free version of Fences, you have some basic customization options, which really consists of the ability to change the color of your Fences. Fences Pro will introduce the ability to skin your Fences. Creating themes for Fences will be skinning friendly, and the ability to upload themes to WinCustomize.com is part of the plan.
Here is one example of a themed Fence.
There will be more customization options available as well, but more on that another time.
Auto-Fences
This is a really cool feature. With the free version of Fences you have the ability to manually organize your desktop icons into a variety of ways using Fences. With the Pro version, you will be able to assign rules to create new Fences.
Examples:
- Set a rule so that icons of a specific type go into a designated Fence. Need all Word or Excel files to go to a specific Fence? That’s what it can do for you!
- Another possible rule is to set any new icons added to the desktop to be assigned to a Fence. Stop the clutter even before it starts!
This is something you can show off in a screenshot, but when the time comes we will have some videos showing how cool this is, and how it will help keep your desktop organized.
More info about Fences Pro will be coming soon, but for the time being be sure to download a free copy of Fences from the link below.
DeskScapes 3 Beta 1 Release
Thursday, August 20, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
We are excited to announce the release of DeskScapes 3 – Beta 1 to current Object Desktop subscribers. DeskScapes is an application where users can apply animated backgrounds, also called .dreams, to their desktop. DeskScapes 3 introduces a variety of new features, the most obvious being the completely new user interface. If you are trying out the WindowBlinds 7 beta, you will certainly recognize and be familiar with it. It’s much cleaner, and easier to navigate.
Another new feature is Effects. These effects can be applied to a .dream to change and enhance the look. This particular feature is only available to Windows Vista and Windows 7 users.
The last feature I will talk about today is live previews. Now you will be able to view the .dream in action in the preview windows without having to apply it!
Object Desktop subscribers can download the DeskScapes 3 Beta via Impulse . We also have a forum thread open to allow users to report any issues. For more information about becoming an Object Desktop subscriber, please visit www.objectdesktop.com .
Impulse Weekend Buys - August 20th
Thursday, August 20, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
The weekend gets closer and closer, and it’s that time of the week where you can grab some delicious deals from Impulse to satisfy your gaming needs! You can get more information about Impulse, and your free download at www.impulsedriven.com.
Now for this weeks deals!
Pre-order $39.99 $14.95 $19.95$14.99 $19.99$9.99 $19.99$5.99 $9.99Pre-order $29.99
MyColors Gloss Theme Packs 1-5 Available!
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
Stardock Design launched the MyColors Gloss Packs today. In total, five Gloss Packs were released each containing 3 MyColors themes in a pack. MyColors is an “all-in-one” solution for customizing your desktop, as no extra software is required to use these themes. Each MyColors theme includes a custom visual style which changes your Windows taskbars, start button, and more. They also including matching icon sets and wallpaper to complete the desktop experience.
Earlier this week, subscribers to Object Desktop got one of the Gloss theme packs for free, and now they are available for everyone else to try! Don’t forget Object Desktop subscribers get a discount on MyColors themes too!
Gloss Pack 1 - Gloss Burgundy, Grey or Mint
Gloss Pack 2 - Gloss Amber, Black or Green
Gloss Pack 3 - Gloss Copper, Purple or Teal
Gloss Pack 4 - Gloss Denim, Pink or Red
Gloss Pack 5 - Gloss Blue, Brown or Lavender