Fences works by allowing users to “draw” labeled shaded areas on the desktop, which become movable & resizable containers for any desktop icon. These groups can help bring organization and consistency to your computer’s desktop, solving the “constant mess” problem that has plagued the desktop since its inception. Fences also helps users finally appreciate the [...]
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 [...]
This week Stardock released an update to it’s popular desktop icon organization application, Fences. This update brings a number of fixes and compatibility updates. Most notably we have drastically increased the support and performance of Fences on Windows 7.
Regardless of which version of Windows you are using, Fences is the ultimate [...]
Windows Live Writer is one of the best tools to use when blogging. I have talked about it plenty of times before, so I was really excited to see the Technical Preview released today. There are some really cool features that have been added.
Just a few improvements are:
Upload videos to Soapbox
Image cropping and tilting [...]
I have been following the Jing Project since nearly the beginning, and I have been very impressed with the progress so far. I noticed they issued an update yesterday bringing Jing up to version 1.6. This update includes some features that were highly requested from users, including:
Return of the Save button
New Copy to [...]
There is a free update for existing users of WindowBlinds available. The most notable feature is the addition of the Explorer Background feature which allows you to apply a background, and adjust the opacity of the Explorer background. Other additions include performance tweaks. WindowBlinds is the easiest, and safest way to change the complete look [...]
When I first saw the announcements that Bento was to be released, I was very excited about the potential of it, and was anxiously awaiting the chance to review it. Bento, which is developed by FileMaker, is a personal database application for Mac OS X Leopard. FileMaker is a phenomenal application in itself, but for [...]
The new version of KeepSafe was released today. KeepSafe is an application which offers real-time data backup while running virtually unnoticed in the background. It provides a backup of documents, images, etc. in case of a corrupt file, or even not saving a document you were working on.
Some of the new features include:
Improved User Interface [...]
I have been getting quite a few messages lately from people wanting to know how to change their Vista cursors. Many of them are still using CursorXP, and I guess maybe the CursorFX news just hasn’t reached everyone yet. No big deal though, lets go through the steps on getting some custom cursors on your [...]
I have talked about Jing before, and it’s one of my favorite free apps for capturing screenshots and video of your desktop. TechSmith released an updated version for Windows users yesterday.
Updates include:
Capture selection should start more quickly
History should be open more quickly
Memory ‘leaks’ cleaned up
Over all memory usage decreased
Automatic selection of ’sub windows’ restored
Download: [...]
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