Whitson Gordon has reviewed “Tiles” on Lifehacker ( http://lifehacker.com/5879727/tiles-keeps-your-open-windows-and-shortcuts-organized-to-reduce-screen-clutter)and has this to say: “Tiles is a new application from Stardock, makers of our favorite desktop organizer , Fences , that keeps your open windows organized in a Metro-style thumbnail view in your sidebar, so you can focus on just the windows you need….It also comes with a nice theme engine, built ...

  EaseUS Partition Master Professional Edition (EPMP 9.1) is an all in one partition solution and disk management utility. I’m reviewing it alone, and its merits but not comparing it to other tools since it really is a composite of three separate tools. To try and sum up all the features, I’d need a website all my own, but EaseUS already has that. You’d be better served to download the trial copy (link at end) read the “Help” file fully, watch the tutori...

  Everyone knows I believe Acoronis’ backup software to be the “Gold Standard”  of backup and recovery software. No discussion about that. Here’s a great, scary Halloween deal! For half price of Acronis you’ll get that AND -  Malware’s Anti-Malware PRO for FREE!       Please note: If you use PayPal: Your order MUST BE PAID by 10/31 or it will not be delivered   Oh yes….  Once again the ...

  Wow! So many skins, Windowblinds, Walls, Icons, Sysmetrics! I don't know how you'll choose from all this, I'm sure. No room for all the possible picks... So please cruise the " Last Updated " and feast your eyes! Enjoy... My deep thanks for all the submissions and to all the artists who make WinCustomize "The Place for Skinning".   Windowblinds: Corners - Lightstar              &nbs...

  Great skins came out this weekend! Since Island Dog is on vacation, I’m posting for him. Here’s a bunch from an assortment of Galleries for you to use to get in the spirit of the season! Browse the Galleries!   Halloween on a Little Planet – Vlad               Halloween Night – Amitsaran                 ...

  Martin Brinkmann, owner and chief reviewer at the excellent site ghacks.net has done a very thorough review of Stardock’s newest winner, Start8. I’m really glad to report that his review was extremely positive! Please head on over to read about it here: http://www.ghacks.net/2012/12/13/start8-windows-8-start-menu-review-giveaway/?_m=3n%2e0038%2e732%2ehj0ao01hy5%2er3p Also, if you review it or leave a comment, you might win a free license. Learn more ...

  Congrats to Stardock! It isn't everyday that a product...any product is honored this way. Kudos to the dev!     Would you like to learn more?   https://www.stardock.com/products/start8/       If you'd like to learn more about Multiplicity 2.0:   https://www.stardock.com/products/multiplicity/      

  Eddie Cho of the c|net review staff has given Decor8 a nice review . “After you install the app, Decor8 will appear on the Start screen like any other tile. When you open the app, you'll be greeted with an options menu that appears mighty hard to discern from a standard Windows 8 settings menu. From the Background settings, choose any custom image or photo to set as your background for the modern UI and add visual tweaks like fading, blurring, and color overlays. Dec...

      Don't regret missing these deals! Head over to:   https://www.stardock.com/thanksgiving_sale/software.asp      

  My chance at throwing together a TWIS (this week in skinning). I.D.'s off somewhere playing hooky AND I got his lovely wife to disable all interwebz connections on his devices. So.... here are some skins deserving of your interest:                 Tanger Master Suite                                       Hollyday Docks    ...

  Thanks to ZubaZ for bringing my attention to this. Well, no surprise. They like the new version Start8.   The review discussed Start8’s unique features, and that it’s still a beta. Here are those features: You can get it (still free) here: https://www.stardock.com/products/start8/ You can watch Brad’s YouTube presentation as well: Thanks for the good review, gHacks!

  To continue Island Dog’s post on Photoshop ( Adobe T.V. ), Lesa Snider (my Photoshop goddess) is doing an in depth (pun intended) three day webinar provided by the great folks at creativeLive . It will have a day on each of these topics: Selections. Adjustment layers. Smart objects.   All you have to do is sign up for a creativeLive account (free). Then enroll in whatever you like… There are generally replays of these classes, so if you&rsqu...

  Martin Brinkmann over at gHacks.net has just written a nice article “Going straight to the Windows 8 desktop”. I read it, and if you’re planning to update/upgrade to W8, I think you should as well. Start8 was mentioned prominently: You can get Start8 here: https://www.stardock.com/products/start8/ You can read more about Start8 here: http://www.ghacks.net/2012/08/16/going-straight-to-the-windows-8-desktop/#comment-1466310 https://forums.wincustomi...

  EaseUS approached me to review their newest updated Todo Backup Workstation 4.5. I agreed to do so, because of my positive experience reviewing Todo EaseUS Partition Manager Pro 9.1. You can find that review here .   This software does everything you want it to do, through a simple user interface. Installation is a breeze, and what’s better is that there’s no reboot (as in prior editions). There’s a video that comes with it that explains various aspects of...

  As you all know, Rainmeter is a very popular customization program. Many of the skins can record your notes, to-do lists, launch and control your fave apps… which can be arranged to your liking. So… just thought I’d mention seeing the update/release notice on Neowin.net . You can pick it up here: http://rainmeter.net/cms/ What’s changed? Read about it here: http://rainmeter.net/cms/Release23   but at first glance, it looks like lots of chang...