Are you thinking about getting your hands on Microsoft's Surface Duo? If so, your opportunity is approaching. Microsoft announced last week that the release date for the mobile device is set for September 10th, just a little under a month from now. According to Frank Bucholz's Surface IT Pro Blog, "Surface Duo represents the next wave of mobile productivity, inspiring people to rethink what is possible with the device in their pocket. Surface Duo delivers the easiest way to multitask on th...
Image: NASA/JPL-CalTech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA Another Thursday, another blog, and once again I find myself back to discussing really cool space discoveries. For the record, I’m 100% good with this. I always enjoy when new space discoveries take me back “off world,” so to speak. In fact, one of science’s newest discoveries is about Ceres, a dwarf planet I spent quite a bit of time learning about back when we released The Ceres Initiative for Offworld Trading...
The days of malls are dying. A dramatic declaration, perhaps, but one that appears to have been acknowledged by Simon Property Group, the company that owns a large majority of the malls in America. Earlier this week, the news broke that Amazon is considering vacant large stores in malls as locations for new fulfillment centers. Amazon has about 100 fulfillment centers in the U.S., but is looking to expand that number still. Amazon's goal is to increase shipping speed and compete with ...
Stardock Releases Groupy v1.4 Brings Improved Tabbed Experience to your Windows Desktop Version 1.4 adds support for new Curtains app, expands max tabs, and makes other major improvements. Stardock has released a new version of its popular Windows desktop app, Groupy, today. With Groupy, you can organize multiple apps into grouped tabs on your desktop, making finding what you need while you work easier than ever. Version 1.4 improves the grouping user experienc...
I’ve been saying for awhile that I wanted to get some surveillance cameras for the outside of my house. I keep putting it off (that money could be used for board games , after all!), but an incident on Tuesday finally is forcing my hand and I’ve started researching some options. What happened on Tuesday, you ask? Oh, nothing gouda. No...that's not a post-it note. Yep, you’re seeing that right. It is, indeed, a slice of cheddar cheese pressed snugly ont...
Add Additional Style Modes to Windows 10 with Curtains Now Available on Steam Get it Now on Steam Buy Direct from Stardock Stardock released its newest customization tool on Steam today. Curtains ™ allows users to apply new styles along the lines of Dark Mode and Light to Windows ® 10. Taking advantage of the groundwork built to support light and dark mode, Curtains includes several new styles including Fluent, Cairo, and Crystal mode that enhanc...
In a statement issued on Sunday, Microsoft posted on its corporate blog saying that it will continue discussions for a potential TikTok purchase in the United States. For the unfamiliar, TikTok is a video-sharing and social networking service based out of Beijing, China founded in 2012. TikTok allows users to create short dance, lip-sync, comedy, and talent videos and share them with thousands of other users on the platform. The app currently holds worldwide popularity, and TikTok has glo...
Since I’m not going out very much these days, I’ve spent quite a lot more time online with my gaming buddies. We’ve poured countless hours into games on Tabletop Simulator (Bargain Quest is the current favorite), played one too many Overwatch matches (when the enemies start to blur together into one entity you know you need to take a break), and have watched copious amounts of movies (we watched Hamilton together, it was awesome). Recently, when debating which movie...
StarCraft II has been around for nearly a decade now and Blizzard has decided to celebrate with a fairly massive 5.0 update . They are currently in public testing for the update, which introduces new campaign achievements for every mission in the base game and all three expansions. The update also improves the map editor tool, putting more power into the hands of players who are looking to create their own custom campaigns. Absorbing several features from Warcraft III's game editor, Bliz...
My first experience with any kind of video editing was in college. I had a camcorder (man when's the last time you called anything THAT?) and I wanted to do a creative project for a class. So, I gathered a bunch of friends, slapped them in costumes (it really didn't take much convincing, we were all a bunch of fun-loving nerds), picked a peppy song, and took a bunch of footage. Then I lugged my gear to the Mac lab to teach myself how to edit together a video. An ancient shot from an anc...
Image credit: NASA Last week, NASA announced a new launch date for the James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called JWST or Webb). This orbiting infrared observatory was designed with longer wavelength coverage and improved sensitivity in order to complement and extend the discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope (which is now 30 years old!). Described as the "premiere observatory of the next decade," Webb's launch will occur from French Guiana on October 31, 2021. It will "...
If you’ve spent any time in the Stardock community, you know that we love mods here. Between Galactic Civilizations III , Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion , Star Control: Origins , and our other titles, there are thousands of available mods out there from an abundance of talented creators. A lot of us here play with mods not only on the studio’s games, but also games we’re playing from other studios. I know that one of the members of GalCiv’s creativ...
Are you a fan of podcasts? On Monday, the satellite radio company SiriusXM announced that it reached a deal to acquire Stitcher from E.W. Scripps to the tune of $325 million. Stitcher is a pioneer in podcasting that provides a popular one-stop platform for creating, monetizing, and distributing podcasts to listen via its app and other platforms. Stitcher brings its own mobile listening app (which was acquired for $4.5 million in 2016) to the table. It also operates the Midroll Media ...
Add Additional Style Modes to Windows 10 with Curtains Full Version Now Available Get it Now Stardock released its new customization tool today. Curtains ™ allows users to apply new styles along the lines of Dark Mode and Light to Windows ® 10. Taking advantage of the groundwork built to support light and dark mode, Curtains includes several new styles including Fluent, Cairo, and Crystal mode that enhance the look and feel of the Windows UI along...
I am kind of a compulsive shopper (a habit I have been trying to curb over the last few years). Because of this, there is a small amount of dread and a large amount of summoned self-restraint every year when the Steam Summer Sale arrives. I haven’t bought anything yet this year - I guess I’m waiting for the last minute - but I noticed while perusing articles on gaming sites that Steam has introduced a new Points Shop . So, of course I had to go and check it out, though I&r...