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Windows 8 Pre-Beta Supports Custom Images for Metro Background

When made available for the world, the Windows 8 Developer Preview lacked one feature that users were certainly keen on having available for them, namely customization of the Metro background. While you can easily change the theme or background of the desktop, with Windows 7 themes supported in the new desktop clien...

24 November 2011
12:01 GMT

Ubuntu 11.10's Default Wallpaper

Today's updates for the upcoming Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system added a new default wallpaper to the existing ones. With this morning's updates, the current development release of the upcoming Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system got a new default wallpaper. This new default Ubun...

26 August 2011
02:10 GMT

New Logon Screen for Windows 7

Changing the picture displayed when you log into your system is not an option Windows OS is ready for; but third party developers have created plenty of applications for exactly this purpose. Logon Screen is one way to easily modify the background of the logon screen. And its features do not stop at this. ...

19 January 2011
09:21 GMT

Get the Original iPad Wallpaper for Your iPhone, iPod touch

It’s happened with every major, new Apple product that shipped with new wallpapers, so why should the iPad be any different? Photoshopped with the Apple fanatic in mind, the original iPad wallpaper featured on the iPad demo unit used by Steve Jobs & Co. at the “creation event” is now available for f...

29 January 2010
06:48 GMT

Windows 7 RTM Default Wallpaper, the Design Story

Just as the Betta fish wallpaper has become synonymous with the Beta Build 7000 and Release Candidate (RC) Build 7100 builds of the latest Windows client, so does the now default Harmony background define the RTM development milestone of Windows 7 (Build 7600). In the video embedded at the bottom of this screen, you ...

11 December 2009
13:31 GMT

A Piece of Snow Leopard Is Already Available

Even though Snow Leopard isn’t going to be available until September, the original Mac OS X 10.6 wallpaper is now available for free download. Admittedly, the wallpaper is not much, but it does make a good first step towards the transition to the new OS. Mac fans can grab the wallpaper immediately and use the S...

18 June 2009
08:29 GMT

Transform Your Desktop Background into a Joyful Photo Show

You all know that the desktop wallpaper can influence your mood throughout the day. So, it surely isn't a good idea to see the same image continuously, especially if it represents an abstract or impersonal scenery. You will be surprised to realize that a vacation photo or the portrait of the loved one can bring ...

16 February 2009
12:01 GMT

Freeware Pick: SpaceSuit

Spaces is one of the hundreds of new features Apple has introduced with the original version of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). Spaces lets users configure their work spaces by visiting the Exposé & Spaces pane in System Preferences. According to Apple, in the System Prefs pane dedicated to the two functions of Leopa...

13 January 2009
06:26 GMT

Apple Misses iPhone 'Push' Deadline

With September come and gone, Apple has missed one of its self-imposed deadlines, in releasing a software update for the iPhone OS to include a formerly-removed “push notification” system. Mac-based publications are now tracing the events back to Apple's WWDC, where the company's SVP of iPhone s...

3 October 2008
06:08 GMT

The Missing Windows Vista Wallpapers, Better After SP1 than Never

Microsoft managed to include a consistent collection of imagery into Windows Vista, but it failed to come even close to satisfying the entire spectrum of user preferences and, moreover, it went for quality over quantity. In this regard, the default Vistas which ship with the operating system, suffer only because of t...

6 June 2008
09:33 GMT

Google Turns the Lights Out

Google's homepage is one of the most popular websites and nobody can deny this. Back in the past, there were numerous topics when people discussed about Google's website interface, many researchers considering that a black version of the page would reduce energy consumption made by the monitors. At this tim...

27 March 2008
05:03 GMT

Old Background Vistas and New Wallpapers for Windows Vista

In order to take your mind off Windows 7, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1, you could always distract yourself with some superb desktop eye candy. And refreshing the background of your operating system is bound to give it new life, concomitantly with the satisfaction feeling that comes with ...

1 February 2008
12:52 GMT

Replace the Google Logo With a Hot Pic of Carmen Electra

There are a lot of Internet users who configured their default homepage to the Google search engine but many of them are tired of the same white design. Well, Groovle comes with the best alternative for the old-fashioned Google design but it still allows you to search the Internet with the power of the best search te...

6 September 2007
16:46 GMT


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