Reader pyreƒyre's minimalist desktop moves everything important down into small icons in the corners of the screen, with the weather, date, and application launchers all blended together with a fun wallpaper image to make a great overall desktop look.
Windows only: If you've got an application with a really ugly icon, or you just want to get some hard-core nerdy action with your desktop customization, Resource Hacker is the tool for the job.Over at the Tweaking with Vishal web site, he's put together a brief guide to using Resource Hacker to customize and replace graphical elements like icons, bitmaps, cursors, or even rename menu items for almost any Windows application.
The 2010 Winter Olympics are in full swing, and we've rounded up some official Olympic and Olympic-inspired wallpapers to help you fully indulge your Olympic obsession.Note: The "Full Size" link directly under the picture only shows you the sample image we uploaded for this gallery. You need to click on the name of the particular wallpaper in the right hand column to access the full range of sizes at the source site.
Reader A.Nonymous decided to create his own minimalist "undesktop" to keep himself productive—clearing away everything unnecessary, auto-hiding the taskbar, and using keyboard shortcuts to get things done more effectively.The desktop is a combination of:
Reader t.click's desktop sports an amazing, totally transparent skin for the Opera browser that uses Aero Glass to render virtually the entire interface.
On Tuesday we asked you which you used more regularly as your main computer—a desktop or laptop. Nearly 18,000 responses later, the results are in: And here we thought the desktop was dead!
Unless you need a serious workhorse PC, modern laptops have plenty of power for most computer users; it's why laptop use has grown so much in recent years. Still, according to the New York Times, desktop's aren't dead just yet. Why?