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In an email to potential customers of Metronomy's 'Free PC' offer, many were informed that orders placed back in October won't be fullfilled until August or never at all. Metronomy's excuse is the following, "we have received information to suggest that a minority of applicants do not intend to operate within our standard terms and conditions (duh-huh), resulting in the potential theft of the computer. We have reluctantly decided to release only a limited number of PCs in the first instance, in order to full test our security procedures and technical infrastructure before a wider roll-out in Autumn.".

The 'free PCs' were originally going to be shipped to customers between the 15th and the 25th of April. We'll keep our ears open on Metronomy but it looks like another free PC idea gone wrong.

View: Information on free PC offer - Neowin
News source: In-House

The programs of Object Desktop include:

WindowBlinds is a program that changes the look and feel of the Windows GUI. It applies “visual styles” that skin the title bars, push buttons, scrollbars, radio buttons, and other elements of the Windows interface. It can also extend the Windows interface to support new controls such as roll-up buttons, website buttons, always on top buttons and more.

DesktopX enables users to dramatically enhance the look and function of the Windows desktop by allowing Windows users to have true objects on their desktop. These objects can be of any size and shape, be used to build custom desktops or to create widgets (mini-programs) that add new functionality to the desktop.

Keyboard LaunchPad is a program that allows users to assign hotkeys to nearly any action that can be done on the computer. Launch programs, paste specific clipboard items, control programs, and more, all via the keyboard.

IconPackager is a program that lets users change all of their icons at once on their system by applying “packages” of icons as well as creating icon packages for later use or distribution to others on the Internet.

SkinStudio 4 is a program that lets people design their own Windows GUI (title bars, borders, push buttons, etc.) that can then be applied via WindowBlinds.

IconDeveloper is a program that allows users to easily create their own Windows icons. It can load up .BMP, .PNG, and other common graphics formats and instantly convert them to Windows compatible icons. It has a number of tools to enable mass colorization and more.

Theme Manager allows users to put the features of Object Desktop together to apply themes that can dramatically alter the Windows environment in a single click.

Stardock Central allows users to instantly access updates to Object Desktop along with a dozen other Object Desktop components electronically such as ControlCenter, ObjectZIP, Tab LaunchPad, ObjectEdit, TreeView, WindowFX, and much more. Users of Object Desktop receive a 1 year subscription to ObjectDesktop.NET which allows for a full year of free updates to Object Desktop along with any new programs added to it.