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Vista SP1 Gadget Brings Mars Weather Updates via the Phoenix Lander

Weather information on your Windows Vista SP1 desktop can now be an interplanetary experience with the help of the Windows Sidebar. While there are a luxuriant variety of weather gadgets for the Windows Sidebar in Vista, there is one that's out of this world, literally. The Phoenix Mars Weather Gadget will bring...

20 June 2008
06:17 GMT

Update Available to Bulletproof 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista Sidebar

Windows Vista, both the 32- and 64-bit editions, brought to the table an entirely new component compared to Windows XP: the Windows Sidebar. As any addition to the operating system, the Windows Sidebar also raised security concerns, by literally providing attackers with a fresh avenue for exploits. However, since the...

9 January 2008
07:00 GMT

Microsoft Romania Launches Gadget Competition for Windows Vista

Microsoft Romania has just launched a gadget competition for Windows Vista and Windows Live. Essentially, the contest is nothing more than a repeat of the Windows Vista Gadgets Competition on Code Project, with the sole exception that entries can now be submitted for both the client and the cloud Microsoft operating ...

10 September 2007
11:27 GMT

Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget Makes Steve Ballmer's Emails Public

Dear Steve... This is how an email addressed to Microsoft's Chief Executive Office Stave Ballmer begins. Ballmer's actual account as well as the password are unnecessary to read the CEO's email. All you need to access it is a gadget designed to integrate seamlessly with the Windows Sidebar in Windows V...

30 July 2007
05:58 GMT

Google Crushes Windows Vista in Desktop Deathmatch

Have the advanced introduced by Microsoft with the availability of Windows vista at the desktop level of the operating system sufficient for Windows users to stir clear of the Mountain View company's offerings? It all comes down to the end-user and to the functionality details that Google Desktop adds to Window...

5 May 2007
09:52 GMT

Google Desktop vs. Windows Vista Desktop

The Mountain View company has established a strong foothold in the Windows operating system with Google Desktop and is not going down without a fight. Still the evolution of Windows Vista can deliver sufficient leverage and incentive for users to ostracize Google from the desktop. Make no mistake about it, Windows Vi...

5 May 2007
09:17 GMT

Google Sneaks in the Top 3 Windows Vista Sidebar Gadgets

One of the top three Windows Sidebar gadgets for Windows Vista links rival company Google directly to Microsoft. The Redmond Company has only just announced the completion of the Windows Vista Gadgets Competition on Code Project that debuted back in February 2007. Two months later, Microsoft has proudly announced the...

26 April 2007
06:00 GMT


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