There’s a healthy range of widgets available here (almost 4,000), each of which are installed automatically as soon as they’re downloaded. The package sits on your desktop and allows you to download and install widgets from the Yahoo! site. Yahoo! was one of the early pioneers of widgets, and this application is likely to intrigue anyone who hasn’t come across the technology before. These applications are docked on a ‘dashboard’, and you can add as many widgets as you like, giving you instant access to anything from a simple clock to a weather forecasting tool. For the benefit of the uninitiated, a widget is basically a small application that provides you with easy access to a particular function. Mac OSX and Microsoft Vista users will be all too aware of how software widgets can bring more power to your desktop, as they now come as standard on these operating systems. The term ‘widget’ has traditionally been used to describe some kind of contraption or piece of technology that improves the overall functionality of a particular product.
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