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• Microsoft Live Labs Releases Color Picker Gadget

  I caught this bit of news tonight from Redmond Pie’s awesome Web Slice for IE8 Beta 2 which shows their latest headlines: Microsoft Live Labs has released a really neat Color Picker Gadget for Windows Sidebar. Download: Color Picker Gadget from Microsoft Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 3:58 AM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Windows Sidebar, Featured News, Sidebar Gadget, Microsoft Live Labs

• Stay up to date with Olympic Medal wins with the Olympic Medal Count Gadget

  Donavon West, Sidebar Gadget-maestro, is at it again! He just released a brand new Windows Sidebar gadget designed to let users keep track of Olympic Medal wins from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games . Download: 2008 Beijing Olympics Medal Count Gadget This Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 13, 2008 4:47 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Windows Sidebar, Windows Media Center, Featured News, Sidebar Gadget, Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

• Track the Weather on Mars with the Phoenix Mars Weather Gadget

  You can get the latest weather (Maximum and Minimum temperatures per Sol or Martian Solar Day) on Mars from the Phoenix Mars Lander delivered to your desktop from the Phoenix lander currently on Mars. Download: Phoenix Mars Weather Gadget The Phoenix Read More... Posted Friday, June 20, 2008 2:16 AM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Windows Sidebar, Featured News, Sidebar Gadget, Mars Lander, Mars, NASA, Phoenix Mars Mission

• Check out these new Sidebar Gadgets for Windows Vista

  Today I've got some pretty neat new Sidebar Gadgets to tell you about for Windows Sidebar. If you're into Baseball, you'll like this new Gadget. Fox Sports on MSN is offering a Fantasy Baseball Gadget brought to you by People-Ready Business from Microsoft. Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008 1:49 AM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Windows Sidebar, MSN Video, Featured News, Sidebar Gadget, People-Ready

• Enabling the Windows Vista Ultimate (PRODUCT) RED bits

  In order to get started using your brand-new Dell (PRODUCT) RED PC right out of the box, you will need to enable a few things in order for the Windows Vista Ultimate (PRODUCT) RED bits such as the Sidebar Gadgets and Windows DreamScene to run. In the Read More... Posted Monday, January 28, 2008 9:23 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Windows Sidebar, Featured News, Windows DreamScene, Dell, PRODUCT (RED), Screensaver

• Finding Certified for Windows Vista Devices

  Ever in need to search for a Certified for Windows Vista device? I've got the site just for you. A few weeks ago I needed to find some Certified for Windows Vista devices in a specific category: printers. I was directed by a friend to the Windows Vista Read More... Posted Thursday, January 03, 2008 5:53 AM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Windows Sidebar, Featured News, Certified for Windows Vista, Sidebar Gadget, Windows Vista Hardware Compatibility List, HCL

• Running a dual-monitor setup with Windows Vista

  Earlier this week I received my second Dell UltraSharp 2407FP 24-inch monitor to accompany my already in-use 2407FP monitor. I now have both 2407FP monitors connected to my ATI Radeon X1650 Pro via DVI. I have both monitors running at 1920x1200 screen Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5:52 AM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Windows Sidebar, Flip3D, Dual Monitors, Display Settings

• Check out these Live Search Gadgets

  The Live Search Team has released 2 new Windows Sidebar Gadgets for Windows Vista. Live Search Traffic Gadget The new Live Search Traffic Gadget uses Live Search Maps to bring up-to-date local traffic information right to your Windows Vista desktop. The Read More... Posted Friday, March 09, 2007 8:06 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Windows Sidebar, Windows Live, Featured News, Live Search, Gadgets

• It's Windows Vista Week at Channels 9 and 10

  Windows Vista Week has begun at Channel 9 and Channel 10 . Over on Channel 9 they're covering Windows Vista from the developer side, focusing on building apps for Windows Vista as a user-centric operating system. What technologies underlying Windows Vista Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 27, 2007 12:21 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Windows Sidebar, Windows Mobile, UAC, Featured News, Developers, Networking, Gadgets

• New Microsoft Outlook Gadgets for Windows Sidebar

  Ryan Gregg , Program Manager for Microsoft Outlook, has announced on his blog two new Outlook Gadgets for Windows Sidebar, both of which bring Outlook to your desktop for easy, real-time access. Go here to download the Outlook Upcoming Appointments Gadget, Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 05, 2006 11:21 AM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Windows Sidebar, Featured News, Sidebar Gadgets, 2007 Office System, Outlook 2007

• Countdown gadget now appearing live on the blog

  Last week we'd mentioned the Windows Vista Countdown Gadget -- now we've gone and added it to our site so that it appears on every page ! Go here to get the gadget for your site, Live.com page and Windows Live Space. Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 28, 2006 2:14 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Windows Sidebar, Featured News, Sidebar Gadgets

• Counting Down to the Consumer Launch of Windows Vista

  On 30 January 2007, Microsoft will be making Windows Vista available to the world at large. This event goes by different monikers: "general availability," "GA" and "retail availability" are some of them. But no matter what it's called, lots of people Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 22, 2006 1:37 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Windows Sidebar, Live.com, Featured News, Retail Availability, Sidebar Gadgets