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 Live Labs Essentially the Color Picker Gadget gives users quick access to RGB color hex ...

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 is a great gadget for people who aren't following the Olympics very closely but want to ...

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 Mars Lander is a Martian lander (not a rover like Mars Pathfinder) designed to look for ...

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. With this Gadget, you can check up on Fantasy Baseball news, check player stats, and ...

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 following video - I show you exactly what you need to do to view the awesome (PRODUCT) RED Sidebar ...

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 Hardware Compatibility site where they offer a searchable and categorized database for both ...

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 gadget display includes shortcuts to driving directions, local search and a ...

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 make it what it is for the user?  And what can developers get out of those ...

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, and here for the Outlook Tasks Gadget. These two gadgets are a great example of ...

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.