Many PC OEMs ship Windows Vista computers with Windows Sidebar enabled, usually only displaying the simple clock, photos and RSS feed gadgets.  You may've found that they install their own home-grown gadgets to show off additional features or apps installed on the PC, or as sales tools for other products.  You may even have turned off ...

Last month we posted an update to the Windows Vista Gadgets Competition on Code Project.  Now that the competition is complete, the team behind it would like to thank everyone who entered.  The goal of the contest was to deliver 20 quality Sidebar Gadgets; we surpassed our goal considerably with a total of 29 gadget entries.  The ...

We're only one month into the Windows Vista Gadgets Competition on Code Project, and already developers have exceeded our expectations in finding new ways to enhance the Windows Vista Sidebar experience via Gadgets.  Some of the cooler gadgets include a daily Dilbert cartoon display and a tool that places your email Inbox at your ...

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.

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 -- I for one -- are looking forward to that day.  As excitement ...