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Widget: Pronounced "wih-jit," for years, the term has been a popular word for a generic "thing" when there is no real name for it. It is often used to describe...; Full Widget Definition >>

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Veodia ups the video ante: Veodia, a two year old, venture backed narrowcast video play has taken a further step forward in helping proliferate its technology with the release of a Flash based widget that uses the MPEG-4/h.264 standard. The widget allows organizations to distribute channel based content direct into individual websites or to MPEG-4...; Tags: Video, Service, Veodia, Widget, Corporate Communications, Harassment, Pricing, Web Site Development, Marketing, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Internet, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-03-18
RadioSherpa Apple Dashboard widget (wdgt): Widget that plays all your favorite radio stations including all the new HD2 stations. Widget includes real-time guide showing what song/program is playing on every station even without loading the stream. Widget is expanding its coverage nationwide in the coming months. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Station, Apple Inc., RadioSherpa, Widget, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-02-20
Instant Currency Converter (exe): Instant Currency Converter is a very simple program that lets you convert the most common currencies. The widget is live, so the statistics given are always brand new and current. Some of the currencies you can convert to each other are UDS, AUD, EUR, NZD, GBP, CAD. This version is...; Tags: Currency, Instant Currency Converter, Widget, CAD, Software; Software downloads 2008-01-17
Longhorn Processor Graph (widget): Longhorn Processor Graph is a free widget that displays a graph of your processor usage. Longhorn Processor Graph widget allows you to view and monitor the usage of your processor. The widget has a design inspired from the Longhorn theme. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Microsoft Longhorn, Longhorn Processor Graph, Widget, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Processors, Microsoft Windows, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components; Software downloads 2007-11-06
Network Monster (widget): Network Monster is a free widget forked from Ping Monster, that also shows your download and upload rate using "netstat." Network Monster allows you to monitor the network traffic. The widget is using the NetStat service. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Monster, Network, Widget, Networking; Software downloads 2007-11-06

Jambaz: Playing to improve investing performance: Playing games is a great way to keep your mind sharp. Brain Age, a Nintendo DS game, says it can "keep your DS brain in shape" (I don't think I have a DS brain) using the techniques of a Japanese neuroscientist. I'm always looking...; Tags: Game, Performance, Stock, Jambaz, Widget, Games, Investment, Personal Technology, Finance, Mitch Ratcliffe; Blog posts 2007-10-27
Dugg - Digg widget for Dashboard (1): Add this Widget to your Mac OS X Dashboard to see the latest stories from the popular Digg.com Web site. This Widget lets you view feeds for specific topics or users on Digg and you can search on the digg.com Web site or from directly inside the widget. The widget...; Tags: Digg, Dashboard, Widget, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2007-09-24
Flash based VOIP is finally here: I just saw one of the greatest demos I've ever seen built on the Flash platform. A company called Ribbit showed a phone component today built in Flex and soon to be available to developers on a prerelease basis. The Ribbit component is nothing short of astonishing. It runs soley...; Tags: Developer, VoIP, Phone, Web Browser, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2007-08-13
FlashFlashRevolution launches widget for bands: FlashFlashRevolution FFR, the multi-player rhythm-based online gaming site (which has a strong social networking component -- see my earlier profile), has launched a widget designed to help musicians and bands promote their music, while at the same time allow more people to discover the fun of playing FFR's online...; Tags: MySpace, Music, Steve O'Hear; Blog posts 2007-08-09
Facebook Watch (zip): The widget allows the user to view their wall. Friends recently updated profiles. Friend, group, and detail requests. Their inbox, new PokesUsing an advanced login system, errors are rare and can usually be fixed on the fly, without having to download a new version. Version 2.1 may include unspecified updates,...; Tags: Facebook, Friend, Widget, Construction; Software downloads 2007-07-24
Are you a widget or are you a business?: Are you a widget or are you a business?It will fade...I bet Google will eventually make you embed AdWords in order to embed YouTube. There's no such thing as a free lunch.I imagine other widget providers will have to do the same. Possibly the exact same. I...; Tags: widget, Google AdWords, advertisement, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-07-18
Are you a widget or are you a business?: In this Web 2.0 world where every on-demand service can become a widget, where is the business?On Saturday afternoon I spent 3 hours looking at YouTube videos through FaceBook. YouTube became a $1.6bn widget on FaceBook.Will the winners be the companies such as FaceBook, or their competitor, that manages to...; Tags: Trend watch, Disruptive; Blog posts 2007-07-16
Wake Me Up iTunes! (widget): Wake Me Up iTunes acts as an alarm using iTunes. You set what time you want to wake up and the song you want to wake up to. It's that easy. The Widget adjusts the volume, maxing it out; it also displays the artist, track, and album of the song...; Tags: Apple iTunes, Widget, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics; Software downloads 2007-07-13
ML Baseball widget (wdgt): Keep an eye on your favorite MLB team with all the information you need in one single and small widget. Show the current scoreboard, full results from previous days, the schedule for the upcoming week game times are displayed in your local time, or current division and wild card standings....; Tags: Widget, Games, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2007-07-09
AstroMart Classifieds (widget): AstroMart Classifieds displays the latest Astro Adverts on the AstroMart Web site. The Widget is configurable for the update interval, the number of adverts to display, and provide a beep when new adverts are found. The uses an RSS feed from the AstroMart, you can pick from the predefined categories...; Tags: Advertisement, Widget, RSS, Internet; Software downloads 2007-07-06
Comedy Network Schedule (widget): Displays what's on now and next from The Comedy Network, a Canadian television channel. You can customize the time zone. The widget updates twice daily and links to show information. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Network, Widget, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment; Software downloads 2007-06-18
Image Gallery: eBay-to-go comes in a box (that goes on your blog, MySpace, etc.): This week, at the eBay Developer Conference in Boston, one of the company's developers Stephen Chang was demonstrating a new easy-to-customize software widget called eBay-to-go that webmasters, bloggers and users of other social sites like MySpace can use to embed a small portal into the eBay auction system right...; Tags: Web technology, Software Infrastructure, Personal Technology, General; Blog posts 2007-06-14
widgets matter: Now monetize them: Comscore took a crack at sizing up the world of widgets on the Web and it's clear there's a massive distributed audience out there. The challenge is monetizing that audience. Comscore's results, which were reported in The Wall Street Journal Wednesday, detail some eye popping figures. In April 2007, Slide...; Tags: Web Technology, General; Blog posts 2007-06-13
widgets to become more interactive: Distributing content via widgets has been a key element of the growing social web. Fueled by the explosion of blogs, social networking profiles, and start pages -- its now common practice for companies to take a more de-centralized approach to their content, so that their users can also become distributors....; Tags: Widgets; Blog posts 2007-05-09
S60 Summit: widgets extend the functionality of S60: Nokia made an announcement last week that will allow S60 mobile device users to enhance their mobile web experiences. Widgets will be coming to Feature Pack 2 devices in the third quarter of 2007 and I did not have time last week to try to understand this functionality since I...; Tags: Symbian, Smartphone, S60, Nokia, mobile services; Blog posts 2007-04-25