Maximizing Sidebar Gadgets
Many PC OEMs ship Windows Vista computers with Windows Sidebar enabled, usually only displaying the simple clock, photos and RSS feed gadgets.
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24.7.2007 Microsoft: No Sidebar Until Vista Beta 2
Testers and developers looking forward to playing with Vista's most prominent new feature over the holidays will have to wait a bit longer. Microsoft officials confirmed to BetaNews late Monday that the Windows Sidebar won't be delivered in a public build until Beta 2.
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20.12.2005 Windows Sidebar Gallery Launches
In preparation for the public release of Windows Vista Beta 2, Microsoft put live over the weekend a beta Web site for hosting gadgets that run within the Windows Sidebar.
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31.5.2006 Vista 5744 Sidebar 4 XP
ricktendo64 made a easy 5744 Sidebar and VAIO Installer for XP.
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14.12.2006 Vista Sidebar Gadget Published
My first Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget has been published to gallery.live.com.
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9.2.2007 Windows Media Player Sidebar Gadget
This sidebar gadget has all the capabilities of WMP as embedded in a web page including the ability to play playlists, moves, audio, etc (.wpl, .wmv, as.
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12.2.2007 NVIDIA Forceware 163.75/6 for Windows
It was just over a day ago that 163.74 was leaked for Vista and now NVIDIA have released new drivers for both Windows XP and Windows Vista in 32bit and 64bit flavours.
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14.10.2007 Outlook 2007 Gadgets for Windows Sidebar
If you’re a fan of the Outlook 2007 To-Do Bar, but wish your upcoming appointments and tasks could be shown even when Outlook was minimized, I’ve got great news for you, you can do this today with the Outlook Sidebar Gadgets.
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1.12.2007 NVIDIA Unleashes Big Bang II
A few months ago, NVIDIA announced its plans to release a GeForce R180 series of drivers meant to bring new features and technology innovations to its graphics cards.
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23.10.2008 Vista Sidebar showcases desktop-Web integration
Long Zheng has published some fantastic Windows Vista screencasts, which display the power of the Vista OS - released as a developer beta last week. The screencast that I was most interested in was the Sidebar. Similar in appearance and functionality to the Dashboard feature of Mac OS X Tiger, the Vista Sidebar allows users to manage their gadgets (Microsoft's term for widgets) and other content such as RSS feeds.
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14.6.2006 ATI Radeon X1650XT vs. Nvidia GeForce 7600GT
The next generation of mid-range graphics cards are just around the corner, so should you even consider purchasing a GeForce 7600GT or Radeon X1650XT graphics card?
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7.12.2006 Nvidia’s High-End Chipset Under Fire for Problems
Nvidia Corp., a leading designer of graphics processor and core-logic sets, is about to face criticism from enthusiasts for the problems that occur with the company’s latest premium-class chipset.
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16.12.2006 NVIDIA Releases WHQL Vista RTM Drivers
On January Nvidia finally released the long-awaited final graphics drivers for Windows Vista.
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8.1.2007 Nvidia GeForce Forceware 163.71 Beta
Nvidia has released Vista & XP drivers for the Geforce 6, 7 & 8 series. This is not a WHQL release, is in beta form and available in 32bit and 64bit flavours.
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22.9.2007 Get Longhorn Style Sidebar in Windows 7 & Vista with Longbar
Prior to Windows Vista it was known as Longhorn which was revolutionary Windows Operating system.
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29.10.2009 ATI Radeon X1650 Pro vs. Nvidia GeForce 7600GS
As much as we love testing and talking about the latest innovations in PC graphics, it's only a fraction of the gamers market that can truly enjoy these high-end products as soon as they come out of the oven because of its high prices.
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31.10.2006 Nvidia Launches DirectX 10 Graphics Card for $299
Partners of Nvidia Corp., the world’s largest supplier of standalone graphics processors, have unveiled a 320MB flavour of the GeForce 8800 GTS (the other flavour has 640MB memory onboard).
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13.2.2007 Nvidia ForceWare for Windows Vista 100.64 (BETA)
Nvidia has released yet another beta set of video drivers for Windows Vista. As usual, only English flavours (both 32bit and 64bit) are available.
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16.2.2007 NVIDIA ForceWare v162.22 WHQL for Windows Vista
There is a new Windows Vista WHQL driver release available to download from NVIDIA, v162.22.
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28.7.2007 Nvidia Hit With New Class Action Threat Over Windows Vista Glitches
A New Yorker is seeking support for a class action suit against the video card manufacturer because he says drivers for the company's high-end 8800 card have caused him problems.
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25.4.2007 Windows 7 Thoosje Sidebar in Windows Vista & Xp
You can enjoy windows 7 on your Windows Vista and XP with Windows 7 Transformation pack, Windows 7 Taskbar Sbar, Windows 7 Screensaver for Xp.
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17.8.2009 Windows Live Calendar Gadget for Windows 7 Sidebar
Windows Live provides many useful web services like online calendar, Windows Live spaces, Photo Gallery etc. Live calendars lets you create your own calendar, store notes for important dates, birthday reminder, share calendar with friends and family, sync with windows mobile phone and much more.
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20.9.2009Gadget Samples for Windows Sidebar
These gadget samples are intended to demonstrate the functionality of the Windows Sidebar scripting elements. In addition, most of the code snippets
found throughout the Sidebar Reference documentation are extracted directly from the gadget code provided here.
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14.09.2007Windows Sidebar: 'Sky's The
Limit'
In some of the earliest builds
of Longhorn, the Sidebar was
the most visible change. While
its eventual use within the
operating system wasn't
initially clear, its sudden
disappearance in the build
given to attendees of WinHEC
surprised many Windows
enthusiasts...
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15.09.2005KlipFolio Adds Sidebar Functionality
Software company Serence on
Tuesday released an update to
its KlipFolio widget
application, offering users
new functionality such as a
mini-sidebar, and new
organization and sharing
features...
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21.02.2007Microsoft: No Sidebar Until
Vista Beta 2
Testers and developers looking
forward to playing with
Vista's most prominent new
feature over the holidays will
have to wait a bit longer.
Microsoft officials confirmed
to BetaNews late Monday that
the Windows Sidebar won't be
delivered in a public build
until Beta 2...
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20.12.2005Windows Vista Sidebar
Columnist Scott Lowe explains
how to use the new Windows
Sidebar feature in Windows
Vista...
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15.08.2006Google Desktop 3 Beta Released
Google released a new version
of its desktop search feature
on Thursday, allowing searches
across multiple computers, the
ability to send Sidebar items
to friends, deeper
customization of Sidebar
features, and
password-protected search...
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09.02.2006Windows Sidebar Gallery
Launches
In preparation for the public
release of Windows Vista Beta
2, Microsoft put live over the
weekend a beta Web site for
hosting gadgets that run
within the Windows Sidebar.
The site enables users to find
available gadgets and allows
developers to submit their own
creations...
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31.05.2006NVIDIA launches new GPUs, ATI lies in wait
Today was originally scheduled to be the date that both NVidia and ATI launched their next-generation graphics products, but NVidia had the only one
that made it out the door in time...
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18.06.2008What would NVidia want with a CPU company?
There may be an actual window of opportunity for graphics chip producer NVidia to acquire some x86 CPU design expertise and production prowess. But as
In-Stat's Jim McGregor told us, there are reasons why NVidia + Via wouldn't work...
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20.03.2008Google Desktop 4 Gets Gadgets
Google on Tuesday released the
final version of Google
Desktop 4, the search
engine's desktop search
utility and sidebar
application. The new release
brings tighter integration
with Google services, and new
"Google Gadgets,"
which expand the capabilities
of previous sidebar plug-ins...
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28.06.2006NVidia, Intel no longer appear to be prospective partners
During an analyst meeting yesterday, the head of NVidia stated clearly that NVidia is a GPU company and not a semiconductor manufacturer, destroying
any flicker of hope that it and Intel may jointly combat AMD and its ATI division...
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12.04.2008Nvidia adds PhysX engine to new line of video chips for notebooks
Nvidia has unveiled a new generation of notebook video cards based upon the Ageia PhysX physics engine, which Nvidia acquired last year...
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30.07.2008Maximizing Sidebar Gadgets
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 the Sidebar
because you already have a
clock in the systray and you
use other ways to check RSS
feeds.
If so, you're
missing out, as there's a
Windows Sidebar gadget for
almost anything you might
want: PC utilities, music,
messaging, traffic reporting,
searching or just a quick game
can be yours with a click of
the mouse. If you haven't
taken the time to explore
gadgets beyond those loaded by
default, take a minute to
right-click the Sidebar and
select 'Add Gadgets.' From
there, click 'Get More
Gadgets Online' -- youll find
over 1000 different gadgets
available for download.
There are still other ways
to find gadgets: visit the
Microsoft
Gadgets Gallery,
Windows Live
Gallery and
Code
Project for hundreds more.
In addition, you'll find
links to resources for
developers and a way to submit
your own gadgets for others to
use.
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24.07.2007NVIDIA G80 Spy Pics
Want to know what
NVIDIA's G80 card will
look like? These pictures have
been verified to be two of the
upcoming models of
NVIDIA's next-gen GPU.
Note the two six-pin power
connectors and water cooler on
one of the cards. This goes a
long ways to confirm all of
the 300 watt consumption
rumors that have been
circulating...
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06.10.2006Nvidia Betas 3-D Rendering
Software
Nvidia on Tuesday released a
beta of Gelato 2.1, the
company's newest final-frame
rendering software for 3-D
content creation. To join the
release, Nvidia also rolled
out a Gelato Zone Web site
providing resources such as
tips and blogs for the Gelato
community...
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02.08.2006Apple potentially dropping NVIDIA chips after disagreements
Last week, a website named Semi Accurate reported that heated words were exchanged between the computer maker Apple and graphics chip producer NVIDIA,
regarding their current agreement. It seems that NVIDIA was being "arrogant", according to Stuff.tv, and they may have been sent packing for the
next three or four years. Only last year, Steve Jobs proudly unveiled the new MacBook Pro line that boasted NVIDIA 8600M GT graphics processors, but
as mentioned, they may already have had their turn.
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02.07.2009Windows Vista CTP to Feature
Sidebar, Gadgets
A February CTP (Community
Technology Preview) of
Microsoft's planned
Windows Vista
OS will feature Windows
Sidebar and Gadgets
technology, for adding
mini-applications such as
video or audio feeds to the
Windows desktop. Gadgets
providing access to these
applications are represented
by desktop icons.
These icons are then
organized on the scrollable
Sidebar on the screen,
Microsoft officials said at
the combined Software
Architecture Summit and
Middleware Summit conferences
on Wednesday.
Thanks to
boytoy for
posting this
article!
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03.02.2006Windows Vista Sidebar Protection Update Available
Install this update to improve protection in Windows Sidebar. This update enables Windows Sidebar to block certain gadgets from running. After you
install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
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08.01.2008NVIDIA to invest up to $5M in new GPU computing companies
In a press release this morning, NVIDIA announced that it is looking to invest in, and support, early stage companies that produce or develop products
which make use of the GPU. As of this morning, a new webpage on the NVIDIA website was launched (named the GPU Ventures Program), which explains how
businesses can submit their proposals. The investments are expected to be between $500,000 and $5 million, although NVIDIA also explained in
the statement that they may also help with marketing, development and product distribution, depending on the partnership.
Read full story.....
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11.03.2009Fix Windows 7 Sidebar With UAC Off
As many of you undoubtedly know already, in Windows 7 Beta 1, disabling UAC also causes the gadgets to stop working. This can be very annoying,
especially for the power users who turn off UAC, or for those who are turning it off in order to avoid that nasty token elevation bug that rears it's
ugly head out of random on some machines...
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