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.

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 ...