Microsoft Dynamics solutions include applications and services for retailers, manufacturers, wholesale distributors, and service companies, doing business domestically or in multiple countries. With these tools in hand, people in every key position in your organization can contribute to the success of your company. Microsoft Dynamics solutions work closely with the Microsoft software systems you may […]

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True to his word, Nathan has released an overview that features the best of his Gadget Roundups so far. There’s some great stuff to be had, if you don’t already have it - with a couple of my favourites (and ones I actually use personally) being the Full Moon Gadget (sad I know, but I […]

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It’s long overdue, but the Windows Live Gallery has had a makeover! There’s new and all-encompassing front end, that includes all the goodies you can get on the site - not just Vista Gadgets. Lots of the little niggles I had with it (especially when surfing using Firefox) also seem to have been sorted!
So… If […]

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Blimey! Nathan at the InsideMicrosoft blog is on a roll… Two roundups in two days!
Issue 9 of his regular series includes a mish-mash of the latest gadgets to be released. The SayaTV Gadget is interesting - in that it’s the first to offer live TV from the Sidebar.
I’m also a fan of Garfield, so I […]

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Nathan Weinberg has just posted the eigth of his series of Gadget roundups on the InsideMicrosoft blog. As is typical, there’s details on a random selection of reasonably useful Sidebar goodies.
However, with three of them not working, one with errors, one that crashes your sidebar, and at least one that’s totally pointless (i.e. just pointing […]

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As reported by Stefan Stranger, Microsoft are running an interesting webcast on April 18th at 2pm EST (that’s 9am GMT for me). It’ll run for about an hour and a half, and cover building gadgets using HTML and JavaScript, using ASP.NET AJAX for gadget service calls, and taking gadgets beyond basic technologies with things like […]

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I think I’ve covered this topic quite well in my Gadget Information section, but for those of you who’ve missed it (or ignored it) here’s a very brief overview of Vista Sidebar Gadget technology.

Sidebar gadgets are little HTML applications. They use a combination of JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and supporting media (primarily images) packaged in a […]

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Following the successful release of his Code Converter widget onto the Yahoo and Google platforms, Todd Anglin has ported the code into a Vista Gadget - and very nice it looks too!
Code Converter parses either C# or VB (both in .NET flavours) and converts it to the other. It does this by making use of […]

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