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WSJ's Web Site Adds Facebook Function

The Wall Street Journal has just accepted Facebook's request to be online friends.

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Halloween still a treat for diabetic kids
Source: USA Today

Zoey Sayles is going to be Cleopatra for Halloween.

TwittLink: Share Fast And Tweet From Your Site With Others
Source: TechCrunch

Just last night we were talking about the speed at which information is shared on the web, primarily through Twitter and Facebook. The default options for both of those services make you go to another page to do your sharing.

Presidental Inauguration Countdown
Source: SpringWidgets Blog

Countdown to Presidential Inauguration widget

SpringWidgets: 30841
Source: SpringWidgets Blog

Blog Widget

The Hillary Deathwatch widget - get & share
Source: Slate

Slate started a Hillary Deathwatch last week, and her chances of winning the nomination have already dropped by more than three points.

MySpace Application Platform now in the open
Source: WidgetsLab

No more waiting, no more limits, no more hype, MySpace Application platform is finally launched and things look promising for those interested in taking a bite at it, be to port Facebook apps and Widget-Apps into Myspace Apps with Opensocial support or if you want to level up cur …

Netvibes goes social: inside the Ginger update
Source: Ars Technica

Browser start page provider Netvibes has rolled out a major update, codenamed Ginger, with an assortment of user interface enhancements and intriguing new social networking features.

Cool New Shopping Widget
Source:

Shop for millions of products with this widget or instant message and shop with your buddies at bunnybot.com

eMarketer Analysis on Widgets Spread in Social Networks
Source: WidgetsLab

As with any new industry to enter the web,widgets have been under the spotlight pretty much everywhere, from newspapers to all kind of blogs that have embraced them just this year as they have gained more and more of place in common internet use.

Scrabble manufacturer targets 'Scrabulous' online game
Source: CNET News.com

That noise you just heard was the sound of several hundred thousand procrastination-happy Facebook users gasping in panic.

Facebook widget installs Zango spyware
Source: net-security.org

Fortinet Global Security Research Team discovered a malicious Facebook Widget actively spreading on the social networking site which ultimately prompts users to install the infamous "Zango" adware/spyware.

Search Engine Developer Farts, Feels Guilty, Makes up via Widgets to Offset CO2 Emissions
Source:

A Developer of an ecofriendly Search Engine called iBlackle confesses of too much farting while programming so he installs a widget to cancel out all the CO2 Emissions he contributed. Then he blames Green Pea and Lentil soup for his toxic fumes.

Great web 20 stuff like social bookmarks thanks Mike | tecacentre.net
Source: tecacentre.net

A great new widget ot the is this one called socializer I have tested it so you can see my results at the link here or at

Funcaster: Sharing on Web 2.0 no longer means having to upload.
Source: Send2Press Newswire

A widget that displays desktop content on most of the Web 2.0 sites... Makes it possible to share without uploading to any server.

Embed Web Widgets into the Desktop with Hypercube - Lifehacker
Source: Lifehacker

Windows/Mac: Embed your favorite web widgets into the desktop with freeware app Hypercube. Hypercube supports several widget platforms including iGoogle, Pageflakes, Google Video, and YouTube.

Get This Free Flash Game Player Widget For Your Website
Source: RK Weblog

This is a nice Flash game script that you can paste into your webpage to add 9 fun games to your site. The games included in our game widget are Air Hockey, Alien Clones, Aqua Energizer, Badaboom, Batting Champ, Battle Pong, Battleships, Air Dodge and A.L.I.A.S. ...

New Digg Widgets and an Update to Digg Labs
Source: Digg

A lot of people have been asking us to make it simpler to add Digg content to their sites while giving them lots of options for customization. Today we released Digg Widgets, built off of our API, which provides much more control than the current Add Digg functionality.

Funky Photo Widget For Wordpress Blogs
Source: Miazma.com

How about we move on from one static image on your post (to signify what the posts about) and get a bit funkier instead with slideshows in lots of funky formats. Well OK not EVERY time but there is a place for the occasional slideshow! Let's get Web 2.0 - BREAKOUT! BE FREE!

Podcasting on your Blog? Sounds good!
Source: Miazma.com

Be a Blogger, be a Podcaster be a Video Blogger? What's the best way forward? I guess it depends on what you are trying to achieve - fame, fortune, fulfilment? Do it right and maybe a little bit of each can come your way.

Announcing ElectionVine: Distributed Presidential Elections
Source: Mike Industries

This morning on Newsvine, on Mike Industries, and on thousands of blogs across the world, we launched ElectionVine.

NewsVine Launches ElectionVine: Widget Based Election Polling
Source: TechCrunch

ElectionVine is a new service being launched today by NewsVine that allows users to embed a US Presidential candidate poll on their sites.

All Widgets You Wanted For Your Blog
Source: media-sight.net

If you ever looked for some widgets for your blog or web site. here you can find almost anything and everything you wanted.

Webwag introduces the first ever web widgets on mobile
Source: blog.webwag.com

Synchronize your personal web with a mobile phone, enjoy your graphical attractive widget on your personal device, this helps users to keep in touch with their upmost important data and information.

How Many Gadget/Widget Tools do we Need?
Source: CyberNet

Definitely agree. How does a desktop search engine and widgets go together? Or an instant messenger and widgets?

Last.fm Adds Personalized Music Anywhere Widget
Source: RK Web Portal

Last.fm launched an embeddable radio widget today that lets you add a personalized Last.fm radio station wherever Flash widgets are accepted.

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