Crisis On Infinite Gadgets

The previously unknown market space for gadgets now has a crowd containing Apple, Yahoo, and Microsoft. Some call them Gadgets. Some already have them just now talking about them. Pixoria claims to have had the little applications available first with Konfabulator, before Apple, and some quarters have hinted that Apple may have borrowed the concept for its Dashboard. Apple says the two technologies are completely different. The difference seems to be that web site. The company debuted the site during the opening of its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. Microsoft's Sean Alexander, a senior product manager in Windows, discussed Gadgets in his first post on the site. There will be three types of Gadgets. One version will work with the Windows Sidebar (wait, did someone say Start.com web site, a presence that makes heavy use of Ajax programming and dynamic features. Gadgets that work with Start.com will also operate in the Windows Sidebar. It wouldn't be surprising to see some Gadgets arrive that operate with the newly available APIs for MSN Search and Virtual Earth, among others. And a third type will be developed for displays in mobile devices, like smartphones and laptops. Gadgets for here