Yahoo Updates Its Widgets

The mini-applications provided by Yahoo after its purchases of Pixoria/Konfabulator have received some new entries and a tweaked engine to run them. The entertainment portal company announced some updates to several resources to build widgets. A reference guide and tutorial on the widget creation process have been made available in PDF, while Photoshop CS and CS2 users can grab a script that turns a layered Photoshop document into a functional widget. The use of widgets gives Yahoo another way to help keep its users within its network. Other online players like Google and Microsoft offer utilities and toolbars to users as part of overarching brand strategies. Microsoft has Live.com site, while Google's