Konfabulator, a cool program that runs widgets, has just been bought by Yahoo. The program is now free, so I have reinstalled version 2.1. Widgets are small programs you run on your desktop, sort of like desktop accessories were on the old Mac systems. A widget is written in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and it can access the web.

I am wondering what Yahoo will do with their newly aquired widget technology. My guess is that we'll start seeing widgets that link to Yahoo technologies, such as search, instant messenger, photo albums, stock listings, and more.

http://www.konfabulator.com