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Widgets are small programs that add their small windows to your desktop and can be used from there. Widgets come in all colors and forms and you could categorize them the following way:

• Informational Widgets – Widgets that display a limited amount of information like weather reports or rss feeds.
• Entertainment Widgets – Games, movies, music and Pictures for example.
• Programs – Widgets that offer search functionality for instance fall in this category.

The first thing you will have to do is download the Yahoo Widget Engine to your system. Once this is done you can choose from thousands of widgets and select the once that look interesting to you. To make it a little bit easier I decided to post my top 10 widgets today, maybe you like some of them as well and start using them after you;ve read this article.

• Diggth

Displays a list of various RSS feeds from digg.com.

• Sudoku

What can I say, Sudoku is lots of fun and this Widget delivers it right to my desktop.

• Informer

Displays lots of useful system information such as disk, cpu and memory usage, battery life, wifi signal and more.

• Shortcut Launcher

Shortcuts, all sorted in this nice little widget. Never again a cluttered desktop..

• Google Adsense Widget

Displays your google adsense income.

• Google Search

Simple one liner, add a search term, without opening a browser first.

• Task List

Add tasks and notes to this widget.

• Flickr Explorer

Explore the 500 most interesting photos of the day at flickr.

• Scientific Calculator

Better than the Calculator that comes with Windows.

Spelling Bee

Just enter a word and if it is not know it suggests words.

Author: Martin Brinkmann
10 Widgets I can’t live without