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Monday, December 12, 2005

Yahoo Upgrades Widget Engine


Yahoo launched a new version of its widget engine, a platform for running mini desktop applications built by Yahoo or third-party developers for search, photo and mapping services, and other functions.

A widget is a small application that runs on the desktop without the use of a browser. The software often draws content from a Web service. Yahoo, for example, offers widgets that are tied to its search, photo and mapping services.

Widgets are useful to portals because they can draw users to their services directly from the desktop, without first having to launch a browser.

The technology behind Yahoo Widget Engine stems from the portal's acquisition in July of Pixoria, which offered the Konfabulator widgets service. Since the acquisition, Yahoo has distributed more than 1.5 million copies of the Konfabulator platform, and users have downloaded more than 10 million widgets, according to the company.

Resource: InformationWeek

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