I've been using the pay version of DesktopX for over a year, and some of it's features are OK. I do find a bunch of widgets to be unstable, and it annoys me that many can't be easily re-positioned ...

Internet has become such an indispensable resource that it’s truly hard to imagine how we ever got along without it. These days nearly any type of information is as close as a Web site or ...

Opera widgets are neat little utilities that extend the functionality of the browser. And these 10 Opera widgets easily stand out from the crowd. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology ...

Widgets are small applets that provide quick access to glanceable information, while also serving as shortcuts to full applications. Windows 11 offers native support for widgets, but they can't be ...

Microsoft has re-introduced a side widget in Windows 11, but it lacks the customization and some functionalities that you might want. I really used to like the classic desktop gadgets in Windows 7 and ...

Last issue I was critical of the idea of widgets. I failed at the time to attempt a definition of widgets so here goes: widgets (or gadgets, or whatever you want to call ’em) are small applications ...

Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before that, Josh wrote about everything from new Web start-ups, to remote-controlled robots that watch your house. Prior to joining CNET, Josh ...