You may have heard that Windows 7 widgets and other desktop gadgets could go the way of the dodo in Windows 8. According to Microsoft, you shouldn’t even be using desktop gadgets in Windows 7 or Vista ...

Talking about the weather may be the ultimate sign that an awkward conversation is going nowhere. Nevertheless, most of us think about the weather often enough that we want to know what it’s going to ...

I've always been reluctant to use custom widgets, dashboards, and skins on my Windows PC. I always thought they took more system resources than they're worth. But after getting burnt out by scattered ...