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Yahoo Updates Konfabulator

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the pathName-cget-widget-story dept.

An anonymous reader writes "InformationWeek is reporting that Yahoo! has released a new version of Konfabulator, now rechristened 'Yahoo Widget Engine'. From the article: 'Widgets are useful to portals because they can draw users to their services directly from the desktop, without first having to launch a browser. By providing a more direct route, portals are trying to increase the use of their services, which are tied to online advertising. Yahoo rival search engine Google Inc. also offers widgets.'"

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  1. Does this end the complaints from the developer? by tyrione · · Score: 1, Troll

    Now that he got his payday does this mean we don't get to read about his "being wronged by Apple?" I hope so. The developer and his cohorts whining about being wronged and then being proven wrong by Apple prior art was getting real old.

    Note: I'd use harsher language to describe his whining but it just goes to show that the squeaky wheel eventually gets the grease: thanks Yahoo! Hopefully we won't need to read another 50 articles on this crap.

  2. Re:Microsoft's take by eosp · · Score: 0, Troll

    Of course. Microsoft(R) did invent the Internet(R) Browser(TM). They embraced IP, extended it with HTML, and then extinguished it with ASP.