Google Gadgets Come to You

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday October 4, 2006 @05:57AM from the googleverse-is-growing dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Yahoo is reporting the release of "Google Gadgets", 1,220 dynamic applications for use on your web pages, without needing to connect to Google. 'Google Gadgets range from a miniature look-up for Google Maps or Google Calendar to independent applications ranging from financial information to sports to communication tools and jokes, horoscopes or geometric puzzle game Tetris.'"

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Sorry, but.. by AltGrendel · 2006-10-04 06:00 · Score: 5, Funny

... I love the irony of Yahoo reporting this.

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1,220 dynamic applications by ackthpt · 2006-10-04 06:03 · Score: 2, Funny

Wake me when there's a googol of them.

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Google Gadgets Come to You! by Orange+Crush · 2006-10-04 06:05 · Score: 3, Funny

I was going to make a Soviet Yahoo pun . . . but my heart's just not in it.
Reminds me of that one show... by Anonymous Coward · 2006-10-04 06:14 · Score: 4, Funny

Go, go, gadget google!
However, by Shadyman · 2006-10-04 06:18 · Score: 4, Funny

In Soviet Russia, Gadgets Google YOU!
Re:Some thoughts on Google Gadgets by thelost · 2006-10-04 06:18 · Score: 3, Funny

is there a dell batter-explode-o-meter gadget too, so you can see when you battery is going to commit sepuku?

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Am I the only one... by DarthChris · 2006-10-04 06:23 · Score: 4, Funny

...who read the title as "Google gadgets come to get you"?

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Oh, that's what Tetris is by Ciarang · 2006-10-04 06:32 · Score: 2, Funny

I'm glad the submitter saw fit to explain what Tetris is, otherwise we'd all be scratching our heads.
In Soviet Russia... by paranode · 2006-10-04 07:17 · Score: 2, Funny

Yahoo helps Google Gadgets come to YOU!
Clearly the best web page gadget on the list. by Critical+Facilities · 2006-10-04 07:52 · Score: 3, Funny

How can your web page miss with this winner?