• Google Calendar Dashboard Widget 2.1 for Mac OS X
• miniStat2 1.89 System Monitoring Widget
• Google Gadget Widget 1.3
• iTunes-BPM 1.0
• Menu Butler Widget 2.0
• SunPosition Widget 1.0
• iPhonestory Widget 1.0
• The Onion Headlines Widget 1.6 " />



Widget Watch - Tuesday, March 6, 2007

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Google Calendar Dashboard Widget 2.1 for Mac OS X
miniStat2 1.89 System Monitoring Widget
Google Gadget Widget 1.3
iTunes-BPM 1.0
Menu Butler Widget 2.0
SunPosition Widget 1.0
iPhonestory Widget 1.0
The Onion Headlines Widget 1.6


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Google Calendar Dashboard Widget 2.1 for Mac OS X

Google Calendar on your Dashboard!

Keep an eye on today's events on your desktop. With this dashboard widget, you don't need to logon to Google Calendar in a dedicated browser window. Clicking on an event takes you directly to the event in Google Calendar, ready for you to edit.

New in version 2.1:
• So, 2.0 didn't really fix the time-zone issues. (Sorry!) This one does. Or so I think. Maybe. Give it a try and let me know.

System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

System Support:
PPC/Intel

Free

For more information, visit:
http://www.manastungare.com/projects/dashboard-calendar/






miniStat2 1.89 System Monitoring Widget

All about your processor, memory, storage, temperature sensors, network connections and battery. Customizable skins

Original miniStats have been downloaded more than 150,000 times and some have been in Apple's Top 50 for weeks. Our new miniStat2 doubles the features of previous miniStat widgets.

Now you can increase your Mac system monitoring with many new features, its numerous code optimizations, and all in a compact widget with customizable skins. This widget shows all informations about your Mac's processor, memory, storage, sensors, network connections and battery.

Detailed statistics about CPU, memory, storage, network, temperature sensors and battery. Customazible cool looking skins. Updates every second. Only 1% of CPU when updating. 10M of RAM at average.

miniStat (including Traffic Meter) 350x250 total for all 7 widgets. All this stuff separated into 6 widgets. Each widget shows only one value. For example, miniFreeRam shows only amount of a free RAM. miniStat2 widget shows a detailed view for all 4 types of RAM usage. 15% of CPU total and 50M of RAM at average for all 7 widgets.

• Six different view types – processor, memory, storage, network, sensors and battery
• Really tiny size and low cpu usage
• Customizable skins – make widget look like your Mac!
• Ability to change "Desktop" background picture
• Very useful desktop mode – summarizes all statistics on one screen
• Control widget without mouse via hotkeys
• Very accurate AirPort signal strength values
• View your wireless mouse and keyboard batteries charge
• "Lock this window" feature
• Smooth animations and cool graphics
• You choose preferred temperature units – °C or °F
• Simply the best system monitoring tool from the #1 dashboard widget company

No special configuration required beyond selecting your skin and your temperature units. Just install with a few clicks and it is up and running on your dashboard.

New in version 1.89:
• iPhone and AppleTV skins. Event if there is a plenty of time till release of iPhone, you can make miniStat2 look a lot like it. This skins also comes with built-in "clownfish wallpaper" that matches the background image from the actual iPhone presentation.
• Most memory-hungry applications list is now located alongside with the list of most CPU active processes. Just hit "P" button to popup the list and click the first column to change sorting criteria between RAM and CPU usages.
• Actual hard-drive icons are now shown in both desktop mode and "Storage" section.
• Several bugs were fixed in Growl messaging, Logitech mice battery indicator, MacPro processor frequency gauge. The widget will also now remember and restore the state it was before system restart.

System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

$4.95 Shareware

For more information, visit:
http://www.shockwidgets.com/?widget=miniStat2






Google Gadget Widget 1.3

Use every Universal Google Gadget on your Dashboard. Go to the Google Gadget Directory, find the Gagdet you want, press the 'Add to your webpage' button and then press 'Get the source' button to reveal the widgets src code. Copy just the src code (omitting the outer script tags) and then apply layout settings to the widgets backside
This widget was created with Widgetops Google Gadget Widget Template.

Google Gadget Widget Template

Create your own Dashboard widget out of any Universal Google Gadget. Go to the http://www.google.com/ig/directory?synd=open Google Gadget Directory, find the Gagdet you want, and copy it's URL to the widgets gadget.js file.

New in version 1.3:
• Updated to support new Google API changes

System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

System Support:
PPC/Intel

Free

For more information, visit:
http://www.widgetop.com/downloads.html





iTunes-BPM 1.0

iTunes-BPM is a simple Widget for setting the BPM of the current track playing in iTunes. All you do is click the left button (or any key on your keyboard except for �s“) with the beat. After the number remains constant for a while, stop clicking and watch the background flashing rhythmically. If it fits the beat, click the left button (or type �s“), and it will set the BPM for the current track in iTunes.

System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

System Support:
PPC/Intel

Free

For more information, visit:
http://fritz.winterfamilie.de/wp/?p=129






Menu Butler Widget 2.0

Previously known as iAddMenus (once Apple's Featured Download), we bring to you Menu Butler. We magically converted this app to a widget, which allows you to add most menu icons with the click of a mouse.

Try it out. It'll look nice on your dashboard.

System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 or later

System Support:
PPC/Intel

Free

For more information, visit:
http://macmage.com/software/menubutler.php






SunPosition Widget 1.0

This widget can be used to connect to the SunPosition database and return calculations for: Sunrise, Sunset, Civil Dawn, Civil Dusk, Sunrise azimuth, Sunset azimuth, Latitude, Longitude and Magnetic declination for the selected location. The SunPosition widget will plot the suns path at 15 minute intervals for the selected date and location. Members can access the data printout page for that current selection directly from the widget. Azimuth, altitude calculations follow the sun through it's path.

This widget is for the Macintosh OSX Dashboard in OS10.4 'Tiger' and above, this widget is not for Windows OS's.

The SunPosition widget is free to everyone, although SunPosition members get full access to all 48,503 location entries while non members have limited access to approximately 8,000 locations.

The SunPosition widget was developed with the assistance of Interdimensionmedia.com

System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 or later, an internet connection

System Support:
PPC/Intel

Free

For more information, visit:
http://sunposition.net/sunposition/index.php?widget






iPhonestory Widget 1.0

Iphonestory Widget is a small utility designed to display the RSS feed news of website http://www.iphonestory.com : "the story of iPhone in news".

System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

System Support:
PPC/Intel

Free

For more information, visit:
http://www.iphonestory.com/






The Onion Headlines Widget 1.6

Ever wish you could get the latest Onion headlines without having to open your web browser?

Well look no further! The Onion widget delivers the latest news from The Onion's RSS feed straight to your dashboard.

New in version 1.6:
• Widget now checks for updates
• Made update checking optional

System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

System Support:
PPC/Intel

Free

For more information, visit:
http://eric.woodtx.com/coding/widgets/onion/


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