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Seven Cool Gadgets for Windows 7: Part 1
Jayesh Limaye, Nov 29, 2009 1000 hrs ISTThese freeware gadgets will surely jazz up your Windows 7 desktop
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As if Windows 7 wasn't interesting enough, there are several gadgets that can make it even more interesting. We have chosen some of the choicest gadgets, and we hope you will like them too.
Auction Sidebar Tool for eBay
Home page: http://gadgets.intelligroup.eu
Size: 843 KB
If you often visit eBay to buy or sell products, then this is the perfect companion for your desktop. The Auction Sidebar Tool for eBay is a gadget that lets you easily take care of everything on eBay. Being an eBay certified application it does not require any eBay password. If you do have an eBay account, then you can certainly login using this gadget to manage your account. In addition to placing bids, you are offered colour-coded views for easy identification of winning or losing bids. You are also alerted with pop-ups and alert sounds whenever you are outbid, an item is ending or when a new message arrives. The search has several advanced options with detailed item pages having description and pictures.
Fb Explorer
Home page: www.BuildAGadget.com
Size: 121 KB
Now here is a gadget for those of you who cannot live without social networking. The Fb Explorer is an excellent gadget to keep you in tune with Facebook messages on your sidebar. With an easy to use interface, this gadget lets you do different things such as set or clear status message, check how many incoming messages you have, or even view friends' activities. A must have gadget for anyone using Facebook.
Xirrus Wi-Fi Monitor
Home page: www.xirrus.com
Size: 5.28 MB
The Xirrus Wi-Fi Monitor is an excellent gadget for monitoring and managing Wi-Fi on your Windows 7 system. It can be used to search for Wi-Fi networks, to verify Wi-Fi coverage, locate Wi-Fi devices, for detection of rogue APs, learn more about Wi-Fi, etc. This gadget has a radar-like display, which shows all the available Wi-Fi networks present around and their range.
You can view the details of your current Wi-Fi connection in the main window, while you can view details about the Wi-Fi network such as security settings, signal strength, channels and network types in a fly-out window. There is also a locate mode to find Wi-Fi networks using the radar and sound, so you can go Wi-Fi hunting with your notebook. You can use the Enable/Disable and Connect/Disconnect buttons to directly control your notebook's Wi-Fi adapter and connection. Furthermore, you can customize this gadget for your desktop choosing from nine different skins that come with it.
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