-
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
 |
Fulltime Masti Radio
Home page: http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=9ee3137e-68f3-4fdd-ae65-b6f7f7bcbc1f
Size: 49.5 KB
Bored of working all day long? Take a quick break and just turn on the radio using Fulltime Masti Radio, which lets you listen to the latest Bollywood chartbusters right at your desktop. All you need is an internet connection fast enough for audio streaming. You can choose from nineteen different stations from around the world to suit your choice. So relax, recline on your chair and hit the play button.
Accuweather.com Forecast and Radar
Home page: http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=5c9ccab4-dcb2-4760-bd0a-50687d5e7416
Size: 252.31 KB
You can stay informed about the weather conditions and forecast around you or even around the world even without leaving your seat, thanks to the stylish-looking and extremely useful Accuweather.com Forecast and Radar gadget. You can receive up-to-date weather alerts, current conditions and up to five-day forecasts. In addition to the above, you get instant access to weather videos as well as satellite and radar images of the planet.
MiniTV
Home page: http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=529b23f1-3867-4a58-96d8-07852feb1b67&bt=1&pl=1
Size: 46 KB
Well, if you thought that streaming radio wasn't interesting then probably this will interest you, but probably after your office hours. MiniTV is a gadget that lets you watch different streaming TV channels from around the world in high quality. The good thing is that it is completely free and you do not need a TV Tuner installed, as all you need is a high speed internet connection.
Among the channels available are BBC News, Research channel, Bloomberg Financial News, Business Channel, MTV, Nickelodeon, HDTV1, Game TV and even Al Jazeera. What's more, more and more exciting channels are added every month and you can update them to get more.
SideTris
Home page: http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=df83bf1e-809a-4bdb-8a5a-ed57bc1ffe36&bt=1&pl=1
Size: 652 KB
We do believe that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. So we have included a gadget that will let you play one of the favourite games of casual gamers around the world - Tetris. The SideTris gadget lets you start a game of Tetris right on your Sidebar. You can play with the arrow keys or the visual buttons. You can change the colour theme to match that of Windows 7.
The game automatically pauses the moment you move your mouse out of the screen or when you switch to another application. It keeps track of the highest score achieved and an auto save option saves your games automatically where you stopped playing it last. The game can be resumed the next time you open the gadget.
|
2
Report abuse
- Which desktop web browser do you use?
-
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Chrome
Safari
Opera
Other (specify in comments)
Poll Results View Previous Polls