 | Trade Me Gadget
By taking advantage of the sidebar in Windows Vista we allow sellers to keep track of their listings even when they are not online.
Rowan Simpson, TradeMe
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 | surf.co.nz NZ Surf Report Gadget
Stay up to date with the latest surf conditions on this surf.co.nz sidebar gadget.
Simply download this little beauty, select from one of about 20 locations throughout New Zealand, and you'll be hooked up with all the latest information on swell, wind and tides, plus a quick link into a full report (with webcam).
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 | All Blacks News Gadget
The New Zealand Rugby Union is helping All Blacks fans stay up to date with their favourite team!
The gadget streams the latest All Blacks and New Zealand Rubgy headlines, photos and video news to a user’s computer desktop. Fans of the All Blacks will be able to track the team’s journey without having to access their internet browser.
Plus - people not running Vista can see the same content using a web browser that supports the new Microsoft Silverlight plug-in!
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 | Television New Zealand
TVNZ has updated a Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget, an extension to tvnz.co.nz, that will stream the latest headlines, photos and video news to a user’s computer desktop. TVNZ's vision is to make its news and entertainment content available on every screen.
Tom Cotter – Content & Distribution GM, Emerging Business, TVNZ
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 | New Zealand Herald
We have built a Windows Vista sidebar gadget for nzherald.co.nz that will visually draw our users to the breaking news stories as they’re updated throughout the day.
Kristine Garcia, Publisher, nzherald.co.nz
Click here to find out more...
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 | Geekzone Gadget
With many Windows Vista users in its community, it was only natural for New Zealand's largest technology site Geekzone to create its own Sidebar Gadget. The Geekzone Gadget allows members to quickly see forums and discussion threads that have been updated recently. It also shows which ones are "hot" and "cold", depending on how many posts have been made in the threads between updates.
Mauricio Freitas, Editor, Geekzone
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 | DigiRAMA Gadget
Digirama have created a Windows Vista sidebar Gadget that displays its current top ten chart, allowing users to stay up-to-date with the most popular songs in New Zealand.
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 | TrafficWatch Gadget
Symbio are the creators of TrafficWatch, a gadget which shows users what’s happening on New Zealand’s busiest roads using traffic cameras from around the country.
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 | NZ Dating Gadget
"We're excited with the new opportunities presented by Microsoft to extend our online strategy outside the browser and on to the desktop - giving us a great new channel to keep users directly involved with New Zealand's favourite friendship and dating community, NZDating.com."
Jon, Internet Development Manager, NZCity.co.nz
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 | snow.co.nz New Zealand Snow Report Gadget
Stay up to date with the conditions on New Zealand ski fields with the Snow.co.nz sidebar gadget.
If your PC is sporting a copy of Windows Vista simply download this little beauty and you'll be hooked up with all the latest information on snow coverage, road status and more.
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 | The Survey Company Gadget
"The Survey Company created Go Fetch as an online survey tool. This gadget allows survey progress to be tracked from the desktop, meaning all survey stakeholders can be kept informed in real time."
Graeme Harre, Director, The Survey Company
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 | PowerShell Gadget
The PowerShell Gadget hosts the PowerShell console window in your Sidebar. Commands can be entered straight into the collapsed gadget or, by clicking on the PowerShell icon, the complete PowerShell console is available. This gadget was built by a member of the .Net community in New Zealand and was recently voted the fourth best gadget in a "Top 10" list by IDG Sweden. This gadget is a great example of how to use .Net from inside a gadget.
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What other gadgets are being created?
Find more New Zealand gadgets in the live gallery by searching for New Zealand or NZ on gallery.live.com. Here you’ll find a cool New Zealand weather gadget, radio gadgets [1], [2], [3], Technet latest information gadget, Air New Zealand flight specials and much more. I’m a developer and I want to build a gadget!
If you are a developer and want to get up and running quickly, download the Visual Studio template created by New Zealand company Mindscape. You can also visit http://microsoftgadgets.com/build to learn about how to build gadgets using your current web skills. |
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