Seven Cool Gadgets for Windows 7

[javajolt]

These freeware gadgets will surely jazz up your Windows 7 desktop



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 Faceboof messages on your sidebar. With an easy to use interface, this gadget lets you do different things such as set or clear ststus message, check how many incoming messages you have, or even view friends 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.

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.