The local weather is also shown with our delightful weather icons on the desktop. You can choose to see the local weather in degree Celsius or in degree Fahrenheit. You can also turn on or turn off the display of our delightful weather icons.

magayo World Time Weather targets both the home and personal users as well as business users.

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Get your Local Weather along with a 2 days forecast directly in your ScreenSaver! A beautiful analog clock to show you when is the lunch break! Not sure if your birthday is on Saturday or Sunday? No problem! Go check it out! How about knowing each second what are the latest rumors in the world? We have that too!

It's easy to use and it has a friendly layout. The screensaver shows the latest rumors / news from various categories such as Technology, Auto, Hollywood, Lifestyle, etc.

Absolutely everyone who's interested in gossiping / rumors but also for those who just want to know the time or the weather outside.

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Nowadays it is very important to have the latest reliable information, and with the help of PalmaryClock Wireless Edition it is as easy as a pie.

The latest currency information, weather forecasts and exact time are seamlessly integrated for you! FeaturesWeather Forecast for 1500 cities (provided by CustomWeather, Inc)Currency ConverterPalm OS Calendar appointments at calendar viewAtomic Time SyncronizationCustomizable wireless autoupdateAn ability to specify the button to switch on the device and automatically start PalmaryClock.

An ability to launch an application or timer on alarmNew skins with calendarUser's skinsUser's backgroundsEasily adjustable and intuitive alarms and timers control from the main clock screenSlideshow modePersonal user settings for every skinAnalog clockDigital clockAnalog-digital clockUnlimited number of Alarms with enhanced settingsUnlimited number of TimersTen independent StopwatchesWorld Map view with additional thematic mapsWorld Time with integrated World MapSunrise/sunset, Internet time and Time calculator for cities or for free locationMoon phases viewMP3/WAV/OGG/WMA alarmtones support using built-in decoder or external player (PocketTunes or Aero Player)Skin, background and map thumbnail previewTechnologiesFully optimized for the new ARM based devicesHigh quality real-time alpha blending and advanced 2x antialiasingUniversal Skin technologyFast JPEG decodingFast Skin processing: opacity, movement and rotationFast Background processing: scale and rotationIntelligent In cradle technologyFast start (no more than one second) with PalmaryClock Cache technologyEasily adjustable startupFully optimized for one-hand navigationUpdate descriptionVersion 1.

5Stopwatch bugfix (incrementing time after power off is fixed)Sending sms on alarm bugfixHourly repeated alarm bugfixSorting in Alarms window bugfixWi-fi connection bugfix

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If you're a devoted HTC user, you're probably a fan of the fun clock/weather combo that came as default on your mobile device. Well, HTC Home for Windows brings the widget to your desktop, with a nicely designed, customizable version for the PC.

HTC Home for Windows has good configuration settings - you can pick your local city for the weather, choose what unit temperature is shown and pick from one of 4 widget sizes. HTC Home for Windows displays the time and date, your location, the current weather, and a 5-day forecast.

What makes HTC Home for Windows so attractive, apart from the distinctive HTC clock, is the animated weather changes. These animations can be enabled or disabled, which is a good thing - even though they are really nicely animated, cloudy/rainy weather can really obscure the other information!

HTC Home for Windows is a lovely time/weather widget that will look good on any desktop.

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The list of system areas you can track with SysMetrix is almost endless. It includes CPU usage, system uptime, memory statistics, data about free and used space on disk, download and upload speed, battery time and you current IP address, among others. SysMetrix also lets you check your email, control music playback and obtain the weather forecast for your location.

SysMetrix is totally customizable. It features a bunch of skins to quickly modify the widget’s appearance, and each skin in turn offers dozens of configuration options. It may take some time to make SysMetrix look exactly like you want it, but it’s worth the effort.

Unfortunately some of SysMetrix’s options didn’t seem to work for us during our testings: for example, we were unable to configure the weather forecast tool properly.

SysMetrix is a highly customizable desktop widget that lets you monitor a dozen different system metrics.

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Aston has flexible settings with animated 3D themes and creation capacities. The animated skins included in this program are attractive yet functional.

This tool includes a custom hot key manager, events manager, task list and search toolbar for easily searching for files on your hard drive and for searching on the Internet.

This product also includes live wallpapers and 3D objects supporting the appearance of the skins, fixed and floating widgets such as RSS viewer, an analog clock, weather forecast, power management, a system resources monitor and more.

Aston includes smooth animated transitions for your desktop icons with special effects support. Overall, this is a stable desktop customization program that lets you work efficiently without having to sacrifice aesthetics because all the themes are eye-catching and the features are fully customizable.

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The Time For Fishing Screensaver has three gadgets, each one displaying real-time local information to the user. The first gadget is the clock, which displays local time.

The second is the Latest News gadget, which can be configured to display whatever RSS feed the user wishes. Finally, the third gadget displays local weather forecast information for more than 25,000 cities in the world.

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Aston replaces the standard Windows Desktop and provides you with a host of new features, such as Sidebars, clock, weather monitor, animated buttons, transparency effects and much more.

Aston also supports Themes, which allow you to change its appearance and functionality according to your mood and needs. No matter what visual style you like: XP, Aqua or something else; you can always download hundreds of Themes, created by professional designers or amateurs from Aston's homepage or one of numerous other skin sites.

Aston features a powerful and user friendly interface, which lets you change your new desktop's appearance and behavior in few seconds. No need to learn complicated configuration files, everything can be configured in a simple graphical interface.

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The term ‘widget’ has traditionally been used to describe some kind of contraption or piece of technology that improves the overall functionality of a particular product. Mac OSX and Microsoft Vista users will be all too aware of how software widgets can bring more power to your desktop, as they now come as standard on these operating systems. For the benefit of the uninitiated, a widget is basically a small application that provides you with easy access to a particular function. These applications are docked on a ‘dashboard’, and you can add as many widgets as you like, giving you instant access to anything from a simple clock to a weather forecasting tool.

Yahoo! was one of the early pioneers of widgets, and this application is likely to intrigue anyone who hasn’t come across the technology before. The package sits on your desktop and allows you to download and install widgets from the Yahoo! site. There’s a healthy range of widgets available here (almost 4,000), each of which are installed automatically as soon as they’re downloaded. Although this helps to keep things simple, it’s frustrating that you cannot change the destination folderwhich folder the widgets are stored in here.

While it all runs from the same package, each widget is actually its own application. In previous releases of the Widget Engine, this had a tendency to tie up your system rescoursces when using multiple widgets. However, tThis issue has been better addressed in this version, and it seems much less memory-intensive than before. Having said this, it’s not a good idea to keep more than about 10 running at once, as you do start to notice it then.

In terms of the widgets themselves, it would obviously be impractical (and quite frankly, boring) for us to review all 4,000 here, but needless to say there are some very useful ones, along with some downright pointless ones. For instance, we can’t really see the benefit of having a dancing skeleton on your desktop , yet there are tools for checking stock quotes, accessing iTunes, organizing your Flickr images, checking your WiFi signal and getting the latest travel news, all directly from your desktop. Graphically, the widgets are very impressive and each of them floats over the screen without the constraints of traditional window borders, ensuring they don’t intrude on your other activities.

We like the fact that you don’t need to register a Yahoo! account in order to use widgets but Yahoo! still doesn’t allow Desktop Widgets to be included on My Yahoo! pages, overlooking something both Microsoft and Google already allow. Although the program doesn’t really add anything you won’t find in Vista’s built-in widgets system, it’s perfect for XP users who want a taste of what they can expect when they get around to upgrading to the new version of Windows.

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The Google Desktop application allows users to search their desktop content quickly and easily. Praised for its ingenuity and criticised for its intrusiveness, Google Desktop brings the power of Google’s search engine technology to your PC.

After installing the application, you’ll have to give it some time to index the files on your PC, including emails, photos, chats, contacts and calendar events. Google Desktop will index the first 10,000 words in the first 100,000 documents on your PC. The application supports the majority of file types and you can decide which ones to index, or omit protected files, using the preferences menu.

In its latest version, which is compatible with Windows Vista, Google Desktop has been given a new transparent look, providing a pretty sleek feel to your PC. Your search results will appear in your browser (in the familiar Google web page format) and a small preview button allows you to view results without actually clicking on the corresponding link. Results are as precise as we’ve come to expect from Google searches, however we were slightly disappointed to learn that the application doesn’t offer logical 'OR' support or substring search. On another note, Google Desktop is not limited to your PC as you can cross index content from multiple machines and share some panel items with your friends.

Google Desktop is not only about search, though. Joining a marketplace already occupied by Apple’s Dashboard Widgets and Yahoo! Widgets, Google Desktop can be fitted with any number of little gadgets. These mini apps perform all kinds of functions, from fetching your mail to jotting down notes or checking up on your local weather. There are hundreds of gadgets to choose from to customize your desktop bar. Our personal favorites are: Google Translate, the Skype plug-in to check your credit and call your contacts, “Am I Blocked” to find out who’s blocked you on IM, Workspace to quickly move between tasks, System Stats to monitor your PC and Games, a selection of Flash games like Tetris and Moonlander.

When running, we found Google Desktop to use up around 30 MBs, but that can quickly increase if you add more gadgets to it. The application is also constantly re-indexing your files to incorporate your modifications and new elements. However you should rarely feel your PC slowing due to indexing.

When you’re dealing with Google, however, you know the main criticism will be about security. Because Google Desktop indexes all your documents, you’re basically opening up your PC and all your personal files to the Moutain View company. What some users fear is that Google could one day take advantage of that access or that a bug in the application would allow malicious users to infiltrate your PC and steal information.

While the intrusiveness of Google Desktop will give some users pause for thought on installing the app, Google Desktop is highly effective and simple to use. The gadgets you can add to its sidebar may not all be essential, but many of them are quite fun and original and let’s face it, the sidebar looks good. Give it a go if you think your PC is a mess and you need quick access to anything.

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The Earth is probably the best planet I've ever been to, so I like to keep abreast of what's going on in the world. I found this desktop background great for monitoring cloud cover, the advance of day and night and noctornal lights around the globe.

The illuminated surface of the Earth updates every minute though, so it's great for finding out where the Sun is concentrated at any given moment.

I would have liked to have seen a few more options, such as the ability to rotate the image on your desktop, but on the whole Desktop Earth provides a decent solar clock, a rudimentary weather chart and, more importantly, a stunning view from your desktop.

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Hated by some, loved by others, the truth is that the Vista sidebar can be quite handy – that is, if you find the right gadgets to use with it. But what if you use XP instead of Vista? The answer is Vista Rainbar V4, a Vista sidebar clone that has been especially designed for Windows XP.

Vista Rainbar V4 looks very similar to the original sidebar and includes a bunch of very varied gadgets to get you started: analog and digital clocks, sticky notes, calendar, mail checker, CPU meter, RSS feed reader, weather tool and many more. You can also choose between different skins to customize the sidebar appearance and make it suit your desktop wallpaper.

The gadgets in Vista Rainbar V4 are easy to install, though it may not seem that intuitive at first sight. Just open the gadget menu by clicking on the plus sign on top of the toolbar and click on the gadget you want to add. It will open right on the desktop, from where you can drag and drop it on the sidebar. The gadget menu includes a link to download more, but it didn't work for me.

Vista Rainbar V4 is easy to install and uninstall, but unfortunately the configuration of gadgets is generally not that easy. The main sidebar's settings are based on an INI file (which is not the easiest for a novice user), the weather gadget requires the weather.com ZIP code for your city and the email checked configuration simply doesn’t work. All of the other gadgets though work perfectly fine without any configuration requirements.

Vista Rainbar V4 is a very attractive, fully customizable Vista-style sidebar you can use without having to give up Windows XP.

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Around the World: London is an animated screensaver that displays a very well-known image of the British capital city while you're away from your PC.

The animation also includes a nice background soundtrack and also some sound effects to represent rain, thunder and other weather conditions.

No matter what time of day it is, it always says 9 o'clock.