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Slashdot reported this morning that Microsoft has pulled Robert Fripp on to the Vista development wagon, to compose sound and audio themes for Windows Vista. This is very interesting indeed. A nice next step might be to invite guest programmers to write modules? Too bad Google already hired lead Firefox developer Ben Goodger. There’s also a 25-minute, behind-the-scenes video posted on the Channel 9 forum. Will people refrain from disabling Windows Frippertronics theme sounds now?

Konfabulator has always been one of the nicest Windows applications I have used, with really useful widgets such as Weather (you need this for sure if you’re in Boulder, CO) amongst others. Since its acquisition by Yahoo in July, 2005, Konfabulator has been offered gratis, and now has been rechristened as Yahoo! Widgets with the new version release (3.0). Yahoo now makes its presence felt, with widgets that connect directly to Yahoo! Mail, Calendar, Photos, Flickr and more. I recommend uninstalling the older version of Konfabulator first since this is a whole new release (but your old widgets will work without problems). ‘Bigger and better’ widgets can be downloaded from the Yahoo! Widgets Gallery.