Yahoo Buys Konfabulator and makes it free!
Awesome! Go Yahoo! go!
From Yahoo Buys Maker of 'Widget' Applications - Yahoo! News.:
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Hoping to pave a new path to its popular Web site, Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news) has acquired Konfabulator, a tiny software maker that provides a computer platform for monitoring the weather, stock prices and a wealth of other customized information without opening a Web browser.
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