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Your essential miniaturized Facebook connection. View your news feed, make comments, post status updates and stay connected to all your Facebook friends directly from your homepage. Just click on the maximize button in the upper right hand corner to access the larger canvas view. Using Facebook's newest API, this gadget provides secure, convenient access to your account.

Read and listen to NPR stories and play the Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me daily news quiz.

See the current moon phase, phase name, percent of full, and date, based on your local time and hemisphere.

Easily manage and track everything you need To-Do. The gadget lets you create multiple To-Do lists, each with a unique purpose. Use To-Do List to create a list of your daily tasks, plan the require...

News for nerds, stuff that matters

Some hungry pet turtles to play around with on your homepage. Feed the turtles by clicking the water. Drag them around and watch them swim after the food. Add more turtles and customize the color by clicking the maximize button at the top right of the gadget. Visit http://abowman.com for more cool pet gadgets.

NOAA weather forecast and current conditions for your area. Continually updated temperature, conditions, and weather summary for up to 7 days. Special thanks to http://www.weather.gov Current conditions supplied by University of Utah and the NWS. Info about the data can be found here http://www.met.utah.edu/mesowest/

This search tool wil search Dictionary (Google.com/Dictionary, Dictionary.com, Wordweb, Wiktionary, Cambridge, Collins), iGoogle Gadgets, Themes, Knol, Wikipedia, Microsoft Bing.com, Yahoo etc in a new Window. (Customizable)

MarketWatch, a leading publisher of business and financial news, offers users up-to-the minute news, investment tools, and subscription products.

Music News from Rolling Stone

A new word is presented every day with its definition and example sentences from actual published works.

Engadget

This gadget displays a random funny cat photo everytime it loads. With over 2,300 photos to pick from, it is likely you will see a new photo everytime it loads. Click photos to enlarge.

The latest stories from the World section of the BBC News web site.

The Official Tasks Gadget by Google. To leave feedback or report a problem, please visit the Managing my Tasks (http://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/forum/#!categories/calendar/managi...

ETonline RSS breaking news

Today in History (UNIX calendar)

Every week Apple puts a few free songs and some free videos on the iTunes Store. Usually these are free for just a week, sometime longer. This gadget helps you by listing all the free stuff in one place by category (music, videos, audiobooks, etc.) and giving you updates as new stuff is released. Put it on your homepage or website and you won't miss another freebie!

To the minute Dow Jones Industrial Average chart watch. Refresh to see the most current DJIA status of the stock market. See the effect of Obama's actions and the bailouts. Shows a chart of today's fluctuations, the Current index value, the Change since the previous day's close, and the Previous day's close for an easy-to-understand quick glance view of the Dow. Also shows the NASDAQ and S&P 500.

Daily encouraging words and inspirational quotes to help overcome fear and live a braver, joyful, more spiritual life.

Collection of optical illusions - an easy way to trick the human eye.

ABC News: Top Stories