After you install security update 938123, the headline of the RSS Feed Gadget in Windows Vista is displayed incorrectly. For example, you may experience the following symptoms in the RSS Feed Gadget:

Symptom 1

Text in the headline of the RSS Feed Gadget does not change from bold text to plain text until the next refresh occurs in the Gadget.

Symptom 2

The headline of the RSS Feed Gadget is truncated, and it is shown as one line that has ellipses. A new line is present in the title.

• Acer: PC industry ‘disappointed’ with Vista
  Apparently Vista isn’t helping enough to sell PC’s.
  (tags: Sales PR )
• Collection of published Vista SP1 API changes from MSDN
  If you’re wondering what will change in SP1, here’s a list of some of the APIs that developers will need to know about.
  (tags: SP1 )

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Another in their series of ‘10 things’, this one about the sidebar. Keep reading →

Brandon, at the Windows Experience Blog, give some info on what he’s seen at WinHEC 2007. Among the cool items that are headed your way soon:

• a Maxtor Network Attached Storage device that uses Windows Rally technology, and has a Sidebar Gadget that gives the status of the unit.
• A hot looking remote control that works with Media Center.
• A Digital picture frame.

There are a lot of images in his post, so stop by and take a look!

Consider the following scenario:

• Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 is playing music on a Windows Vista-based computer.
• The computer is connected to a Windows SideShow-compatible device.
• The computer is running the Windows Media Player gadget for Windows SideShow.

In this scenario, music continues to play after you exit Windows Media Player 11.

• Hack to Run DreamScene in Vista Home Premium, Basic, Starter, Business and Enterprise
  For you non-Ultimate Vista users out there, you can now DreamScene. I’m sure it’s not legal, and could be buggy, but is available none-the-less.
  (tags: DreamScene Hack )
• Load apps on your Palm Treo or PDA with PalmVista Simple Installer
  If you’ve got a Palm, and you’ve got Vista, then you already know you can’t load apps. Problem solved, PalmVista Simple Installer will install your apps.
  (tags: Palm Software )
• Speedfan Vista Sidebar Gadget - Speedfan Meter
  If you obsess over the temperature of your computer, than this utility and sidebar gadget are what you need!
  (tags: Sidebar Gadget Software )
• VISTA Embedded is coming!
  Apparently Microsoft said there wouldn’t be an embedded version, but now it would appear that it’s on the way.
  (tags: Microsoft )

If you obsess over the temperature of your computer, than this utility and sidebar gadget are what you need! Keep reading →

• Windows Vista Compatible Palm Desktop is Coming
  “This Summer” is when you can expect to finally run your Palm off Vista.
  (tags: Software Compatibility )
• uTorrent?s Vista Sidebar Gadget
  What can’t uTorrent do? Now they’ve got a cool Sidebar Gadget, in addition to a Firefox extension. Check ‘em out!
  (tags: Software Sidebar Gadget )
• ‘I Didn’t Want Vista To Be This Good’
  A Mac user is force to try Vista and finds it to be better than he imagined.
  (tags: Mac )

What can’t uTorrent do? Now they’ve got a cool Sidebar Gadget, in addition to a Firefox extension. Check ‘em out! Keep reading →

See the two winning gadgets. Keep reading →