Gadgets, those little mini apps that sit on the Windows desktop, have a small but devoted following. But it’s clear that Microsoft now views Gadgets as security vulnerabilities that should be done ...

Following last month's dump of user-submitted Office templates, Microsoft has abruptly dropped support for third-party Windows Desktop Gadgets In a move that took many by surprise, Microsoft dropped ...

Now that I have lots of screen real estate with two monitors I rediscovered the Windows 7 gadgets. I think I read somewhere that they were or may be a security risk. Any confirmations one way or the ...