Gadgets are mini-applications with a wide variety of possible uses. Gadgets can connect to web services to deliver weather information, news updates, traffic maps, Internet radio streams, and slide shows of online photo albums. Gadgets can also integrate with many of your applications to streamline how you interact with them.
Installation
Gadgets only run on the Microsoft Vista Operating System, you can download the latest beta here
Download the gadget, and once complete, double click to run it
The gadget will automatically launch itself, and you can reference it from the 'Add Gadget' button on the gadgets sidebar