Yahoo acquires Konfabulator Widget program

Posted on Tuesday, July 26 2005 @ 7:18 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Yahoo has acquired Konfabulator, a $19.95 Mac and Windows application that allows users to run Widgets on their desktop. Yahoo says it will offer the program for free.

Yahoo! said the reason they purchased Konfabulator was that they wanted an easy way to open up its APIs to the developer community and allow them easy access to the information on the Yahoo! Web site. In doing this, Widgets could be built without having to scrape sites in order to get information.

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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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