I recently downloaded and installed a cool little program called Desktop Sidebar. The program brings a lot of the data you may want to the forefront – onto your sidebar. Outlook email, calendar, weather, PC performance data, etc are all brought forward. There are also many, many third-party plug-ins available to expand the functionality of the program. The program installs very easily, but then you need to spend a few minutes to configure it to your liking. After this is done, its kinda cool.
For more info, head over to www.desktopsidebar.com.

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