The Age takes a look at the burgeoning Widget market, spurred in large part by Mac OS X’s Dashboard. “There are widgets for just about anything you can think of - and quite a lot you wouldn’t even dream of. From the weather forecast and what’s on TV this week, to helping you with guitar chords and displaying the US Department of Homeland Security threat level, you can surround your desktop with these handy little applications. Want to know the cost of the war in Iraq so far? There’s a widget for that, too. There are even widgets to manage your widgets.” More …