July 25, 2005

Yahoo buys and gives away Konfabulator add-ins and toolbars, finance — by TDavid @ 2:18 am PST New! (Hmm, no ratings yet)  Loading ...

In another move that Microsoft should have made, Yahoo steps up and buys the widget site Konfabulator that according to many Apple’s Dashboard was based upon.

To help popularize the widgets, Yahoo plans will give away the Konfabulator software that empowers the applications. Konfabulator had been charging $20 for the software. Anyone who bought version 2.0 of the software since mid-May will be given refunds, said Konfabulator CEO Arlo Rose.

Users win and so does Yahoo. Smart acquistion.

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1. Yahoo Buys And Distributes Konfabulator For Free

   Yahoo has purchased the widget software, Konfabulator, and they will be giving the software that runs the widgets away for free. According to a Konfabulator CEO Arlo Rose if you purchased Konfabulator since Mid-May you can get a refund. Here’s

   Trackback by Life On the Wicked Stage: Act 2 — July 25, 2005 @ 7:34 am PST

2. Thanks for pointing the news out!

   I am using Konfabulator now and loving it.

   Comment by Wiliam Spaetzel — July 25, 2005 @ 9:36 am PST

3. […] 212; by TDavid @ 10:20 am

   Didn’t take Yahoo long to get their new Konfabulator site up live, did it? Very nice!

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   Pingback by Make You Go Hmm: » Yahoo! Widgets is live — July 25, 2005 @ 10:21 am PST

4. Any cool Tablet PC widgets?

   Now that Yahoo has bought Konfabulator, I’ve downloaded it on my Tablet PC and am wondering if there…

   Trackback by TD on Tablet PC — July 26, 2005 @ 6:25 pm PST

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