This article was written on September 27, 2006 by CyberNet.

Web Browser Wednesday

One of the best features that Opera put in version 9 is widgets! They let people use their creativity to design something useful and fun. I haven’t come across many widgets that I use on a daily basis but there are a few that I pay more attention to than others.

• Touch The Sky
  This one is pretty much a dead giveaway and I think most people will have this installed. It lets you keep track of the weather in your area and also has the ability to display forecasts or satellite images.
  
• Google Calendar
  I use Google Calendar to keep track of just about everything so this widget allows me to get a quick glance of things that I have scheduled. Unfortunately it doesn’t let you edit your events but I’m not going to complain because it still saves me some time.
   
• Calculator
  Of course what good would having widgets be if a calculator wasn’t available? This is just a plain and simple calculator but for those people who are looking for something a little fancier you may want to checkout the scientific calculator that someone put together.
   
   
   
• Bug Me Not
  There will always be those certain sites that require you to login before you can view their content, such as the New York Times. That is why someone developed Bug Me Not and this widget will retrieve generic usernames and passwords from the Bug Me Not database. Now you won’t have to sit there and register just to read one article!
  
• Pipe Panic
  I don’t just get useful widgets…I have some fun too! Pipe Panic is the exact game that you don’t want to start playing because you’ll become addicted (like me). You start playing, you play a little more, and before you know it there have been several hours that have passed by.
  

There you have it. Those are the Opera Widgets that I use on a daily basis. Oh yeah, but let’s not forget to mention one of the best ones…OURS! You can download the CyberNet News widget to make keeping up on the latest stories even easier.

If you have some other Opera widgets that you use let us know so that we can give them a shot. Lately we have been getting addicted to some of the games.

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It was only a matter of time before the hacks for HP’s now defunct tablet started to roll in.

Android-modding group CyanogenMod released a video of its popular aftermarket software running on HP’s TouchPad tablet, a product which normally runs webOS — not Android — as its primary operating system.

“Our ultimate vision is to create a multiboot solution where the end user will be able to boot into WebOS, Cyanogenmod, and/or other OSes,” the CyanogenMod team said in a statement to Android-enthusiast blog RootzWiki. Essentially, the team wants the TouchPad to be a blank slate, so to speak, able to run multiple operating systems indiscriminately.

Since HTC first released its flagship Android phone, the Dream, the CyanogenMod team has been hard at work trying to get its software onto every Android device on the market. The software isn’t a radical departure from the Android operating system: It’s basically a mod that allows a user more control over his or her phone. From overclocking your processor to customizing your wallpaper, the mod enables subtle tweaks popular with the geeky, detail-oriented crowd.

While getting the Android software to run on the TouchPad has taken relatively little time (the device was released two months ago today), the team says its progress has been slowed due to a lack of development devices. At $100 a pop, TouchPads have been flying off the shelves since HP announced recently it would be discontinuing its mobile hardware and slashing prices on remaining inventory.

“We have talented and experienced developers who cannot contribute effectively due to a lack of hardware,” the team wrote in its statement, asking for spare TouchPad contributions from the community to help spur development.

As the group has gained in popularity, updates on the official CyanogenMod software have slowed. Original founder Steve Kondik was recruited to work for Samsung earlier this month, and team member Chris Soyars recently left for music-appmaker GrooveShark.

But a recent bounty on getting the TouchPad to run Android may have incited CyanogenMod team members to code faster (though the group denies it in its statement). Hardware-modification web site Hacknmod.com offered as much as $2,000 to those who first slapped a copy of Android onto HP’s tablet.

The version of CyanogenMod on the TouchPad (video below) is a highly unstable alpha, but the team says more features and better stability are on the way.

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Hurricane Irene is over, but all we have to show for it is the five extra pounds we each gained from eating non-perishable foods (read: Dominos) all weekend.

The storm left tons of buildings, roads, and trees damaged, but the award for “Worst Irrevocable Damage” goes to Mayor Bloomberg for “trying” to address the Spanish-speaking population in their native language–and the subsequent Twitter parody @ElBloombito: “Go to worko. No excuso!”

CNET’s own Sharon Vaknin makes her debut on The 404 Podcast today to replace our co-host Jeff Bakalar, who’s currently re-evaluating his decision to live in Hoboken, N.J.

Joseph Kaminski from CNET Labs also joins us to discuss the stories of the day, including an app that lets New York drivers sell public parking spots to the highest bidder, a history lesson on the classic Windows XP default wallpaper, a big corporation making money off the hacker group Anonymous, and a secret list of celebrity XXX domain names removed from the adult market.

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• Ever wonder where the Windows XP default wallpaper came from?
• “@ElBloombito Twitter page bites back at Bloomberg’s Spanglish.
• Secret list of celebrity .xxx domains removed from market.
• Time Warner gets royalties on every Anonymous mask worn on TV.

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