You may have heard that Windows 7 widgets and other desktop gadgets could go the way of the dodo in Windows 8. According to Microsoft, you shouldn’t even be using desktop gadgets in Windows 7 or Vista ...

Rainmeter is a free, open-source app for highly customizable Windows desktop widgets. Skins (.rmskin/.ini) and community sites like DeviantArt let you mix, edit, and share themes. Edit skins via ...

Reader ravenclawwit stumbled on the NXT theme for Rainmeter, and put it to great use in this beautiful, functional desktop. That circle in the upper left? It’s actually a dock, packed with shortcuts.

There is another company totally dedicated to keeping the Windows desktop cleaner and neater than its basic default tiled icon setup, and that's Stardock. The maker of ObjectDesktop has a number of ...