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Google Gadgets Gladden Guys and Gals

Call it what you will: part of the Web 2.0 explosion, or just a handy way to put new features on your website. Google Gadgets are mini-applications that grab information from Google.com or any webste and let you plaster it onto your website.

Right now, there are over 1,500 Google Gadgets for websites (and growing rapidly) that you can just drop onto one of your own web pages so any browser (on any OS) capable of handling the Gadget HTML/Javascript code can access the applet.

Though many bad web sites will undoubtedly get badder, savvy BI professionals will also undoubtedly view Google's new web application programming interface as an opportunity to integrate enterprise information and gather (or distribute) business intelligence.

Unlike Google Gadgets for Desktops, of which there are over 100,000 examples, the Google Gadget API lets you generate content that can be interpreted by anyone, not just Windows users.

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