The modestly popular Konfabulator widget application for Windows and Mac (review) was snatched up by Yahoo in late July, and the company promptly turned around and started giving it away for free. We knew that Yahoo was going to use it to promote some of their web services, and they’ve delivered on that promise now that the application has graduated to version 3.0. And with its first big release in the Yahoo ownership era, it has received a new, Yahoorific name: Yahoo! Widget Engine.
It still seems a little buggy; they certainly have things to improve. It’s free though, and available for Mac and PC so it’s worth a try if it interests you. Read more at Ars Technica.