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Widgets can be used to add productivity and utility to personalized start pages, blogs and social networking profiles by adding the ability to quickly search relevant news sites, look up stock quotes, or even find coupons.

1. WikiSeek

 * Description**: WikiSeek allows for quick and easy searching of Wikipedia. This is a great tool if you do a lot of searching in Wikipedia or need easy access to quick information about a large variety of subjects.

2. Google Map
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 * Description**: Google Map provides great mapping software at your fingertips. Put it on your blog to tell the world where you are located, or place it on your personalized start page for easy access to a localized map.

3. CNN Search
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 * Description**: CNN Search is a handy widget that allows you to quickly search through the CNN news for relevant articles. Want to find out what's new about a famous actor or singer? Want a rundown of the latest sports game? This widget will help you find the news fast.

4. Flash Calculator
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 * Description**: A simple calculator built in Flash, this is a great widget if you need occasional use of a calculator but don't like digging through menus in Windows trying to find your calculator. Can perform most simple calculations.

5. Instacalc
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 * Description**: If a simple calculator isn't enough, Instacalc is your best bet. A multi-line calculator that can take English language as well as numerical values, this calculator is powerful enough to act as a mini-spreadsheet.

Quick tutorial for Gale widgets: media type="custom" key="5192795"

Sample teacher widget from Brain Popmedia type="custom" key="5900607" width="40" height="40"

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