I just had an email from Marty asking me to help let people know the Vista Sidebar Gadget competition that is closing soon so here goes......

Do you want to win an Xbox 360? Do you love developing and have 2 hours to spare?   All you have to do is develop a Vista Sidebar Gadget and enter the Innovation Centre Competition (closing next Friday 29th June).

So you might be thinking it must be hard right, WRONG.  It is just html and JavaScript like a Webpage without the browser.  To help you, we have a webcast on how to create a Vista Gadget from one of the competition entrants John O’Brien who happens to be a Microsoft MVP.

On the competition website you can find  ideas and resources , terms and conditions, competition steps and a registration page.