We have a belated holiday gift for all our loyal readers. Yodel Anecdotal widgets! Now you can check for the latest headlines from the comfort of your own desktop, without having to fire up a browser.

They come in two flavors — Mac OS X and Yahoo! Widget.

To download, just head to the Y! Stuff tab and scroll down to “Widgets.”

• Mac OS X Dashboard Widget – Click on the link to download the .zip file. Doubleclick on the “osx-widget.zip” file and then click on the extracted “YodelWidget.wdgt” file. Confirm that you want to add the widget to your dashboard.
• Yahoo! Widget (Windows & Mac) – Launch the Yahoo! Widget Engine (install the latest version here). Click on the link to download the .zip file. Doubleclick the extracted “YodelAnecdotal.widget” file. Confirm that you want to add it to your Yahoo! Widgets folder.

See you on your desktop.

Nicki Dugan
Blog Editor