Google Desktop Gadget Contest Winners

The Google Desktop Gadget Contest was held earlier this year in an attempt to encourage software developers to to create Google Gadgets for Google Desktop. And the winners have been announced.

The first place winner is diGGGadget by Marius and Yannick Stucki – It puts Digg v3 on on your desktop with the latest stories from digg.com. It also takes advantage of advanced APIs to enable sharing news with friends plus personalization based on your interests.

The 2nd place winner is Multiplayer Reversi Game by Turhan Aydin – It is a fun game of Reversi with this visually rich gadget where you can play against the computer and your friends too.

The 3rd place winner is Day/Night World Clock by Beatrix Gottanka – It shows the local time, with a map that indicates where it’s night or day at any given hour with loads of options.

And there a huge variety of Google Gadgets to choose from.