What google calls a widget, microsoft calls a gadget. Gadgets/widgets
are said to be the next step of bringing the web closer to the end
user with small pieces of functionality avail on your desktop or on
your site. I would actually like to start with web widgets that just
run on asp.net and not live.com and am currently searching for hard to
find resources on that matter. For now, below is a listing of
resources for creating Microsoft live.com gadgets.

http://microsoftgadgets.com/ - all things gadget
http://gallery.live.com/ - start using gadgets web or vista
http://microsoftgadgets.com/Build/ - build your own gadget