Google has released a new version of their popular Destop program. This version seems to be “vista” ready, in that it features a little transparency and nice sleeker look.

The new Sidebar is transparent, so it fits seamlessly with your desktop environment. Gadgets that fought for attention now look right at home, and content-heavy gadgets get new frames and icons that make it easier to tell them apart.

This leads to a better place to find your email, news, feeds, stock prices, weather and other essential information. And this version is compatible with all of the latest software including Microsoft Vista, Office 2007 and Mozilla Firefox 2.0.

It will be interesting to see the battle between the Vista sidebar vs the Google sidebar into the new year…

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