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iGoogle
iGoogle is Google's browser desktop. I looked at this when it first came out, and wasn't all that excited about it, but it has grown up a bit since then.
When you first visit iGoogle, it will offer a default set of "gadgets" (Google's term for the various items on your page). You can just go ahead and accept those: it's very easy to adjust your preferences after that.
These gadgets do things like showing you news, local weather, quote of the day, movie reviews and much more, like calendars, to do lists, simple games, stock quotes and of course sports scores.
To remove something you don't want, just click on the "X" in its right corner. To drag it to a different position, just click on its title bar and move it where you want it.
You can add new gadgets by clicking on "Add Stuff". Within that page, you can browse and select things that might interest you, or type something into the "Search Homepage Content" box at the top of the screen. For example, I typed "Gas Prices" to get the "Local Gas Prices" gadget I have in the middle of my iGoogle page.
Gadgets like that "Local Gas Prices" need more information from you - in this case, just your zip code, but do be wary of any gadget that asks for personal information or passwords - very few have any reason to, but you always have to be aware that a gadget could ask, and of course you should refuse and not use such a tool.
You can also add sites like this. If you look closely at the "Add Stuff" page, you'll see "Add by Url" next to the Search button. It's easy to miss, but if you click it, you can add any site that offers an RSS feed. To add this site, you'd click "Add by URL" and type "http://feeds.feedburner.com/OakPointCommunityorg".
Or just click this button:
and choose
"Add to Google Home Page".
You can also add personalized gadgets: Make your own gadget is a simple way to do that, or (if you are a bit geekish) you can program much more complex gadgets with Google Gadgets API Developer Guide.
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