Technet has just released their Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget.

In an excerpt of Technet Blogs announcement:

The Microsoft TechNet Gadget for Australia and New Zealand delivers information from several of the common news feeds and security alerts.

It supports up to 6 feeds with TechNet Highlights and Basic Security Alerts as default options. A range of other feeds are selectable with options for more comprehensive security alerts, Australian and New Zealand IT News and TechNet Virtual Labs.

You can see items that have been read or unread at a glance. The security ticker glows red when there is something that you have not seen before.

The integrated TechNet Search means you can type a search query and it will launch a web browser window with the TechNet Search results.

Download the sidebar here.