Crestron, a company that sells home automation and networked home equipment, has announced that its touchpanels and 2-way systems that support dynamic text are now compatible with Windows Sideshow, a new feature of Windows Vista that provides widget functionality.
These widgets, similar to those offered by programs like Apple’s Dashboard and Google Desktop (which is compatible with FrameChannel), are applications that perform discreet, specific functions like updating sports scores, weather, and RSS feeds. The widgets are updated over the Internet.
Compatible Crestron devices will retrieve the Sideshow widgets from a PC to display elsewhere in the house.
