Widget News and Trends: Dec 16, 2009

A quick roundup of recent widget news, trends and analysis:
- Clearspring to Exit Widget Sharing Business
Clearspring is is putting one of its widget services (Launchpad), to bed and focusing all its energy on the AddThis service. (more) - Thinking Screen Media Brings Widgets to Syabas’ DAVID Platform
Metablocks client make widget waves on TV and set-top platforms. - Hackers break into RockYou and Gain Access to Social Media Data
Hackers broke into an online database hosted at RockYou.com and illegally accessed the usernames and passwords for more than 30 million users of Facebook, MySpace, Friendster and Orkut. - Government Departments Continue Widget Trend
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration launched a widget last week that can help distribute user-friendly public-health information.
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