yourminis.com has received the “Webware 100” award for the "browsing" category by CNET Webware. The finalists for the “Webware 100” awards were selected by the editors of Webware.com, a CNET site, but the ultimate winners were picked by the users of the sites - that means all of you. 

The “Webware 100” Awards recognizes the best Web 2.0 sites, services, and applications that are leading the next wave of innovation. Webware.com editors received and reviewed thousands of entries. Finalists were selected and featured in an online voting poll, where users voted and ultimately selected 100 winners in 10 categories. A list of the winners can be found at www.webware.com/100

The ten categories are Browsing (web browsers, extensions, widgets, and security); Communications (e-mail, chat, VOIP); Community (social networks, groups); Data (search, storage, backup, sharing, and sync); Entertainment (games and contests); Media (audio, video, photo); Mobile (portable utilities and apps); Productivity (apps, business tools, commerce); Publishing (blogging, web content, design tools); and Reference (mapping, reference works, and education).

Thanks for getting out there and casting your vote for us - we truly appreciate it!

Adobe has just released a beta version of the  Adobe Integrated Runtime - Adobe AIR.  Adobe® AIR™ is a cross-operating system runtime that allows web application developers to use their existing web development skills  to build and deploy rich Internet applications to the desktop. 

Our widgets have now been upgraded to run on AIR.  That has a nice sound to it...  If you've previously installed the yourminis AIR file and the Apollo Alpha, you will need to uninstall both of those applications. 

To get the yourminis widgets on the AIR platform running on your desktop:

1. Get the AIR platform from Adobe and install it
2. Make sure to then download the yourminis AIR file (widget manager) and install that as well.

Once you follow the steps outlined, you should be able to download any of our widgets to your desktop.

As always, let us know what you think of the functionality, but remember that this is still a beta release.