In Windows Vista and above you can install small applications, called desktop gadgets, which will run directly on your desktop. Most of this gadgets will display additional information like calendars, news feeds etc.

The TU Clausthal offers 3 Windows desktop gadgets, which will display the refectory menu, the weather webcam and the TU news. (You can install these gadgets by clicking on the preview images below.)

Refectory menu	Weather webcam	TU News