BetaNews is reporting that Yahoo! has released the first new version of Konfabulator since its debut in July 2005. Not only have nine new widgets been added, the program is now going under its new moniker of "Yahoo! Widget Engine 3.0." Interesting...

"A map widget allows users to search for addresses and view maps, and an update to the picture frame widget now supports Yahoo! Photos and Flickr join a Yahoo! Search widget, a Yahoo! Mail widget, and a Yahoo! Notepad widget that can sync with the company's online notepad application."