The Morning Reboot: * The Google Talk widget can now be [added to your personalized homepage][1]. The Google Talk Gadget is a web-based module that brings the Talk functionality in GMail to your Google personalized homepage -- letting you see your friends and chat with them. [1]: http://www.google.com/ig/add?moduleurl=googletalk.xml "Google Talk Gadget" * Wordpress, the popular blogging platform, has rolled out the [Wordpress Plugins Directory][2], where plugins can be browsed, rated, commented on and downloaded. Previously plugins were largely scattered around at personal sites and lacked a centralized repository other than a [developer's Subversion-based site][3] which many casual users found difficult to figure out. [2]: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ "Wordpress Plugins Directory" [3]: http://dev.wp-plugins.org/ "Word Press Plugins Wiki" * The word "wiki" has [officially made it into the English language][4]. The word, which comes from Hawaiian and means roughly "quick" in its native language, has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary with the definition: a type of Web page designed so that its contents can be edited by anyone who accesses it. [4]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070315/wr_nm/britain_dictionary_wiki_dc "Wiki wins a place in Oxford English Dictionary" * The web loves phone rumors. Ever since the iPhone turned out to be a real product (and perhaps even before that) rumors have swirled about a Google Phone. Now, [according to Engadget][5], a Google exec has confirmed the existence of R & D project phone. [5]: http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/google-exec-confirms-phone-in-the-labs/ "Google exec confirms phone in the labs"