For those who missed Dan Polivy's "Enriching Devices with Windows Sideshow" excellent presentation, we have good news. You can now download the entire presentation at this URL: http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/f/d/afdfd50d-6eb9-425e-84e1-b4085a80e34e/CON-T427_WH07.pptx
This is a must see presentation for developers and hardware enthusiasts interested in the latest Microsoft SideShow hardware gizmos and Sideshow software gadgets applications. Should you need to view keynotes and other presentations, here is an index: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winhec/2007/pres.mspx

Dan Polivy from Microsoft writes:

"This newsgroup has been created to provide a place for users to meet and discuss all things related to Windows SideShow. Feel free to post your questions, comments, announcements, and problems here; you''ll receive responses from members of the community as well as directly from the Windows SideShow product team. We''re here to help, so post away!" ...[Read more »]

A Windows SideShow gadget is a piece of code running on the Windows Vista platfom and sends informtion to a hardware display device. If you running Windows Vista, in the Windows SideShow Control Panel applet, you will see the list of SideShow gadgets and SideShow hardware devices installed on the system. By default, Windows vista ships with two sideshow gadgets and one with Microsoft® Office Outlook 2007:...[Read more »]

The official Visa SideShow FAQ, published by Microsoft can be found at Microsoft Vista Sideshow FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions).
Troubleshooting Vista SideShow can be found at Troubleshooting Microsoft Vist SideShow Devices.
Using a Windows SideShow-compatible device information can be found at Using a Windows Sideshow Compatible Device.
A general overview on Microsoft's Vista is here : http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/features/foreveryone/sideshow.mspx#more...[Read more »]

One of my first web search results on Vista SideShow, was the MSDN channel 9 interview about Vista SideShow Auxiliary Devices. This is a video interview with the real guys: the developers of SideShow Dan Polivy and Sriram Viji. This is a must watch video interview, if you want to see what Microsoft planned to do with Vista SideShow and they SideShow devices strategy, this is a must see!. Click on the link below and enjoy a 30 minute video presentation, overview syle of the upcoming Vista SideShow Technologies, ranging from SideShow Gadgets to real hardware platform examples.