Yahoo buys Konfabulator The three-emplyoee firm Konfabulator, makers of widgets so fine that Apple included them into their OS dashboard, gets bought by Yahoo for an undisclosed amount. Also good news is the fact that Yahoo will refund all who paid ($20) to purchase a Knfabulator widget from mid-May forward. Yahoo hopes give away the widgets free in order to bring more traffic to their websites.  ¶ 9:24 PM