What better way to herald the today's opening of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing than an awesome Olympics video widget powered by NewsGator technology?  One of the coolest Olympics widgets I've seen yet now appears on The San Jose Mercury News -- and it features AFP video content.

This is a video widget, which showcases the range of dynamic content that you can house within a NewsGator widget.  As with any other NewsGator widgets, this can be placed on a variety of different platforms, such as iGoogle, Typepad, Blogger, Netvibes, Pageflakes, and more; you can also e-mail the widget to a friend.

Check it out (at right) and if you like it, add it to your internet location of choice.  Enjoy!