The only information I can find on Explorer bars (i.e. Alexa etc..) is for C++ developers. I'm primarily Web, with VB and J++ experience - any pointers on the subject of creating bars in either of these languages (esp VB, which I'm stronger in)

I'd like to create a bar for our intranet which will show latest news, an intranet search box and a configurable search engine box (for yahoo/hotbot/alltheweb/whatever) - but i can't find the info i need to get started

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