[Adam Shapiro]

Looks pretty nice. I would first add an icon to it, or something of the sort, to make it look a little more glossy in the style of most widgets. Second, you might want to add some configurability for what updates are shown (just like the portal can be configured). Third, maybe add a click-to-remove option so that anything you've already seen disappears so you only see new updates. Finally, if you do the last one you might want to put some sort of new message count on it. Nice job!