Free from Google for all you Mac users: "The Google Notifier is an application that shows you alerts in your menu bar, so you can see when you have new Gmail messages or upcoming Google Calendar events without having to open a web browser."
Google Notifier for Mac - Free Download Get your email without opening your browser
By Wendy Boswell, About.com Guide
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