copperblade

Update: If you need more functionality please see the next generation of this plugin at https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/network-latest-posts/
Creates a widget to show a list of the most recent posts across a WordPress MU installation. It shows the most recent post from each blog. This plugin is based on the work of many authors.
This works on previous versions of WPMU, but not on previous versions of WordPress (where it doesn’t make sense).
<h3>Options</h3>
<ul>
<li>Number of posts to show – list this many posts.</li>
<li>Number of days to limit – only go back this number of days to get posts. Set to -1 for no limit (default).</li>
</ul>

Multisite Recent Posts Widget

Creates a widget to show a list of the most recent posts across a WordPress MU installation.  It shows the most recent post from each blog.

Emanuela Castorina

This plugin in a multisite installation shows the ID of the current site/blog in the admin bar menu. The ID of the current site/blog is linked to the site info page. 
It adds also a custom column with site id information inside the sites list table. 
It can be installed only on a multisite.

Wp Show Site ID

This plugin in a multisite installation shows the ID of the current site/blog.

Multisite Recent Posts Widget vs Wp Show Site ID