Last week seven startups spent the week developing applications on the SharePoint 2010 platform at the first ever SharePoint 2010 SocialFest hosted by the Emerging Business Team at the Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus. From applications, such as Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc., MORE >>

Microsoft is rolling out a new feature in Hotmail that creates interactive e-mails that bring the Web into messages. Microsoft said the advance is the next logical step for e-mail, as it evolves from text and rich HTML to JavaScript. That will be one of the things Microsoft will likely monitor with its pilot program. MORE >>

Recently, I got access to the Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview. Microsoft says that it has put a lot of effort into productivity and making the product easier to use, but has that work paid off? Office 2010 replaces the old File menu in all of the applications with something called “Backstage View.&# MORE >>

This is always a very busy time of year, and 2010 is no exception.  We're looking forward to seeing Richard Harbridge's presentation on "SharePoint 2010 Integration and Interoperability: What You Need to Know".   [Flickr photo "road work ahead"  courtesy of pumpkincat210]. Watch this space for details -- more to come. MORE >>

While my first impressions of the next version of Microsoft Office, Office 2010, were quite positive , I did have one major disappointment. Why didn’t Microsoft make Outlook 2010 more social? Learn more » Tags: Software Apps FBLook LinkedIn Outlook Toolbar Microsoft Outlook TwInbox TwInbox. FBLook. MORE >>