Microsoft Live Labs, is always experimenting with new and (sometimes) useful ideas.  Recently they released their latest technology preview: Listas (http://listas.labs.live.com) Listas is a tool for the creation, management and sharing of lists, notes, favorites, and more. It allows you to quickly and easily edit lists, share them with others for reading or wiki-style editing, and discover the public lists of other users.  We encourage you to try using it for meeting notes, bookmarks, shopping lists, to plan a night out, or whatever other creative ways you ... [More]

Barb Darrow from CRN wrote an interesting article this week (http://www.crn.com/software/197800215?pgno=1) outlining how hosting providers and channels are keeping "A Weary Eye at Microsoft Live". It is a really interesting article especially since it outlines the fact that hosting partners were previously spoon-fed Microsoft Services offering only to have Microsoft turn the table on them: "Many of these hosting partners had been recruited by Microsoft to offer SharePoint- and Exchange Server-based offerings. But now that Microsoft is hosting its own low-cost colla... [More]