aaah…my site is becoming tech news site or Microsoft site haha…but I really can’t help it…may be I am following PDC 2005 too much.. 
Anyways, Microsoft today announced a website specially for gadgets, currently the site offers gadgets for 3 applications i.e. Windows Sidebar (Comes in Vista), Gadgets for Windows Slideshow, I could not find any links to download the gadgets at this time but I think they will add more links soon…
View the site here: Microsoft Gadgets
Microsoft today announced their new photo sharing application called Max
Info about the product:
Microsoft® Codename Max is not like any other product. That’s because it’s not a productâ€â€?it’s your opportunity to try an exciting new user experience from Microsoft. Today Max lets you make lists of your photos and turn them into beautiful slide shows to share with your family and friends. Tomorrow…who knows?
Update: Checkout very good review on Force Against Something
Guys at Xbetas posted screenshots of Microsoft Office 12 taken at PDC 2005
From the screenshots it looks like Microsoft have totally revamped the menu bar and added many new features.
I am sure minimum requirement for Office 12 will be machine with at least 1.7 gig of processor and 512 MB RAM
Get your trial version here
I got to know about it just now only…they have started accepting registration now..they ask for cell phone number first and they send you activation code via SMS and you have to enter that code to continue the registration..now the worst part is…they have provided option only for US based cell phones…
Checkout registration page
Following is there explanation about asking cell phone number.
One of the reasons we are offering this new way to sign up for Gmail is to help protect our users and combat abuse. Spam and abuse protection are two things we take very seriously, and our users have been very happy with the small amount of spam they’ve received in their Gmail accounts. We take many measures to ensure that spammers have a difficult time sending their spam messages, getting these messages delivered, or even obtaining a Gmail account (spammers will often use many different accounts to send spam). Sending invitation codes to mobile phones via SMS is one way to address this, as the number of accounts per phone number can be limited.
