No need for Windows Live Messenger invites anymore, you can get your own invite at:
http://www4.imagine-msn.com/minisites/messenger/default.aspx?locale=en-us.
And to think they were selling them on eBay 10 days ago .

A beta version of Microsoft Office Live will launch in early 2006. If you would like to be among the beta testers, you can sign up at http://www.microsoft.com/office/officelive/default.mspx.

If anyone wants an invite to Windows Live Messenger, I have spare invites to give away. Simply post a comment on this blog post and leave your Passport email address.

They have Windows on gas pumps now.
Robert Scoble took this picture of a gas pump running Windows Embedded:

That looks neat and futuristic.

Start by completing the form at Microsoft Office 12 website. 10,000 partners and customers of Microsoft already tested the new version of Office.