Microsoft announced that the follow up for Windows Vista, called Windows 7, will be available in 2010. It will support touch screen for support of the applications available in this new Windows version called N-trig DuoSenso Technology. Microsoft was already working some time on the " Surface " computer. A product which makes it possible to use more then one hand to act by moving fingers accross the screen in different directions resulting in for example resizing pictures (like i-phone...
SharePoint, and in particulair MOSS, is a great platform which can be easiliy extended. Most customers today are afraid when we talk about customizing a platform because development normally means not reaching any deadlines what so ever. I have noticed with SharePoint this is not always the case because of the powerfull API and the fact that you can setup and develop stuff very quickly. Microsoft leaves extending the platform to its partners and other third-party vendors. Third-parties like SocialText...