Right on time, the Visual Studio 2010 beta has been released to the public. You can grab the beta bits (Including the .Net Framework 4.0 beta) from http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010/default.mspx. There you can choose from the Professional or Team Suite beta, and find out more about the new features in 2010.
There is a nice list at [...]

This time around it is a pretty good deal, the Xbox Live Arcade game, Bionic Commando Rearmed is 50% off, for 400 points instead of the usual 800 points.
I will probably grab this deal myself, seems pretty good, and the demo was fun.
Remember that you have to be a gold member to see and [...]

Microsoft Press Australia is celebrating its first birthday, and are giving 50% off all of their books when you enter the discount code:
MSPRESS1
Happy Birthday Microsoft Press Australia!
If you have been interested in getting a book from MS PRESS, now is the perfect time to do so.
This offer is valid until midnight June 20th 2009.
http://www.mspress.com.au/promotion_mspress1.aspx

During the TechEd USA conference last week, the product roadmaps for Microsoft’s developer tools were announced for the coming year.
You can find the entire list here.
Some notable parts to highlight:

Beta of VS2010 available soon.
Office 2010 technical preview begins in July 2009, you can nominate yourself for the preview at Office 2010 the Movie.
SQL Server [...]

Just found out that the beta for the upcoming Visual Studio 2010 will be available to the general public on Wednesday 20th May.
If you have access to a MSDN subscription (MSDNAA should suffice) then it will be available on Monday 18th May.
More information about Visual Studio 2010
More details with links will be posted closer [...]

Microsoft recently released 3 completely free E-Learning clinics that cover many of the new features in Windows 7. Each clinic is targeted at a different type of user, so there will be overlapping content if you watch more than one.

Windows 7 for Consumers
Windows 7 for IT Professionals
Windows 7 for Information Workers

Be sure to check out [...]

Just a reminder that the certification voucher available through DreamSpark expires on the 10th of June, so if you want to get a Microsoft Certification for free using that voucher, ensure you do it soon.
For those who do not know, you can use your DreamSpark account to get a single use voucher that entitles you [...]

Windows Virtual PC 7 is a feature of Windows 7 Pro, Enterprise and Ultimate designed to support the XP Mode feature, as well as running older or other versions of Windows within your Windows 7 environment.
Probably the best known feature coming is XP mode, where you get a fully integrated XP  virtual machine to run [...]

It is finally here, the Windows 7 RC (Release Candidate) is available for public download. For reference this is build 7100, and it is the Ultimate edition.
(It is also a day early, and has been up/down, so if it is not up, then it will be up at the official time, which would be [...]