For higher ed students in the US, software access just became a lot easier. Microsoft DreamSpark allows students to access professional software for FREE.

The package includes:

For details, check out https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com/ and watch Max interview Bill Gates.

Looks like Microsoft Research will be calling Cambridge one of its new homes. Great to see more of Microsoft joining me on the east coast. :-)

Looks like Dan Fernandez's move to the Channel 9 team is more than official. He and Brian Keller kicked off their first episode of their Yet-to-be-named show, giving a recap of their favorite things for developers. Awesome. So much less work for the rest of us to find out about the coolest new developer offerings, from blogs to samples!! What do you think? Anything they missed?

Btw, I think <insert.name.here> is a cool name already.