There have been a number of articles recently about a presentation by Microsoft researcher Eric Horvitz, who spoke at a technical conference about work he had done to prove or disprove the old "six degress of separation" saying: Supposedly, everyone is just six connections away from everyone...

I know not everyone uses OUTLOOK, but many do, so why when you look up a company's info on their website couldn't they have all their contact information in OUTLOOK format? You could just click on a link and then save the information as a contact in OUTLOOK?

As people have been discussing elsewhere on the site, the full desktop version of Office Outlook is not included in the box with Windows Mobile phones. This isn't a big deal for people who already use Outlook on the desktop, but it can be a concern for some. However, thanks to a push in the right...

I went and found the official MS press-release about Albany, and from what I can tell Outlook is NOT part of the subscription service. It appears that the Albany suite packages Office Home & Student with OneCare and some other products. This appears very much to be targeted at home consumers, and...

This impacts mobile devices as many people ask what they sync with on their PC. This is another way of purchasing OUTLOOK. I like the fact that it looks like the subscription method offers updates to new versions as well.

I see many people complaining that OUTLOOK no longer comes with their device, and they also complain that they cannot sync with Vista Mail. So this Office subscription service might answer these complaints. Cnet.com reports on this here .