Featured Download from Lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com/5127294/windows-7-beta-ready-for-official-download

What to expect from Windows 7 from The How-To Geek: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/the-geek-blog/what-you-should-expect-from-the-windows-7-beta/

I have high hopes for Windows 7. From reading reviews I hear it is what Windows Vista should have been–less annoying, better look and uses less resources. I think Windows Vista got a bad reputation and people bandwagoned on the Windows Vista bashing idea. I have used Vista for quite awhile now and I like it. I’m looking forward to try Windows 7.

“Elgg is an open, flexible social application engine, designed to run at the heart of any socially-aware application. Building on Elgg is easy, and because the engine handles common web application and social functionality for you, you can concentrate on developing your idea.”

I’ve been testing out Elgg 1.0 for a couple of weeks now and it looks great so far. I never used the classic version of Elgg but from what I understand Elgg 1.0 is a big, big update.

Every day they are updating and adding new features, changing the look and working out bugs. The release date for Elgg 1.0 is August 18th, 2008. Today they posted a blog asking for more users to help test the product.

The reason why I have a big interest in Elgg 1.0 is because I work in a school district with technology and we are looking at Elgg 1.0 as a possibility as a staff intranet.

I highly suggest checking this product out even if you pass up the opportunity to test it out. Elgg has already made a huge impact in the education world (and will continue to) but now they are trying to emphasize the use in the business world.