Sharepoint 2010 Public Beta is now available! http://www.microsoft.com/2010 

SharePoint Public Beta Resources

General information about SharePoint 2010: http://sharepoint2010.microsoft.com/Pages/default.aspx
Resources for Developers on MSDN: http://www.mssharepointdeveloper.com/
Resources for IT Pros on TechNet: http://www.mssharepointitpro.com/
Have a SharePoint 2010 question? Ask it in the SharePoint 2010 forums

What’s new in….

Word 2010?  Introducing Word 2010!
Access 2010?  Office 2010 Technical Preview Ships
Excel 2010?  Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview Released
PowerPoint 2010? PowerPoint 2010 Technical Preview
Outlook 2010?  Announcing Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview ,   New features in Outlook 2010!
OneNote 2010?  What’s new in OneNote 2010 video
Project 2010?  Announcing Microsoft Project 2010 Technical Preview
InfoPath 2010?  Install the Office 2010 Technical Preview and win an Xbox 360 Elite!
SharePoint 2010?  Announcing SharePoint 2010 Technical Preview
Visio 2010?  Visio 2010 Technical Beta program
SharePoint Workspace 2010?  All the Groovey news that fits - Makeover for Groove- SharePoint
Office Web Applications?  Microsoft Office Web Applications: Your Burning Questions Answered

Microsoft just published three brief videos offering a sneak peek towhat you’ll see in SharePoint 2010. The videos, an intro one, one for IT Pro’sand one for developers, is the first news Microsoft is sharing on the newversion. 

SharePoint2010 Sneak Peek Videos  

SP 2 for Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 and Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 has been released.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=EF93E453-75F1-45DF-8C6F-4565E8549C2A&displaylang=en  

You can find detailed information on Microsoft Sharepoint Team's Blog 

New Turkish Sharepoint community, named "Sharepoint Nedir?" has been launched. I am so happy to announce this news.

http://www.sharepointnedir.net/

Starting now (April 2, 2009), SharePoint Designer 2007 will be available as a free download!

Free Download

I received a great email this afternoon which said that I have been renewed as a SharePoint Services Architecture MVP!  It is a great honor to be an MVP and also be doing work with a technology that you enjoy and truly believe in. 

The SharePoint community is so tight and its like being friends with a bunch of smart SharePoint people... I have been a MVP since 2005 and it just amazes me when I think about just how much the community has grown and has responded so positively.

2005 - MVP : XML Web Services
2006 - MVP : Connected System Development
2007 - MVP : Connected System Development
2008 - MVP : Sharepoint Services Architecture
2009 - MVP : Sharepoint Services Architecture

I want to thank the community and Microsoft for realizing the value in the community and making a concious effort to increase interaction outside of the MS doors.

The WSRP Toolkit for SharePoint provides sample code for producing WSRP conformant data from SharePoint lists and libraries.  External portal platforms (e.g. BEA AquaLogic Portal, IBM WebSphere Portal, SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal etc.) can then render SharePoint data natively through their WSRP consumer portlets.

The WSRP Toolkit for SharePoint consists of the following assets:

Visual Studio sample projects that demonstrate two different approaches to producing WSRP conformant output from SharePoint lists and libraries A whitepaper that provides details on the different architectural approaches of the two WSRP producer samples Screen casts showing the two WSRP producer samples in action

Microsoft describes techniques to create Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Web content management (WCM) sites that are optimized for search engines, and what to avoid to help improve search ratings.

"Search engine optimization is the process of optimizing sites and pages for search engines to result in better relevance and ranking for the site. The standard best practices or rules for search engine optimization that you might apply for Web pages are equally relevant and important for Web content management (WCM) sites you develop in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. A page or site that is not optimized properly for search engines can appear much lower is the search results or have lower rank, which can result in loss of traffic to the site. A site or page that is better optimized for search engines appears higher in the search results and will help increase traffic to your site."

If you want to read full article, use this link 

The International SharePoint Professionals Association (“ISPA”) is the first independent, community-run, not-for-profit organization designed specifically for SharePoint Professionals. ISPA is a professional association dedicated to the promotion and global adoption of Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies. The Association provides support and guidance to the community by establishing connections between SharePoint professionals and groups, resources, education and information.