Office 2010 Beta Includes a Social Connector Option for Outlook

"In a move to marry its old-school Office product with the newer trends of the Net, Microsoft plans to issue beta software Wednesday that brings social-network information into Outlook.

The product, called Outlook Social Connector, has been available in the Office 2010 beta. According to a report by The Associated Press, beta software to be released Wednesday will also work for Office 2003 and Office 2007.

Outlook Social Connector will let people see updates from a person's Facebook and Twitter contacts, but LinkedIn said last year it'll be the first partner in the Microsoft program." source

Our Take: This whole social networking thing look like it might be here to stay