Are you looking for a super early beta of Windows 7 for your virtual machine of choice (and dear Lord please tell me you would only do this on a virtual)?  The Windows Vista blog is reporting that attendees of next month's PDC will be getting the first public beta of said OS. 

There were other posts today regarding the giveaways that might be the best I've heard yet.  Apparently all software swag will be handed over on a 160GB USB drive.  Now that's a cool way to handle business. 

Who knows, maybe the fine folks at Microsoft have saved you from yourself and put 7 on a virtual drive.  ;)

Next month there will be a free one day SQL event in Greenville, SC. It is part of the national SQLSaturday events and looks to be a great time.  There are tracks for BI and data management.  I will be presenting a session on 'Dynamic Management Views' in the data management track.

A list of speakers can be found here.  The schedule is still being fleshed out so make sure to check the site for a while to get the full list.

If you will be in the area, or can get there, come check out what should be a day of geeky goodness!

On Google's blog site they are announcing the release of their own browser, Google Chrome.  The initial launch will be tomorrow, supporting Windows only.

So what do you think about a new entrant into the browser space?  Normally, I would say more competition is always better.  Here, I have some reservations as Google already has such a strong position within the browser.

I suppose this will give some fresh fodder for the flame wars that occur on various sites.  Good times... ;)