Microsoft just released the December Preview of Expressions Blend 2. One improvement that caught my eye is the new font embedding functionality to ensure that all audiences can see Silverlight and WPF applications as the designer intended them to be viewed. Ah yes, technology functioning as it should. A full list of improvements is included on the download site. MS Expressions Download site.

Last week Microsoft released Office Mobile 6.1 which allows Windows Smart Phones to open Office 2007 document formats like .docx, .xlsx or .pptx. If you already have a Windows Smart Phone with Office on it you can download the free update at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/software/officeupgrade.mspx.