It appears Microsoft is close to launching Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm and Zune on the Xbox. If you’d like to sign up to preview these services navigate to www.xbox.com/xboxliveupdate and sign up. You will need your console id and serial number. I’m really excited to see what my Zune pass gets me on Xbox live. Expect more info when the preview starts.

CNet has a good article on all things Windows Phone 6.5. http://bit.ly/qUmCc

Looks like big improvements in the browser department. Flash support and better navigation. Check out the article for all the goodies. I’m really tempted to trade in my ATT Tilt to the Tilt 2.

Windows Phone 6.5, Mobile Marketplace rollouts and MyPhone upgrades all on the same day. Windows Phone 6.5 is definitely a step in the right direction but from everything I’m reading it’s not "there" yet. Still a lot of sexy looking phones are being released with it (HTC Pure). The MyPhone upgrade isn’t significant, but still pretty cool that Microsoft is growing this awesomely simple tool. You can now post pictures to social networking sites via it and it will also allow you to track your phones location, or brick your phone if someone steals it or you lose it. Very SMART! Win Mobile Marketplace is another step in the right direction, for anyone who tried to find Win Mobile friendly apps in a common location before you know how hard it was. Microsoft needs to stay on this path, even if they’re a bit behind as it will only drive cooler tech in the future. Hearing more rumors about Zune services on phones (maybe even available on "fruity" devices), when that happens WATCH out. If Zune services were on a Windows Phone I’d upgrade in a heartbeat.

For those of you healthy geeks out there I wanted to introduce you to Fit Bit. It’s a device that you wear all day and tracks exercise and sleep habits online. The first thing I thought of is why hasn’t Nintendo come out with an accessory like this for its Wii Fit games? Anyway, it seems really interesting.

Found info on a possible dark and mature Mickey Mouse game for the Wii. Before you disregard it check out the concept art…I am intrigued. More info @ IGN.

If you are a college or university student with a valid ".edu" email address make sure you take full advantage of the deals Microsoft provides. Get windows 7 for $29.99 at www.Win741.com. Also get all kinds of Microsoft software at www.dreamspark.com (Visual Studio, Windows Server, XNA Game Studio, Expression Studio 3 and more!)

Are you using a Windows Mobile phone? Do you want to back up all your contacts in the cloud for free? Don’t pay for anything from your cell carrier, use Microsoft MyPhone backup instead. MyPhone installs on your Windows Mobile device and syncs your contacts, pictures, texts, emails etc all to the web. All these are accessible via the web as well. Lose your phone? No worries; install MyPhone on your new device, sync and get all your info back from your last sync. It works great, I’ve been using it since the beta released and it’s free. Find out more and download here UPDATED: MyPhone goes down Oct 5&6 for updates, new features (TBD) coming soon! www.myphone.microsoft.com

Big news…Microsoft has finally released its free Antivirus and security suite called Microsoft Security Essentials. For anyone running a valid copy of Windows XP or greater this is the software for you. If you’re not running any antivirus or it’s about to expire, give it a shot and keep yourself safe on the internet. Download here.