...be this creative before ? (Microsoft Creative Showcases)

OK, so they might be a bit late to the table with thier own products, but those that they have developed are awesome.

Apologies, this is a bit of a link dump but some of you might find it useful:-

Gaming and in game advertising
Massive in game advertising
Microsoft Surface
Popfly
Create a Mashup
Create a Web Page
Photosynth
Control Room & MSN Music In Concert
Live Earth
Research, case studies, info and creative news/examples
Tafiti: Silverlight and Live Search combined
Silverlight
Creative Inspiration and content

Thanks to Nick Corston who's got a cracking summer home in Bude that's up for rent. The summer house that is, not Nick.