Special thanks to a special client for pointing this problem out to us.  My Outlook 2007 search hasn't worked for months- if you're in the same boat, there's a promising solution here:

Watch out for a Microsoft Outlook 2007 indexing issue in Windows Vista

The problem with a huge Inbox, besides the fact that you can't find anything, is a size limit to Outlook Express and once Outlook Express gets to the size limit, well, goodbye to your email!

Don't Let Outlook Express Get Too Big!

Check it out! Techdirt presents a brief article about three new competing Office suites, two of which (Google Docs and IBM Lotus Symphony) are free! If you are frustrated with Microsoft, give these newcomers a chance. Do a little reading first, however, these packages may not have everything you need or something you don't want. It's always worth a look.

Techdirt: Microsoft's Tough Night: Google And IBM Both Launch Free Office Products

From Lifehacker:

Popular keynote speaker Clif Atkinson says that bullet points kill PowerPoint presentations. On a friend's recommendation, I picked up Atkinson's book, Beyond Bullet Points, in preparation for an hour-long presentation I had to give this past weekend. His bullet-free story technique made a huge difference in my slides.

Presentations: Take your PowerPoint slides Beyond Bullet Points - Lifehacker

Lifehacker has a great article on how to turn off some of the most annoying features of Microsoft Word. Have you ever had it start auto-numbering a list for you when you weren't trying to make a numbered list? Or automatically formatting email addresses as blue text with an underline?  Frustrating!Alpha Geek: Make Microsoft Word less annoying - Lifehacker

Another glowing review for Microsoft's new Office 2007 software.  Microsoft has done an excellent job simplifying the dreadfully confusing and mundane Office interface from years past.  If you're still using Office 2002, XP, or 2003, it's a safe bet that you'll want to upgrade within the next year.  This is largely due to the fact that the files generated by the new versions of Word, Excel, and other Office applications won't be easily readable by the old versions.

There are ways around this of course (ask me!), but the new features offered by Office 2007 along with the ability to handle the latest file formats will present a compelling argument to upgrade your software.

Review: Office 2007 a worthy successor - Yahoo! News

Screenshot Tour: Microsoft Word and Excel 2007 - Lifehacker

An early look at the soon-to-be-released Microsoft Office 2007.