Ever wondered what Microsoft Research works on in its many projects? Although one of the most prominent ones is "My Life Bits" (a lifetime store of "everything"), there's a lot of other (less prominent) projects which however may have more immediate benefits for users.... "SLAM" is one of them... This prototype software enables real-time communication, (optional) location awareness and photo-sharing for groups using mobile devices, and it even integrates with Virtual Earth... Browse to the web site of the Social Computing Group to learn more about other projects (like Wallop, just another cool idea...)