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There's been lots of news coverage on Visual Studio Beta 1, the MSDN relaunch, and of course Express.

• Soma, the Developer Division VP blogged about Express and the Express contest
• Our Express blog is up and rolling
• The ASP.NET Forums have good coverage of Visual Web Developer Express
• The Channel9 Forums have lots of good info on the Express contest and Express in general
• James Lau discusses the benefits of MSDN registration and wants your feedback
• Tom Rizzo points out some of the cool reasons to use SQL Server Express

News Articles on VS Beta 1

• Visual Studio 2005 Beta Ready to Roll - eWeek
• Microsoft debuts entry-level Visual Studio version - ADT Magazine
• Microsoft Takes Aim at 'Nonprofessional' Programmers - Extreme Tech
• Microsoft reaches beyond professional programmers - ZDNet.com.au
• Microsoft targets amateur programmers - News.com
• Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Express, VS 2005 Beta - Slashdot

All-in-all, the concept of Express seems to have gotten lots of good kudos....