If for no other reason, the excitement around Google+ is warranted because it demonstrates Google’s commitment to doing social right. After experiments-gone-awry by the names of Wave, Buzz and Orkut, Google is back in the game with a product — or “project” as the company prefers to call it — that is hot.

Microsoft was promoting Windows 7 in Japan in 2009.And for one week (2009 October 22 – 28), they ran a joint campaign with Burger King Japan to promote “Windows 7“. * (The regular price is ¥1,450…but Burger King Japan sold the “Windows 7 Whopper” to the first thirty customers everyday who order it for ¥777.)

Engadget posted some great videos and photos of Microsoft’s new product Courier.

In this example, we see how both the vision system and projection of images above the table-top can be used for some really cool interaction. Microsoft Surface’s vision system in Surface can see whats going on the table-top. This allows for all manner of natural user interfaces to be employed both with everyday objects, and […]

Lumino is a set of smart building blocks plus Microsoft’s Surface interactive table-top computer have taken touch-screen interaction into the third dimension. Engineers or architects could use them to develop designs, or it could become a new kind of building toy.

— and netflix and last.fm !!

Hands-free motion-sensitive controller system for XBox.

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates demonstrates Touch Wall, a new hardware technology from Microsoft that creates a touch-based “white board” interface that lets users interact more naturally with data and applications on their computer.

JESS3 and Microsoft are partnering on a variety of things. Watch for upcoming exciting touch screen software designed by JESS3 for the Microsoft Surface. Update: