One of the hottest technologies right now is Microsoft's SharePoint and Office 365. These two new technologies are making it easier for groups to work together on small to large projects while quickly and painlessly sharing information and tasks.
Microsoft is fighting back now against Google's ChromeBooks and Google Docs Online with its Microsoft Web Apps (see video). As more people, businesses and organizations are getting access to high speed internet and unlimited data plans more and more companies like Microsoft and Google are offering Cloud based application and services.
I just found this website from Microsoft that gives students free software to help them learn programming, robotics and mathematics. The site offers students such software titles as: