LinkedIn will soon roll out a nifty new contact browsing interface that should make things a bit easier for workplace social butterflies who have a lot of people to keep track of. The update adds a panel that you can use to browse contacts by their companies, industries or locations. You can also find folks based on various tags that you define (for example, “recruiters” or “classmates”) and recent activity

It’s been an eventful day: among all the breaking news about Microsoft signing a search deal with Facebook and Twitter , Google doing the same with Twitter and later announcing social search , one can easily forget that today is the day that Vista gets replaced by something better: Windows 7. As we wrote earlier, the interest for the new OS from Microsoft has been huge, making Windows 7 the biggest pre-order item in the history of Amazon UK and a perpetual trending topic on Twitter . The reactions from users and reviewers have been mostly positive , but after the lukewarm it’s-ok-but-why-should-switch-from-WinXP attempt that was Vista, the fact that people can’t wait to get their hands on Windows 7 is hardly a surprise.

Brazen Careerist has quietly been a great place to connect with young Generation Y adults who care about changing the world, turning their passions into careers, and advancing themselves.

Before today, UpMo primarily focused on providing its members with a guided road map for success in their professional endeavors. They asked you questions about your networking style, combined that info with your professional role model, and presented you with an action plan designed to get you from novice to notable mover and shaker status

Amazon has put Windows 7 up for preorder in the UK, and the sales so far have been amazing. In the first 8 hours, BBC reports , more copies of Windows 7 were sold than those of Windows Vista in its entire 17 week pre-order period. Yes, Windows 7 is somewhat of a quick fix for the unsuccessful Vista, but it’s a solid quick fix, and Windows users, who haven’t had a chance to switch to a really good new Windows OS since Windows XP can’t wait to get their hands on Windows 7.

oDesk is already a fantastic tool for freelancers and web workers , but today they’re getting even more useful. The site that connects buyers (service seekers) with providers (freelancers) is now utilizing Facebook Connect to add social utility to the work force. With Facebook Connect, oDesk buyers and providers can now share their job-related activity on oDesk with their Facebook friends, essentially extending the reach and distribution of available job opportunities and spreading the word about their professional expertise.