Microsoft Crams Facebook Into Outlook With Outlook Social Connector

Microsoft launched the Outlook Social Connector earlier this year, beginning with the integration of LinkedIn into all the elements of Outlook. Now, Mashable is reporting that Microsoft is about to integrate both Facebook and Windows Live Messenger into Outlook in much the same way.

Outlook will pull both pictures and status updates from Facebook friends directly into your email, as well as various other information like wall posts and activities. What you can't do is update...