Microsoft has placed their new Vista website online. Windows Vista, known by many as Codename Longhorn, will arrive in 2006. From their website:

Windows Vista enables a new level of confidence in your PC and in your ability to get the most out of it. It introduces clear ways to organize and use information the way you want to use it. It seamlessly connects you to information, people, and devices that help you get the most out of life.

Windows Vista Beta1, targeted at developers and IT professionals, will be available by August 3rd 2005.

View: Microsoft Windows Vista Website | Announcement of the new Vista name

-Hopefully they would make a beta available to the public soon after Aug 3rd.