Microsoft DirectX Multimedia Exposition

Undoubtedly, Microsoft has the biggest Web site in the world. There are thousands of pages, sections, FTP sites, and so on. However, the page that you should be interested in is the DirectX Multimedia Expo. You can find it at

http://www.microsoft.com/directx/

On this page you'll find the latest news and downloads of the latest versions of DirectX, DirectMedia, and any patches to previous versions. You could do worse than to take an hour each week and read through this information. It will definitely keep you up-to-date with the wonderful world of Microsoft and DirectX. And, of course, let's not leave out the new Xbox site:

http://www.xbox.com/