The new beta is here!  If you're wondering why I've been so quiet this year, this is a big part of the reason.  The other one is an 11-month old squirt who likes to open dresser drawers and pull everything out over and over.  This beta release is significant for a number of reasons, but I think the thing you'll really start to notice (especially as we rollout Wave 3 final with the "rest of it") is that Windows Live really stands for something now.  There's just so much cool stuff happening now.

Go to http://download.live.com/ and get the newest Messenger, Mail, Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, Writer, Toolbar, and Family Safety.  Photo Gallery is probably the app I use the most outside of Messenger.  Just a couple weeks ago I created my first panoramic stitch out of photos of the Washington coast (yes, I know this feature has been around for a year - but I just started taking decent photos!)  This feature alone is worth the price of admission (well... it's free!)  But this was ONE click to create.