A new build of Windows Live Essentials (Messenger, Writer, Photo Gallery, Toolbar, etc.) is now available at http://download.live.com/ and I was especially impressed with the French marketing team’s list of 50 new features. Of course, it’s in French, so I read it using Windows Live Translator:
http://www.windowslivetranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=WLButton#http://www.windowslive.fr/2009/nouveautes/index.htm
Enjoy--
--Rob 
