new messenger Have you checked out the new beta releases of Windows Live products?  You can download them at http://download.live.com.  I’ve mostly been playing around with the new version of Windows Live Messenger, and there are tons of great new things in the beta.  As I uncover more of them, I’ll definitely be blogging about them over the weeks ahead.

But for now, I thought I’d go straight to one of the definitive sources of information on the new beta release.  I talked with Michael Bramlage, a Senior Product Manager on the Windows Live team, to get an overview of what’s new and specifically some of the features he really likes.  We talked for quite a while, so this podcast is a bit longer than most.

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If you haven’t tried it yet, it’s well worth the download.  And after you’ve played around with it a little, please share your thoughts with the rest of the Windows Live Community as part of our most recent challenge.

- Marcus