The second beta of Windows Live Essentials 11, the application bundle containing Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Photo Gallery, Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Sync, and more besides, was released today.
The update includes a load of stability and performance enhancements, along with several new or improved features: publishing videos to flickr from Movie Maker, better support of Gmail's special spam and trash folders, and larger video uploads to SkyDrive, to name a few.
Game-streaming technology company InstantAction is launching its very own title on Monday that puts a Guitar Hero-like experience inside of Facebook, and soon on any other site.

IE is the only major browser that has still not patched a bug which allows hackers to hijack Web mail accounts and steal data, says security researcher.