The Windows Live Gallery got a minor update yesterday, and at the same time a new MSN Soapbox gadget was uploaded.

Make your statement on Soapbox on MSN Video – whether it’s silly, crazy or serious, it’s yours. Upload your

Hey Berkowitz try selling this stuff instead of bashing it, it rocks.

The Windows Live Local blog announced a new minor point release that packs in lots of new features.  First, the Birds Eye navigation control has been replaced, the thumbnail …

Although there doesn’t seem to be any official announcement as of yet, a new build of WLMd is available.  Sign up at ideas.live.com if you haven’t tried out the public beta, or if you’re signed up you can download it …

As Harrison hinted a few days ago, a new build of Windows Live Messenger 8.1 has been released to testers (built 8.1.0168 if you’re into those kind of things).

The update seems to be primarily bug fixes, which will …

OK I have to keep my Brandons straight here – Brandon LeBlanc points to a post by Brandon Paddock, announcing that code name Casino has reverted from being a Windows Live product and is now Windows.

 In B. Paddock’s …

Things have been pretty quiet on the Messenger front lately.  We have not seen a new build released since the end of October when it went into public beta.  That means that it’s time for some shiny new Messenger …

Still no sign of Ray Ozzie, but Online Services Group Senior Vice President Steve Berkowitz has been popping up all over the place lately, and the bottom line seems to be a return to supporting MSN at the expense …

An update to the Windows Live OneCare Family Safety website (fss.live.com) has taken place this weekend, with the layout changing to the familiar Orb + Flair seen on the many other Windows Live sites. According to an email sent to …

A new version of the Custom Domains SDK is up at Microsoft.com downloads, version 1.2.  Here’s the overview:

The Windows Live Custom Domains SDK is intended for customers and partners who want to programmatically accomplish many of the administration tasks

Windows Live Custom Domains has just been updated, adding in several new features. From the team blog:

• All top level domains (TLDs) are now supported
• You can now register subdomains along with domains, or domains and subdomains on their own, however you