• Background scenes – Customize Windows Live Messenger to suit your mood
• Personal status message – Post a personal message that all your contacts see
• “What’s New” feed – Get updates on the friends in your Windows Live network
• Contact list layout – Change the size and placement of your contacts display
• Mail integration – Go directly to Hotmail from Messenger
• Display pictures with moods – Use your webcam to take display pictures that show the real you
• Shared games – Play games while you chat with your friends
• Photo sharing – Share photos with your friends while chatting
• Groups – Create groups to chat simultaneously with up to 20 people
• Video chat (PC to PC) – Chat face-to-face in real time using your webcam
• Turn your IM into an SMS (PC to mobile) -  IM your friends on their mobile phones

Download Windows Live Messenger for Free (Direct Link):

==> http://g.live.com/1rewlive3/en/wlsetup-web.exe

Windows Live Messenger  Download Page (short link)

==> http://download.live.com/

Live Messenger (MSN) Home Page (short link)

==> http://windowslive.com/Desktop/messenger