Windows Calendar

Calendar 

A new addition to Windows is Windows Calendar, a basic calendar application.  It could be described as a stripped-down outlook with As-You-Type search built in.  It also sports a cluster of buttons echoing Windows Media Player and Windows Photo Gallery.

Games





Windows Vista has improved upon it support for games by adding in a Games area, similar to Pictures of Computer, dedicated to the management of games.  One feature that has been lacking is Parent Controls, and Vista delivers with the ability to limit games based on a number of different game ratings systems including ESRB and PEGI, among others.

Windows Mail

Formerly Outlook Express, Windows Mail offers basic mail capabilities:

Windows Mail / Outlook Express 

Check back in a few days for a first look at Windows Live Mail and some of the other Windows Live applications that will become an important online counterpart to Windows Vista and XP.  Interestingly, Windows Mail does not appear to have any built-in integration with Windows Live at the moment.

Windows Mail appears to be essentially a very evolutionary update to Outlook Express.  The main new feature appears to be As-You-Type search, similar to all the other Windows Live applications.

Windows Movie Maker

Microsoft’s entry-level video editing program is upgraded in Vista, although it will probably be available in Windows XP:

Windows Movie Maker