As a few sites had predicted, Windows Live Messenger will be dropping out of beta tonight... and now it's been confirmed by Leah on the MessengerSays blog.

The final build number is: 8.0.0787, the last beta was 689.

To download WLM, go to the official download page.

Hopefully we won't have to wait too long for a new messpatch to clean up the contact list and conversation windows, and for a version of MsgPlus! Live that works.

Update: Incredibly, just days after release, there's an update already! It appeared on Microsoft's site, then disappeared for a bit, then reappeared again. A little confusing, no?

The build number is now up to 8.0.0792. Not much has changed between the first release and this one, mainly some extra text inserted, preparing for the eventual Yahoo! integration.