Microsoft have released a plugin to sync both your contacts and email between Windows Live Mail and Outlook instead of/as well as using the web interface. This used to be paid for but is now free 🙂 (you still have to pay if you want to sync calendars as well..). For those who find the web interface of Windows Live slowwwwww, this is great 🙂 Maybe I’ll switch back from gmail now..
download it here