1) Insecure.org has released Nmap 4.20 APLHA11 to the public. Looking over the changelog, we can see that the second generation OS detection has been fully integrated. Don't worry, you can still set a command-line switch and only use OS1 if you want. The last couple of aplha updates have been focused at increasing the 2nd gen OS detection database. Cool stuff.
Also check out the "--open" option. It causes Nmap to show only open ports. Ports in the states openclosed" and "unfiltered" might be open, so those are shown unless the host has an overwhelming number of them.
2) Gaim 2.0.0 Beta5 was released recently. They fixed a bunch of buglets from the last beta. The Gaim Team recommends this release to anyone using the earlier betas, and to anyone having problems with a Gaim 1.x.x release. I updated from Gaim 2.0. Beta4 without a real issue. I couldn't get my OTR plugin to work however.
3) Metasploit is working hard on the MSF3 (with all its wireless hacking mojo). However, not long ago, they released Metasploit 2.7. It is mostly just a maintenance release which includes minor tweaks and fixes for 2.6. Bigger console for msfconsole, UI tweaks, and some cosmetic changes, etc.
In the words of HD Moore, "basically it sucks less on Windows now". Exploit development for 2.7 is a bit slower than normal because 3.0 is getting all the extra attention. But fear not, new exploits for 2.7 will be created.
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