Microsoft has released on 1st May Expression Media 2 both in a Windows and Mac version, an update of the DAM (image catalog) program.
This program is the inheritance of iView MediaPro that was acquired by Microsoft and renamed Expression Media. It delivers cataloguing functions with of course metadata handling. The new version allows, among other enhancements, contemporary view and edit of a shared catalog.
Together with EM v2, Microsoft has released Pro Photo Tools (Windows XP and Vista only), a free geotagging software, available here.