New plugins
Advanced Blog Metrics allows you to learn more about your readers and how they react to your posts.
Media Library Assistant provides several enhancements for managing the Media library
Updated plugins
Block Bad Queries protects your website against malicious URL requests.
Jetpack allows you to supercharge your WordPress site with powerful features previously only available to WordPress.com users.
The “Block Bad Queries” plugin looks really interesting, as a good security for WP installs is crucial.
I’ve been a big fan of JetPack for a while. However I have noticed some hosts will throttle your CPU usage. If this occurs, a program like JetPack might actually make your hosting slower.
I love JetPack, have used it for awhile now. The best part is they keep adding more and more tools to play with!