Minecraft Beta 1.9 pre-release out NOW!

You can get it here

Installation instructions for Windows (XP, vista or 7):

1. Press Win+R to open the "Run" menu
2. Type in %appdata% and hit Enter
3. Now you should be in your appdata folder
4. Open the folder called "Minecraft"
5. Now open "bin"
6. replace the (existing) minecraft.jar with the one you just downloaded and voilà, you can now play 1.9 pre-release!

New Mob!

Notch: Got frustrated with AWS, so I made a new mob! :D It will be craftable, is friendly, and throws snowballs at enemies. Also melts in hot biomes. Also, they spread snow by walking around. Nice.