Hotmail will announce plans to offer more space to customers. In a bid to rival Google's upcoming Gmail, MSN plan to give free customers as much as 250meg of email space. MSN will also announce a plan to have a "plus" paid version of Hotmail for $19.95 a year which will include 2gig of email space.
Free Hotmail Service:

250meg storage + 10meg attachment limit

30 day expiry if no activity Antivirus scan & clean Hotmail Plus Service: Annual fee (price varies per country) expected to be $19.95 2gig of storage + 20meg attachment limit No expire date No unneeded graphics or ads Access to pop3 settings Antivirus scan & clean ... more

With this free and customizable search tool, you can Search the Web from any Web page; Use the Highlight Viewer to quickly locate your search words; Use Quick Links to launch MSN Hotmail, MSN Messenger, and your personalized MSN home page; and Get rid of pop-up ads with the Pop-up Guard.Download ... more

This software is designed to add functionalities to the Instant Chat program from Microsoft called Windows Messenger (also known as MSN Messenger).Messenger Plus! is one of the oldest and most respected add-ons for MSN Messenger.



* Ever wondered how toautomatically save your chat logs ?
* quickly hide your conversations from your boss, at work or at school ? * personalize your away status ? * know how many mails are waiting for you on your POP mail ? * use cool colors and formatting in your discussions ? * let your contacts know why you're away, and when you'll be back ? Messenger Plus! is MSN Messenger 6 compatible and also is ... more

Today MSN have released another refresh update to the MSN 9 beta. Included in the update is a new version of MSN Explorer 9 and MSN Messenger 6.1. This brings MSN Messenger 6.1 up to build 6.1.0150 and MSN 9 Explorer to 9.00.0010.1601.
No huge changes in either application just the usual bugs getting squashed. It should be noted that MSN Messenger 6.1 functions fine with Messenger Plus! MSN Messenger 6.1 is due to launch officially tomorrow. Although there has been a refresh today it doesn't seem likely that build 0150 will be the final build as it still bares the (BETA) tag. But for all of those wanting to keep up to date with Messenger 6.1 Beta and MSN 9 beta, download away



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MSN is the all-in-one software from Microsoft that makes it easy to get more from the Web. It works with your existing Internet connection, allowing you to browse the web, e-mail and instant message friends, chat, listen to music and much more. Easily sign-in and access to your favorite MSN features and an integrated media player offers a great new way to find and play music and video. It supports up to 9 users, so everyone in your family has their own e-mail, buddies, favorite sites, etc. Innovative new automatic update mechanism delivers updates (service improvements and new features) to you. ... more

There was alot of speculation from people all over the world saying that it is not possible or its fake that the MSN 9 Screenshot that were leaked. To prove them wrong AGAIN it has leaked.
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Here at Neowin we have been following the progress of MSN 8.5 very closely and checking every bug has been fixed. We are pleased to announce Microsoft have finished MSN Explorer 8.5 and today we previously announced the product was complete.
Now we can bring you an exclusive download of MSN Explorer 8.5 before it is available generally and before MSN 8 subscribers recieve updated CDs including the software. MSN 8.5 is designed as an interim update to MSN 8 preparing MSN to take the next step to MSN Explorer 9 which will be fully intergrated into Windows Explorer and will include MSN Messenger 6.0.



The final build is marked as 8.50.0017.1202, a build that previously entered the be ... more

A new build of MSN 8.5 has been released by Micosoft to it's MSN 8 Explorer testers. There are no major changes. MSN Explorer 8.5 is due to be released to current and new MSN 8 subscribers by the end of this month and MSN Explorer 9 internal testing to begin.Although MSN Explorer 8.5 will be released soon it will not contain MSN Messenger
6.0. The release is designed as an interim release for bug fixes and small improvements,
nevertheless a welcome one. MSN Messenger 6.0 will be intergrated with MSN Explorer
9 later this year. Expect major changes to MSN Explorer 9 with a new UI and
changes to MSN Explorer and MSN Messenger allowing them to intergrate fully
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MSN is the all-in-one software from Microsoft that makes it easy to get more from the Web. It works with your existing Internet connection, allowing you to browse the web, e-mail and instant message friends, chat, listen to music and much more. Easily sign-in and access to your favorite MSN features and an integrated media player offers a great new way to find and play music and video. It supports up to 9 users, so everyone in your family has their own e-mail, buddies, favorite sites, etc. Innovative new automatic update mechanism delivers updates (service improvements and new features) to you.Note: You must be an MSN subscriber to use this software.
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MSN Messenger 6.0, due to be released on the 17th of July will include a myriad of personalization options aimed at home users. Users will have the option to have a "My MSN Picture" which is a buddy picture of yourself displayed in much the same way as in MSN Explorer 8.0. Users will also see better Webcam support for Windows XP, more games and most importantly 75 new emoticons. There will be the possibilty to use your own emoticons, however the other person you are chatting to will have to have these emoticons too - this isn't very clear at this stage.

For everyone into Instant Messaging and for the guys over at Mess with MSN Messenger it will be a great release. This kind of customizat ... more