Today is an exciting milestone for MSN. We are beginning the launch of our new homepage to our customers in the U.S. The new MSN homepage cuts through the clutter with a clean, new design and offers search, news, local and social networking – all in one place. We encourage you to try the new homepage...

Preview of the new MSN page along with the new butterfly logo is up. Check it out at preview.msn.com

MSN Direct, the service that offers traffic, weather, movie times and more to some GPS units, including Garmin Nuvi 780 , 880, 885, will go dark on January 1, 2012. The announcement was made with the backdrop of other technologies coming forward, namely the slow promising crawl of broadband connected...

Microsoft is closing Soapbox, its onetime video-sharing rival to Google's YouTube, the company said Tuesday. Last month, Microsoft told CNET News it planned to significantly scale back Soapbox . Now it turns out Soapbox will be scaled all the way down to nothing. "We have decided to shut down...

Microsoft plunged into the crowded field of online entertainment and celebrity news on Thursday, taking the wraps off a new website known as Wonderwall. Wonderwall.com is a joint venture between MSN, the internet arm of the US software giant, and BermanBraun Interactive, a media company based in Santa...

Microsoft Corp. plans to acquire the 50.1% it doesn't already own in MSN Israel Ltd. from partner Internet Gold Ltd., the companies said on Sunday. The companies said in a statement that they're "discussing the terms of migration and possible future cooperation." Meantime, they're...

Microsoft is dangling prizes made by arch-nemesis Apple to entice Australian web surfers to give its online search products a second chance. Through its local joint venture with the Nine Network, ninemsn, Microsoft recently completed a full revamp of Live Search to improve results and integrate video...

After taking some heat for its April decision to shutter its MSN Music servers , Microsoft this week backtracked and decided to allow access until the end of 2011. "After careful consideration, Microsoft has decided to continue to support the authorization of new computers and devices and delivery...

Madonna’s exclusive performance at New York City’s famed Roseland Ballroom will be available live to millions of fans via an online broadcast at http://music.msn.com/madonna , it was confirmed today by MSN and Control Room, which announced that the show will stream live Wednesday evening, April 30, at...

The identities of Microsoft's two online brands, MSN and Windows Live, have been a subject of confusion since the company launched the latter a few years ago. So it was interesting -- and a bit perplexing -- to see these billboards show up in Seattle recently. Here's why: Microsoft has positioned...