| THE NEW version of MSN Spacesfrom Microsoft – Windows Live Spaces – is now active. And it's designed to seamlessly interwork with other Live services such as Live Mail (the old Hotmail) and Live Messenger. One of the greatest benefits for Hotmail fans will be that you can share the same addressbook – Live Contacts – between your IM service (Messenger); your web mail (Live Mail); and your personal blog (Live Spaces). That makes it much easier to add security to an online blog since Live Spaces can let its users specify who can contact them, who can see their profile and who can view the contents of their blog site. Live Spaces offers users the ability to choose 'gadgets'. These are tools that very simply add facilities such as a news ticker; a quote of the day; and a weather forecast to a personal blog. As predicted, Live Spaces is being supported by banner advertising. When the INQ tried Spaces, there was an advert from Virgin Money on display. Existing MSN Spaces users won't have to change their browser bookmark. The link takes them straight to the new Live Spaces. |
