Other services known as "MSN"

1 ) Hotmail

Hotmail is a free web-based email service by Microsoft. Originally started as an independent service in 1996, it became part of the MSN family in 1997. Since 2006, it has been part of Microsoft's Windows Live group of online services. Hotmail has over 380 million users worldwide and is available in 35 different languages

2) Messenger

MSN launched an instant messaging service in 1999 to compete with AOL Instant Messenger. The service was originally known as "MSN Messenger Service," and was later shortened to simply "MSN Messenger." Today, the underlying technology is known as ".NET Messenger Service," while the program used to access the service is called "Windows Live Messenger." Regardless, the term "MSN" has come to be synonymous with the messenger service in Internet slang. As of 2008, the messenger service has more than 225 million users