Microsoft has announced a major refresh of MSN, one of the most popular media destinations on the Internet, with the launch of Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10.

As of yesterday, July 14th, 2012, Microsoft has agreed to give NBC News full control of MSNBC.com. Because of this, NBC is rebranding the site to NBCnews.com.

MSN Health, the health and wellness channel on MSN, has transitioned to MSN Healthy Living. The new site features a vibrant visual design with focused content that helps readers live life more healthfully.

Fring is VoIP app that lets you make calls and send messages to Skype, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger, SIP, Twitter and Facebook.

Earlier today, the Israeli MSN and Hotmail pages were hijacked by a turkish hacker.

aMSN is a nice alternative to the original MSN Messenger that offers all the features of the original as well as some other unique ones.