The Microsoft Network got around to releasing Beta 2 of the upcoming MSN 8 client a few minutes ago via an autoupdate. We will update you with whatever changes have been made as soon as they are available to us. Here are the changes noticed so far:
- The media player has been added as a ticket option on the dashboard
- New Sound Files
- Banking improvements
- MSN Money Plus improvements
MSN 8 to foist fees on outsiders
Microsoft this week plans to move one step closer to launching MSN 8, a major overhaul of its online service that for the first time will charge people who use an alternate Internet service provider. The company expects to release the second testing version to preselected testers as early as Tuesday. MSN 8 Beta 2, which is feature complete, sports new parental controls and e-mail spam filtering, among other features.
Note: Activewin have discovered it launches October 24th
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News source: Activewin
