MSN

In its never-ending quest to dominate any market it enters, Microsoft released MSN 8 with hopes of winning over AOL members and wooing other Internet users with improved features and a few exclusives. With AOL 8.0 now a week out of the gate, we put the two side by side to compare. Watch "Tech Live" tonight for the results. I don't like spam One of the biggest complaints Internet users have is junk mail. More and more …

…take the next step in their own quest for domination of the Internet, though it'll cost them $21.95 a month. Summary: New version of MSN offers laundry list of improvements, like email spam filtering, virus protection, and a library of online versions of popular Microsoft software. While the online service is still a bit advanced for Internet newbies, it will certainly please those ready to jump from the AOL handholding experience to a more novice-level service.