Kahuna (upcoming version of MSN Hotmail) Exposed

Kahuna is codename for an upcoming version of Hotmail the popular MSN email service.

You can find some screenshots of what to expect:
http://www.messbase.nl/uploads/mail_beta_preview_01.jpg
http://www.messbase.nl/uploads/mail_beta_preview_02.jpg

It will have AJAX support, so you never have to refresh the entire page again. Just like Gmail!

In other news, say hello to MSN VirtualEarth another service by Microsoft to rival Google Maps and Google Earth. Its a tough future ahead with big competition along the way :)

About time Microsoft upped their game with hotmail to rival Gmail.

Apparently it will come with 2Gigs of space too :)

I have just been invited to trial the new Hotmail Kahuna system. Its very fast, a bit similar to Microsoft Outlook in the way it functions but obviously the online version!

However what caught my attention is the page that I was redirected to after logging out of the new system. I was taken to: http://www.start.com

It tells you a lot about what MS is thinking, I wouldnt be too surprised to see this domain being the default homepage shipping with IE7 and Windows Vista in the future. Clever!