The new MSN, now in beta preview, is less customizable, but also less cluttered than iGoogle, and MSN is more streamlined and easier to use than the newly redesigned Yahoo homepage.

Last fall, Microsoft showed off a preview of a more social-network-friendly version of the MSN home page. Starting March 9, the company will begin rolling out that home page to its U.S. audience ...

MSN’s new home page, which you can see at preview.msn.com, is the first one that doesn’t look like it was designed by Microsoft. The new page has the same cheery look and feel as the Bing ...