the web portal launched on august 24 1995 by microsoft. the site was launched at around the same time as windows 95. through msn, people can create an e-mail account using msn hotmail, a blog using msn spaces, a group using msn groups and plenty more. it is now the #2 visited site in the world behind yahoo!. many people have come across this site in one way or another because it is the default main page of internet explorer.