BANGALORE, INDIA: IT major Microsoft has recently said that its popular messenger platform MSN would retire and be replaced by already available new IM in the Windows Live Hotmail.

A blog on the Windows Live team website said, “With new web-based instant messaging (IM) now available in Windows Live Hotmail worldwide, we are preparing to retire MSN Web Messenger. The old MSN Web Messenger experience will end on June 30, 2009.”

This new initiative provides with easier and convenient communication while checking mails through Hotmail. With Hotmail’s new web-based IM, you can chat from your Hotmail inbox or contact list, instead of going to MSN Web Messenger, added the blog.