I was just sorting through the 500 spam messages in my Hotmail inbox, and noticed that I received both a Mail Beta and a Messenger Beta invitation.

Mail looks nice and simple, and the drag-and-drop functionality is showy. But, it only works in IE6/PC, and it’s sluggish as hell. I wasn’t able to select & delete more than 10-15 spam messages at a time without it timing-out. SIGN UP HERE

Messenger got a face lift, and they added some VOIP functionality. The “Shared Folder” feature sounds interesting, but I don’t know anybody else with the Beta, so I haven’t tested it. SIGN UP HERE