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MSN Spaces picked up a four-star review from PC Magazine. Very impressive for a new Microsoft service.

Congrats to Mike Torres and the MSN Spaces Team.

From Cade Metz of PC Magazine ...

"It's was only a matter of time. Earlier this month, Microsoft finally jumped on the blogging bandwagon, introducing MSN Spaces (spaces.msn.com), a free tool for those looking to run their own Web log. Though still in beta, the service is close to ready. It's wonderfully easy to use, and its slick set of editing tools is surprisingly powerful. You can even equip your blog with a running slide show of digital photos.

... If you don't have a blog, MSN Spaces is a great place to start one-particularly if you're already using Hotmail and Messenger. No, 10MB isn't a great amount of storage space, but it's certainly enough to get by."

Steve Rubel is a PR strategist with nearly 16 years of public relations, marketing, journalism and communications experience. He currently serves as a Senior Vice President with Edelman, the largest independent global PR firm.He authors the Micro Persuasion weblog, which tracks how blogs and participatory journalism are changing the public relations practice.