Goodbye Hotmail....Hello Outlook.com!

Big news: Microsoft is phasing out Hotmail and replacing the email service with the sleeker, Metro-looking Outlook.com. As of Tuesday, anyone can log into Outlook.com using an MSN based email account, such as yourname@hotmail.com, to check out the new Gmail competitor.

If it's been a while since you've checked out Hotmail, you're in for a nice surprise. Outlook.com is simpler, cleaner, and more lightweight than its predecessor, lining it up well against the likes of Google's popular Gmail service.