Share "What's New" The "What's New" feed is an easy place for your friends to get all your Windows Live updates– right from the Today Page or whenever they e-mail you. And, when you add web activities, they'll also get your updates from popular sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Pandora.

Faster than ever: Now it's up to 70 percent faster to sign in and see your e-mail.*

Simpler, cleaner design: Now the classic and full versions of Hotmail are combined, so you have access to all the Hotmail features. You can use new themes and colors to design the look of your inbox.

New calendar: Create, share, and subscribe to calendars more easily than ever. You can even access your calendar through the Windows Live Mail desktop application or Outlook through the Outlook Connector.

Spam protection: The latest spam protection technology helps block unwanted messages and viruses and reduces spam by 80 percent (compared to spam in the inbox levels of August 2006).

*Based on Microsoft tests performed July 2008, Hotmail showed up to 70 percent greater speed for the following over broadband connections: sign in, view e-mail, open e-mail. Over narrowband connections, tests showed up to 56 percent greater speed for the same transactions.