FutureSplash was used by Microsoft in its early work with the Internet ( MSN ), and also by Disney Online for their subscription-based service, Disney's Daily Blast.

The university campus was listed by MSN as one of the most beautiful college campuses in the world.

In 1976, the MSN program was initiated.

Lieutenant Colonel Bazel F. Lazear was sent into Carter County with forces of the 12th Cavalry MSN to drive them out.

Online gaming was hosted by the MSN Gaming Zone.

The game was originally connected to the MSN Gaming Zone ; however, MSN stopped hosting the game.

The service itself was known as MSN Messenger Service from 1999 to 2001, at which time, Microsoft changed its name to. NET Messenger Service and began offering clients that no longer carried the " MSN " name, such as the Windows Messenger client included with Windows XP, which was originally intended to be a streamlined version of MSN Messenger, free of advertisements and integrated into Windows.

** MSN Messenger was the former name of the client from 1999 to 2006

** MSN Web Messenger was the former name of the web-based client

Designed for use by corporate users as well as home users, it was originally created as a streamlined and integrated version of MSN Messenger.

The Windows Messenger user interface was devoid of a lot of the clutter seen in its consumer-focused counterparts, MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger.

The product and service was developed by WebTV Networks, Inc., a company purchased by Microsoft Corporation and absorbed into MSN ( the Microsoft Network ).

To address these problems, the engineers at WebTV developed the MSN Companion, which was another easy-to-use thin client which used an SVGA monitor and mouse.

In July 2001, six years after WebTV's founding, Microsoft rebranded WebTV as MSN TV, and the WebTV division was dissolved, although the WebTV engineers continued to work for Microsoft, many of them working on Microsoft's Xbox video game system or Microsoft IPTV technology, offering television programming over the internet.

Because the WebTV client was subsidized hardware, the company had always required individual subscriptions for each box, but with the subsidies ended, MSN started offering free use of MSN TV boxes to their computer users who subscribed to MSN, as an incentive to not stray to discount dialup ISPs.

This initiative was the first broadband implementation of MSN TV.

The MSN protocol was taken over by Rako Shizuka who also developed the first version of Yahoo!

On July 1, 2010, Christgau announced in the introduction to his Consumer Guide column that the July 2010 installment would be his last on MSN.

Development of the free version of MSN Explorer was halted in favor of a version only available with MSN Internet Access, though the last free version ( Version 7 ) for those without an MSN Service Provider is still available.

In the last few years advertisers, publishers and ad networks such as MSN, AOL, Google and Yahoo have awoken to the power of displaying relevant advertising to highly targeted type-in traffic from domain names, browser address bar searches and error traffic.

One chain letter distributed on MSN Hotmail began, " Hey it's Tara and John the directors of MSN "... and tells you that your account will be deleted if you don't send that message to everyone.

This increase in Ca < sup > 2 +</ sup > is thought to be the cause of GABAergic MSN degradation

Microsoft appears to be devoting substantial resources to making MSN TV2 successful.

Although this clearly indicates Microsoft's intent to cease usage of the service, it is not yet known whether the DirectBand technology will be sold to another company, such as one of the hardware licensees of MSN Direct ( e. g. Garmin ) -- or whether the technology will be put in the public domain as an open source technology.

MSN Direct announces that service will be discontinued on January 1, 2012 due to reduced demand, since the increase of availability of Wi-Fi, Cellular, FM RDS and other digital networks.

The COLREGs are contained within the Merchant Shipping ( Distress Signals and Prevention of Collisions ) Regulations of 1996 as amended from time to time and is distributed and accessed in the form of a " Merchant Shipping Notice " ( MSN ), which is used to " convey mandatory information that must be complied with under UK legislation.

Despite the separation of MSNBC and Microsoft, the site will still be a part of and receive traffic from Microsoft's MSN. com portal.

MSN shared a similar sentiment when they included this " this loving, caring, super-sexy gal " on the list of " gaming's hottest babes ", placing her at number six, and stating that her presence in the series was " a little subtle, giving her more of an emotional undertone ," and that the franchise would not be as special without her.

MSN for Mac OS X would be a subscription-only browser that worked with the online MSN service, incorporate features like an address book, junk mail filters and an MSN Messenger client.

In 1995 JCI was selected to be one of the first content providers selected for Microsoft's MSN network prior to MSN's launch in the mid 1990s.

Many of the GameSpys previously supported by MSN Gaming Zone were moved to GameSpy Arcade, forcing users to install the new software to be able to continue playing these games online.

The following month it was announced that he would be moving to MSN UK to become executive producer.

However, despite the other new features being included in MSN Messenger 7, this feature did not make it due to large copyright issues that would be faced by Microsoft.

Microsoft announced that as of August 31, 2008, PlaysForSure content from their retired MSN Music store would need to be licensed to play before this date or burned permanently to CD, although this decision was later reversed.

MSN limits some HTML code from being used and JavaScript cannot be put onto any page due to security concerns.

The storage limit is 3 MB across all groups and can be upgraded to 30 MB if the person upgrades to MSN Hotmail Plus ( fee ).

However, on MSN Spaces an unlimited amount of images can be added without the need of paying.

* The term republicrats became the titular subject in a webisodic series produced through MSN and Generate: Republicrats.

In 2007 he wrote, produced and performed all the music to webshow Connected life, which airs weekly on MSN Canada.

Messenger ( formerly MSN Messenger Service,. NET Messenger Service and Windows Live Messenger Service ) is an instant messaging and presence system developed by Microsoft in 1999 for use with its MSN Messenger software and used today by its instant messaging clients including Windows 8, Windows Live Messenger, Microsoft Messenger for Mac, Outlook. com and Xbox Live.

Nevertheless, the company continued to offer more upgrades to MSN Messenger until the end of 2005, when all previous versions of MSN Messenger and Windows Messenger were superseded by a new program, Windows Live Messenger, as part of Microsoft's launch of its Windows Live online services.

Chat rooms are now provided by Internet Relay Chat ( IRC ) and other individual websites such as Yahoo, MSN, and AOL.

* MSNP (. NET Messenger Service as used by Windows Live Messenger AKA MSN Messenger ; no multimedia support )

Housed in the College of Health Professions, the School of Nursing offers BSN and MSN programs that are fully accredited by the National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission.

Rider fans have been referred to as the best fans in the league and were ranked the rowdiest fans of any sports team in Canada by MSN Sports, ranking ahead of the Canada men's national junior ice hockey team and the Montreal Canadiens.

Messenger and ICQ were added, followed later by IRC, MSN, and XMPP.

Worth approximately $ 9. 7 billion, TD has been regarded by MSN. com as Canada's most valuable bank.

Slate is a US-based English language online current affairs and culture magazine created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael Kinsley, initially under the ownership of Microsoft as part of MSN.

The resulting categories and profiles were downloaded at intervals by LookSmart and its partners, other search companies such as MSN, Lycos, and Altavista, for use in their own systems with or without modification.

Since Looksmart's acquisition of Zeal, its internet traffic as measured by Alexa fluctuated considerably ; after MSN withdrew from the related partnership, Zeal traffic declined from " usually better than 2000th " ( mid-2003 ) to " about 5000th " ( mid-2004 ).

In September 2012, it was stated by Off the Leash Pet News on MSN Living online that two of them, Monty ( who had appeared in the James Bond scenes in the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games ) and Cider ( who is half Dachshund ) had passed away, leaving only two Corgis, Willow and Holly, left.

Multiplayer mode was originally supported by Microsoft's MSN Gaming Zone, though this service was retired on June 19, 2006.