MySpace gets a makeover

[The Feedster]

Presumably in an attempt to grab the social networkingmantle back from Facebook, MySpace has announced a drastic revamp of its site's features, due to be launched this Wednesday, 18 June.

The new homepage, which has been in development sinceDecember, will include an instant messenger, an upgrade for YouTube-like videoplayer MySpaceTV, and general enhancements to site navigation, profile editingand search systems.

The new MySpaceTV will include HD support, a full-screenmode and new file-sharing options.

"Social Portal"

MySpace sales and marketing president Jeff Berman hasdescribed the new look as "elegant", saying it continues the site's evolutionfrom social network to "social portal".

The instant messenger has already been up and running for afew days, and is proving popular with users, though can currently only be runon Windows PCs.

Not to be outdone, Pidgin, Trillian and eBuddy have alreadyannounced planned support for MySpace IM through their own chat programmes,though MySpace is rumoured to be working on Mac and webchat versions, whichare due to appear soon.

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