<p>Late in July, Microsoft unveiled Outlook.com, a new Webmail service designed to take the place of the aging Hotmail.</p><p>For anyone still using the old service (and as of July of last year, some 360 million users were signing into their accounts every month), this undoubtedly raises some questions -- not the least of which is, "What's going to happen to my old account?"</p><p>As of right now, you can still sign into your Microsoft Hotmail, MSN, and Windows Live accounts. Eventually, however, Microsoft will shut them down -- all the more reason to make the move to Outlook.com right now.</p><p>You'll be glad you did. Although it lacks some of the more advanced features of, say, Gmail, Outlook.com offers a pretty, clutter-free interface and some great mail-organization tools. (Proof positive: "Five Ways Outlook.com Beats Gmail -- and One Way it Doesn't.")</p><p><a href="http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/opinion/internet/3400926/how-move-from-hotmail-outlookcom/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/27/tip-of-the-week-checking-the-mail-service/">Tip of the Week: Checking the Mail Service</a> (New York Times (blog))</p><p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2010598/gmail-vs-outlook-com-which-offers-the-best-email-in-the-cloud.html">Gmail vs. Outlook.com: Which offers the best email in the cloud?</a> (PCWorld (blog))</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&ned=us&ncl=dzrkKG5bXONtqLM69l0LlIzQ12OGM">9 additional articles.</a></p>