I often got server error messages when I tried to click on MSN.co.nz stories yesterday, and today links are landing me directly on TV3.co.nz. I'm not sure if that's intentional or not, but it's sure kicking me out of the MSN.co.nz environment pretty quick smart.

Rival YahooXtra.co.nz is not revelatory, and many of its promised whizzbang services (including a local take on Flickr and an iTunes-style music service) won't arrive until June. But it is a handsome marriage of Yahoo and Xtra's existing content and services. I was surprised to find buttons had appeared top right for my Yahoo Mail and Messenger. It was very cleanly integrated onto the YahooXtra page, though I do have to admit I'd practically forgotten I had a Yahoo address, having long ago defected to another service.