MSN Soapbox is Microsoft’s competitor to YouTube.  As all the tech companies surely know by now, it’s “cool” to have a video sharing site and Microsoft isn’t about to be left behind — especially now with Google’s acquisition of YouTube.  Yahoo has Yahoo Video, Google has Google Video and YouTube, so Microsoft has added their site into the mix.

Soapbox is currently in private beta, however I’ve gotten an invite (via the folks at on10) and I’ll be writing a review of how this service will help and hurt a bit later on in the evening (when I get access to some media that I can upload there!).

Thus far it seems nice, although I will say Microsoft’s clinging to .net is frustrating!