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A technical problem has kept an undetermined number of Windows Live Hotmail users from using their e-mail accounts for over 12 hours yesterday. While the spokeswoman for Microsoft declined to be specific about the number of people affected, the issue was serious enough to warrant the posting of a prominent note at the top of the Windows Live Solution Center. Hotmail has about 355 million active accounts worldwide but there are many strong competitors.

The latest generation of the Apple Safari browser is out and seems to be attracting as much criticism as praise. Some love the changes and speed while others find compatibility problems with plugins they have been using with v4. The biggest issue is perhaps the vulnerability with the Autofill feature which could allow a malicious website to capture personal info even where a user has not entered data into that webpage. Apple are 'aware', but until fixed it might be wise to turn this function off.

Anything free is good, right? Wrong - free antivirus software may seem like a great deal but in practice rarely provides comprehensive protection against today's risks and with few or zero updates, then tomorrows malware will stroll right past it. Most free software is bait to tempt users to purchase paid products. Compromising on the quality of your security measures can lead to hard drive crash, disk failure or even identity theft. That's when your free deal gets really expensive!