<p>Microsoft has fixed a problem that caused an outage for many users of Hotmail and the service that is replacing it, Outlook.com. Maintenance work continued to affect the calendaring component of Hotmail, however.</p><p>Microsoft acknowledged the email problem Tuesday afternoon and declared it fixed on Wednesday morning, about 13 hours later, according to a site that monitors the status of its services.</p><p>Its SkyDrive storage and file-sharing service also had problems for several hours, affecting people's ability to add, edit and remove files, or publish content with Windows Photo Gallery. That too is now fixed, Microsoft says.</p><p>As of 3 p.m. Pacific Time Wednesday, issues persisted with Hotmail's Calendar component, which is apparently undergoing its third straight day of maintenance. The issues can slow down the viewing and editing of calendars and trigger error messages. Users may also experience delays when syncing mail, contacts and calendar entries to their mail applications or phones, according to a status update.</p><p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2030777/microsoft-fixes-hotmail-outlookcom-glitches-that-caused-outage.html">Keep reading...</a></p>