If you use Hotmail, you might have noticed it was having problems yesterday. As yet, Microsoft has not announced a reason. And. Some users may still be having trouble logging in.

Paul Allen’s lawsuits against the computing world may create lots of problems for any number of companies, but… Is the unimplemented idea that much more important than the working model?

Windows is not the most Wi-Fi aware operating system. This article looks at five free, and one low cost, applications to help Windows become more Wi-Fi friendly.

SmartBear Software announced the release of AQtime 7.0, an application runtime analysis and performance profiling tool. Version 7.0 works with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and Embarcadero RAD Studio XE, and adds support for Java and Microsoft .NET 4 Framework.

Windows Phone 7 has been released to manufacturing. Windows Live Mesh was just announced. But. The two items won’t work together. For that you need a third-party application called Dropbox.

Allometa BVBA has launched Tagwolf Email Filing Assistant, a new software product to save time while filing email messages in Microsoft Outlook. Tagwolf speeds up filing by intelligently suggesting the best folder for each email message.

A survey taken at DEFCON 18 indicates most networks are misconfigured and that such networks are easily hacked. Many of those most apt to hack your network are your co-workers.

M-Files new Cloud Vault is a hosted solution offering a simple, centralized document vault accessible from any Windows application, whether online or offline, for less than $20 per month.

Microsoft has released a Fixit Tool to help administrators apply a workaround to close the DLL launch vulnerability. The workaround released last week has to be applied before this tool will work.

Last year Microsoft offered a Family Pack, three upgrade licenses for $150, for a few weeks. The offer is back, again for a short time only, beginning in October.