Microsoft Overhauling Hotmail

American Voices

May 20, 2010 | ISSUE 46•20

Software giant Microsoft is planning a significant upgrade to its web-based e-mail portal Hotmail. What do you think?

I don't know, I think Hotmail is probably as good at receiving spam as it's ever going to get."

Kevin Pettibon
Machinist
Stop right there. I refuse to associate with anyone who uses a Hotmail account or asks questions about Hotmail."

Jeff Lockett
Commercial Developer
Just answer me this: Do I still get to keep RockingAunt7, or not?"

Kaye Dukowski
Auto Claims Analyst

Suspect Arrested In Etan Patz Case

05.24.12 | ISSUE 48•22

A suspect in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, the first missing child to be put on a milk carton, was taken into custody.
U.S. Census Overcounted By 36,000

05.24.12 | ISSUE 48•21

A survey revealed that the 2010 census counted an extra 36,000 people, or 0.01 percent, because of duplicate forms and deaths, which is down from the 0.49 percent overcount in the 2000 census.
Egypt Holds First Presidential Elections

05.23.12 | ISSUE 48•21

Fifteen months after Egyptian ruler Hosni Mubarak was deposed, Egyptians voted in their first-ever free presidential elections.
Catholic Orgs Sue Over Birth-Control Rule

05.23.12 | ISSUE 48•21

Several Catholic institutions, including Notre Dame, are suing the federal government over the Obama administration’s birth control funding mandate.
Posthumously-Conceived Children Get No Benefits

05.22.12 | ISSUE 48•21

The Supreme Court ruled that a set of twins conceived with frozen sperm through in vitro fertilization 18 months after the father's death are not eligible for Social Security survivor benefits.