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In another headache for Microsoft, a security breach in the company's free MSN Hotmail email service has called into question the use of programs that are meant to make the process of accessing Web-based email easier but can end up making email vulnerable to invasion.

Hotmail hole raises larger security issues A security hole discovered yesterday in Microsoft's MSN Hotmail calls into question the free email service's practice of allowing users to log on from any Web page, security experts say. Hotmail hole exposes free email accounts update Although Microsoft says it has patched a security hole in its MSN Hotmail free email service that let anyone access users' accounts without a password, tests of the program prove otherwise. previous coverage Microsoft admits glitch in chat software In an embarrassing turn of events for Microsoft in its ongoing battle against America Online over instant messaging, the software giant admitted that a glitch in its chat software allows nonauthorized users to see a person's email password.