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POP3 access for Hotmail/Windows Live Mail is finally available worldwide:

POP server: pop3.live.com
POP SSL required? Yes
User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example your...@hotmail.com
Password: The password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows Live
SMTP server: smtp.live.com
Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username and password)
TLS/SSL required? Yes

via Ars Technica

With an impending release, this week saw pretty much bug squashing. Most notably were:

• the Heisenbugs: “hey, let’s ship the debug version” (they occur in release mode only)
• the Schroedinger Bugs: “impossible, this piece of code has been running without problems for ages”
• the Mandelbugs: “this bug kills the server only when exactly 12 users search for ‘grey tulip aliens in red soup’ and use their mail client at the same time ???”
• the lone Bohrbug: “1 + 1 = 1″