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Hotmail Loses Customer Files

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the whoops-our-bad dept.

Rick Zeman writes "News.com is reporting that Microsoft's Hotmail service has lost customers' files 'due to 'system events.' The particular user cited, of course, has no recourse because of the broad disclaimers companies such as Microsoft hide behind; however, you are getting what you pay for. The scariest part of the article, however, is when a spokesman for iBackup, an Internet-based backup company, disclaims,'We do not provide a 100 percent guarantee that the backup will take place' of customers' data being stored with them for a fee."

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  1. this just in: by abscondment · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    this just in:

    Bill Gates nukes your messages to make room for his pr0n collection.

    C'mon guys, quit dickin' around and release some software./p.

  2. Re:Why would they? by teg · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It was hot coffee. It's supposed to be warm. Only idiots store it between their legs. She shouldn't have gotten a dime, much less become rich for being stupid.

  3. Re:Why would they? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Read the directions on a jay of instant coffee-

    "...pour hot, but not boiling, water in the cup..."

    The coffee in the McDonalds' case WAS boiling.

    Third degree burns don't happen from "hot" coffee, but you will get them from "boiling hot" coffee.