Technical problems at Microsoft for the second time within a week caused trouble for users trying to connect to Hotmail and MSN Messenger, the company said Thursday.Technical problems at Microsoft for the second time within a week caused trouble for users trying to connect to Hotmail and MSN Messenger, the company said Thursday.Users around the globe reported that they had problems signing on to the Hotmail and MSN Messenger services during about a three-hour period from 5:00 p.m. GMT until 8:00 p.m. GMT Thursday.Microsoft in a statement said it identified an issue that caused log-on and connectivity issues on some MSN services for a portion of its customers and has since solved it. The company did not specify the scope of the problem. The outage also affected connectivity for MSN Internet Access customers, Microsoft said. The company blames the problems on an unspecified internal problem and said it has no indication of any external causes such as cyberattacks.Although to users the problem was essentially the same, Microsoft said that Thursday’s problems are different from those that caused an approximately eight-hour outage last Friday. Related content news Dell provides $150M to develop an AI compute cluster for Imbue Helping the startup build an independent system to create foundation models may help solidify Dell’s spot alongside cloud computing giants in the race to power AI. By Elizabeth Montalbano Nov 29, 2023 4 mins Generative AI news DRAM prices slide as the semiconductor industry starts to decline TSMC is reported to be cutting production runs on its mature process nodes as a glut of older chips in the market is putting downward pricing pressure on DDR4. By Sam Reynolds Nov 29, 2023 3 mins Flash Storage Technology Industry news analysis Cisco, AWS strengthen ties between cloud-management products Combining insights from Cisco ThousandEyes and AWS into a single view can dramatically reduce problem identification and resolution time, the vendors say. By Michael Cooney Nov 28, 2023 4 mins Network Management Software Cloud Computing opinion Is anything useful happening in network management? Enterprises see the potential for AI to benefit network management, but progress so far is limited by AI’s ability to work with company-specific network data and the range of devices that AI can see. By Tom Nolle Nov 28, 2023 7 mins Generative AI Network Management Software Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe