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• Yahoo, Nokia tie up for chat, mail and maps

  Yahoo Mail and Messenger will power Nokia's mobile mail and chat services starting later this year, the companies said during a press conference on Monday.

• Yahoo pulls Facebook into Yahoo Mail

  Continuing efforts to bring more services into its online properties, Yahoo is now letting customers update their Facebook status from within Yahoo Mail.

• New Aussie Hotmail addresses up for grabs

  Windows Live Hotmail has launched a new local domain, boosting the availability of email address options.
  

• Compromised Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail accounts exploited in fake shopping scam

  In the wake of the posting in online forums of stolen account and password information for thousands of Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo e-mail accounts, there's evidence of yet more abuse that entails attackers exploiting that information to hack into compromised accounts over the last few days to send spam aimed at stealing credit cards.

• Yahoo gets more social

  Yahoo may have thrown in the towel when it comes to search, but the company is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to its Yahoo Mail, Messenger, and a growing number of social networking features. And Yahoo isn't content to rest on its laurels, as the company announced new features and deals this week designed to increase its social networking appeal.

• Yahoo Mail gets an antispam boost

  Yahoo has taken new steps to sharpen its Webmail service's antispam capabilities, including the adoption of two commercial technologies and the testing of an open-source system, the company said Tuesday.

• Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail all vulnerable to password reset hack

  Yahoo Mail isn't the only Web-based mail service that could be duped into giving up someone else's account password, the tactic that some have argued was used to break into Sarah Palin's e-mail last week.