Update puts the "hot" in Hotmail: attachments up to 50MB, better organization, and much more

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While I'm probably not going to stop using my GMail account any time soon, the new Hotmail refresh has certainly put a shine on the venerable old webmail app and dragged it into 2010. And there are a couple new features that I do find very compelling -- and several others that less-techy users will enjoy.

One of the biggest changes is with file attachments. Hotmail can now handle up to 200 pictures or Office documents of up to 50MB each in a single message (GMail can only handle messages up to 25MB) -- the result of integrating Hotmail with SkyDrive. Yep, if you use a file splitter you can actually send a 10GB file in a single Hotmail message. Sweet. Of course, I won't be doing that any time soon with my horrid 30K/s upload (thanks, MTS!).

Hotmail has also added inline thumbnail previews and offers a slick, built-in slideshow viewer. Office Web Apps have also been integrated, so if you receive an Excel, PowerPoint, or Word attachment you can open it right in the appropriate web app and make changes.

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