
David Braue and I went head-to-head this week in the Great Debate on the question, "Time to abandon Gmail?" I said "No". The audience and the moderator both agreed. It is not time to give up on Gmail. Why give up on something that works so well? I’ll tell you…

It’s been 8 months since Microsoft has ported all Windows Live Messenger users to Skype. Some users were happy and some other were not. But that’s normal, because we aren’t normally keen for change. According to the Skype team, they have stated that they did in fact listen to the feedback…

Tony Bradley gathers the information you need to make the right deploy decision when applying Microsoft’s November 2013 patches in your organization. Microsoft released eight new security bulletins for theNovember Patch Tuesday, bringing the total for 2013 to 95 security bulletins sofar. With only three Critical, and five Important security The two highest…

TyMetrix 360 Degrees Platform Eases Communication Between Law Firms and Corporate Legal Departments; Allows Users to Maintain Legal Matters Directly in Outlook HARTFORD, CT–(Marketwired – Nov 19, 2013) – TyMetrix, the global leader in intelligent enterprise legal management solutions for mastering the business of law, introduces TyMetrix 360 LegalCentre, a solution "LegalCentre is…

New touch improvements for SkyDrive Pro and SharePoint Sites will be seen over "the next few weeks." The improvements are just for Office 365 business, education and government users of Microsoft’s SharePoint Online service, according to Mark Kashman, a senior product manager for SharePoint, in a blog post on Tuesday. Microsoft…

As our nation reflects on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy, contemporary compatriots will no doubt recall his persona, the historic events surrounding his tenure in office and the speeches that inspired many of us to dream of a greater America. His overwhelming popularity…

Trotz der Enthuellungen von Edward Snowden ueber das Geheimdienstprogramm Prism wird es Microsoft als Muttergesellschaft von Skype und Hotmail weiterhin erlaubt, die Daten der EU-Buerger aus den luxemburgischen Niederlassungen auf US-Server zu uebertragen. Die Luxemburger Datenschutzbehoerde (CNPD) geht davon aus, dass der US-amerikanische Mutterkonzern trotz des NSA-Skandals weiterhin ein angemessenes…

Microsoft has released 19 security fixes for flaws in key services such as Internet Explorer (IE) and Outlook, in its latest Patch Tuesday update. The biggest fix is for a critical vulnerability in IE known to have been targeted with an advanced watering hole attack. The attack was originally spotted by…

Microsoft has just unveiled Office Remote, a new app that lets users control Word, Excel, and PowerPoint presentations with any Windows Phone 8 device. It’s basically SmartGlass for the company’s productivity suite, and is a joint effort between Microsoft Research and the Office team. "We want to make sure that Your…

Microsoft Research has just developed a nice little app that turns your Windows Phone into a remote device for controlling MS Office documents on your PC. The use of the remote app with the Windows phone as a carrier has many practical uses when working with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint….