After “Microsoft” Azure, should Windows Phone be renamed?
Yesterday Microsoft announced that it was renaming "Windows Azure" to "Microsoft Azure", the latest in a series of moves to consolidate Microsoft’s branding and clean up the Windows brand. Followers of this blog know that Azure is only the latest in a long string of rebrandings, from back when Live…
How Google rescued us from a life of Hotmail
In 2004, anyone with 2MB of online storage thought they were pretty hot stuff – so when Google announced a free web-based email service with a staggering 1 gigabyte of storage, everybody looked at the date – April 1 – and figured it was an April Fool joke. Some joke. Today, Gmail is…
Microsoft launches Outlook app for Android, declutters your inbox
On Monday, Microsoft launched a number of features that should dramatically improve the usefulness of its Outlook Web app, including an Outlook Web app for Android and a "decluttering" tool for your inbox. Specifically, Microsoft announced a "clutter" tool, OWA for Android, and new, streamlined collaborative editing tools that tie…
Microsoft Word, Outlook security flaw uncovered
Security hole: The exploit affects Word and Outlook, Microsoft said. Photo: Reuters Microsoft has warned that attackers are exploiting a previously unknown security hole in Microsoft Word that can be used to foist malicious code if users open a specially crafted text file, or merely preview the message in Microsoft…
Why Gmail and other e-mail services aren’t really free
STORY HIGHLIGHTSGoogle’s Gmail has turned online e-mail service into a profitable businessThe company scans e-mails and uses data for targeted ads and user profilesMany users don’t realize how much their personal information is worthGmail has been the target of multiple privacy lawsuits (CNN) — Gmail doesn’t cost any money to…
Messaging services bypass the SMS route
‘Kik me!" is not a silly note to pin to someone’s back. It’s a request to use the Kik app to chat with someone through mobile instant messaging. Kik is just one of many messaging apps that have arrived recently to rival the humble SMS as a way of rapid…
Microsoft Word, Outlook security flaw uncovered
Security hole: The exploit affects Word and Outlook, Microsoft said. Photo: Reuters Microsoft has warned that attackers are exploiting a previously unknown security hole in Microsoft Word that can be used to foist malicious code if users open a specially crafted text file, or merely preview the message in Microsoft…
Microsoft Word, Outlook security flaw uncovered
Security hole: The exploit affects Word and Outlook, Microsoft said. Photo: Reuters Microsoft has warned that attackers are exploiting a previously unknown security hole in Microsoft Word that can be used to foist malicious code if users open a specially crafted text file, or merely preview the message in Microsoft…
Microsoft changes policy: won’t read your Hotmail anymore to track down …
Microsoft read the email of Hotmail users without a warrant, in order to catch someone who’d leaked some Microsoft software. When they were caught out, the pointed out that they’d always reserved the right to read Hotmail users’ email, and tried to reassure other Hotmail users by saying that they…
Microsoft Word, Outlook security flaw uncovered
Security hole: The exploit affects Word and Outlook, Microsoft said. Photo: Reuters Microsoft has warned that attackers are exploiting a previously unknown security hole in Microsoft Word that can be used to foist malicious code if users open a specially crafted text file, or merely preview the message in Microsoft…
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