Microsoft Fumbles Outlook Update
Microsoft is once again facing user backlash over a failed patch update cycle. The first Tuesday of every month is known as Patch Tuesday at Microsoft, and this past Tuesday (Sept. 10), Microsoft issued 13 security bulletins fixing 47 different security issues. One of those security bulletins (MS13-068) included a In addition…
Microsoft adds IMAP and OAuth support to Outlook.com
In a Thursday announcement, software giant Microsoft said that it has added support for Internet message access protocol (IMAP) to its Outlook. com webmail product, the company’s revamped and modernized web-based email service. With Outlook. com now supporting the IMAP protocol, standalone email clients will henceforth have the ability to…
Games for Windows Live marketplace closing August 22, client still operational
Microsoft announced that the Games for Windows Live marketplace will close up shop on August 22, permanently ending the ability to purchase featured content. The Games for Windows Live service itself will remain operational, and purchased games will be unaffected by the closure. Microsoft notes that Games for Windows Live users…
Microsoft delivers 13 patches for 47 flaws, including critical Outlook bug
As part of its monthly Patch Tuesday security update, Microsoft has dispatched 13 patches for 47 bugs in its Windows, Office, Internet Explorer and SharePoint Server products. The Patch Tuesday release includes four critical patches, or Microsoft "bulletins," with the bug of utmost concern being a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook….
Microsoft Patch Tuesday brings critical Explorer, Outlook fixes
Microsoft has shipped fixes for critical vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer and Outlook as part of September’s round of vulnerability fixes. Overall this month, Microsoft issued 13 bulletins4 for them criticalthat cover 47 vulnerabilities found across Internet Explorer, Outlook, SharePoint, Office and the Windows kernel. It is an exceptionally large number Of this…
Former Microsoft Exec Rethinks Email For Mobile
The Launchpad is a series that introduces Mashable readers to compelling startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Tipbit One-Liner Pitch: Tipbit aims to be a smarter and more productive email client for mobile devices, starting with the iPhone….
Reddit AMA featuring Microsoft Outlook.com team tackles NSA, IMAP, Gmail
Network World – Microsoft’s Outlook.com engineers and product managers, a little more than a year since the revamped messaging service launched, took to Reddit Thursday to field questions on topics that ranged from the controversial (NSA email snooping) to the technical (IMAP support). Reddit Ask Me Anything sessions have…
SharePoint 2013 Developing Your Company’s Extranet: In-House, Hybrid or …
While intranets have become a must for most organizations because they allow for centralized, efficient information sharing and management, suppliers, partners and customers often need to get their hands on (and probably contribute to) some of that very same information as well which, of course, is not possible with an…
Google overtaken by Yahoo! in US website visitors for first time in two years
The audience figures from comScore do not include traffic from Tumblr, the blogging platform acquired by Yahoo! Photograph: Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images Yahoo! attracted more website visitors in the United States than Google during July, pushing the company to the top of the online league for the first time…
Microsoft adds IMAP support to Outlook.com
Microsoft has just added one of the most, if not the most, requested features to Outlook.com: IMAP support. Microsoft officials used an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Reddit to announce the IMAP — and OAuth — additions to Outlook.com. In a post to the Outlook blog on…
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