Patch Tuesday: Microsoft has critical fixes for Exchange Server
Network World – Businesses will want to jump on patches that fix vulnerabilities to the gamut of Microsoft Exchange Server versions that are flagged in next week’s Patch Tuesday alerts. "This month’s remediation is all about the Exchange servers," says Tommy Chin, a technical support engineer at CORE Security. The…
It’s game over for Games for Windows Live: Microsoft shutters PC marketplace
Microsoft will be putting its PC games marketplace to bed next week, bringing an end to the company’s efforts to rival Valve’s popular Steam marketplace. The Xbox.com Games for Windows Live PC Marketplace will shut down on August 22. Microsoft’s long lambasted Games for Windows Live client will still function,…
Modify GAL synchronization to prevent Outlook 2010 contact issues
How can I fix GAL synchronization in Outlook 2010 so it doesn’t cause problems with mycontacts? I recently discovered a peculiar Outlook 2010 bug — or feature, depending on who you ask. Iopened one of my Outlook contacts and saw that most of the contact information had been edited orcrossed out. I…
Microsoft: Outlook.com problems still not fully resolved
We’re going into Day 2-plus of an Outlook.com outage which has resulted in some users not being able to get access their e-mail for the better part of this past week. Just before noon on August 16, Microsoft switched the Live.com dashboard status claiming the Outlook.com issue was resolved…
Messaging App Line Expands Outside of Japan
As more people around the world start using smartphones, instant-messaging apps like WhatsApp are emerging not only as an alternative to conventional mobile text-messaging, but also as a social network that could replace some of the roles played by Facebook, Twitter and others. One of the fastest-growing messaging apps in…
Outlook/Hotmail Outage
Microsoft has issued a statement following an all day outage of Hotmail/ Outlook. Although they state that all users are now restored, one account did not become problematic until about 11 p.m Wednesday, Aug 14. Contrary to the statement, it is not a mobile account. Posting of some press releases "Outlook.com…
Gmail for iOS nets improved Drive and Google+ integration
Sure, Gmail on iOS was completely redesigned in June, but Mountain View’s just pushed out a fresh update with a few features to polish things off. Version 2.4 of the email app bakes in improved integration with Drive and Google+, making links to the platforms open in their respective apps….
Metalogix Buys Out Axceler’s SharePoint Business
SharePoint content management and migration expert Metalogix has bought up part of another one of its fellow SharePoint ecosystem brethren, and Axceler’s SharePoint governance and permission management tools are the target this time. SharePoint 2013 Brings the Data Much like when Metalogix bought StoragePoint back in 2010, Axceler had been providing Metalogix…
Microsoft pulls faulty Exchange 2013 patch HOURS after release
Microsoft has pulled a security update for Exchange 2013 after problems emerged with the latest patch to the email server software just hours after its release. The critical MS13-061 security update for Exchange Server 2013 broke the message index service, preventing Exchange 2013 email users from searching their mailboxes. Specifically, after Sysadmins…
Yahoo tops Google in US Web traffic in July
SAN FRANCISCO She’d never cop to it, but deep down Marissa Mayer must be savoring some sort of sweet revenge. When she left Google to become Yahoo CEO more than a year ago, there were more than a few snickers from the Googleplex often along the lines of, "Good luck,…