Google Babel for Gmail allegedly leaks in full, touting plenty of emoticons
Google is rumoured to be launching a unified chat service, dubbed Babel, that will bring together its existing chat services under one umbrella. Its name has been leaked often enough, but now we have allegedly a first real look at the service thanks to a pair of screenshots from the…
Sky customers still with email problems 6 days after move from Gmail to Yahoo!
Sky customers are still experiencing problems with their email, six days after the company went live with Yahoo!’s email platform, having migrated away from Gmail. Computerworld UK reported earlier in the week that customers were furious after the botched migration left many without access to emails and facing severe…
Docstoc Launches Microsoft Office Marketplace
A Santa Monica technology company is behind the latest innovation at Microsoft Corp. Docstoc announced Tuesday that it will begin selling templates for legal and business documents through Microsoft Office. It is the first time that customers will be able to buy documents such as non-disclosure agreements and promissory notes…
Mobile Messaging Leader Acision Taps European Regional GM to Head its NA …
In moves aimed at addressing emerging opportunities in the mobile industry, Acision, the global leader in mobile messaging, today announced it has strengthened its management team with two Regional Head appointments. Former Mavenir executive, Glen Murray , has joined Acision as Senior Vice President and General Manager for its Europe "With…
Talk radio station hopes to muscle in on Gauteng waves
THE Gauteng radio market is set for a shake-up, as a new English-medium, talk-based commercial radio station, Power FM, is getting ready to go on air. In the process it is looking to recruit 100 people ahead of its launch later this year. Power FM will be looking to attract black…
Office 2010 SP2 and SharePoint 2010 SP2 Betas Released
Betas of Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and SharePoint 2010 SP2 are now available for testing, Microsoft announced on Monday. The betas are only designed for use in test environments. An upgrade to the final SP2 versions may not be supported, according to a Microsoft blog post. Few details were provided in…
You Can’t Do Records Management in SharePoint
Let’s start this admittedly provocative post with a question: Anybody out there actually doing records management in SharePoint? And before you answer, let me emphasize that I mean real records management, like, with actual, system-enabled automated disposition according to your retention schedule. If you answered "yes" to this question, please…
Microsoft Outlook available for Surface ‘later this year’
Paul Thurrott, who runs Win Supersite, "the supersite for Windows", claims he met two people at the company’s Redmond, Washington campus using the software on their Surface tablets, which ran the Windows RT operating system. Thurrott revealed the details in a blog post written on April 4, and said: "I He…
Outlook.com May Soon Be as Secure as Gmail
When Microsoft re-launched Hotmail as Outlook.com last year, it was rebirth for the service. Although it received generally positive reviews, Outlook.com still lacked the two-factor authentication that makes Gmail accounts more secure. Now it looks like that omission is being corrected. Two-factor authentication for Outlook.com accounts is coming…
Collaboration in Microsoft Office: Painful but not impossible
Microsoft Office has long been the gold standard for creating, editing, and formatting serious documents. Google Docs and other Web-based competitors, however, have outpaced Office by making it easy to share and coedit documents in real time. Enter the new Office suites. Released earlier this year, they make up lost…
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