SkyDrive adoption flounders as Windows Live Mesh cut-off looms

Microsoft has revealed that just 40 per cent of Windows Live Mesh users have moved over to its online SkyDrive storage service, despite the switch-off date being less than a week away. The software giant announced in December 2012 that Windows Live Mesh was to be superseded by a desktop-based version The…

Posted on: February 8, 2013 2:00 pm

Microsoft attacks Gmail, called ‘pathetic’ by Google defenders

Microsoft really wants you to ditch Google’s Gmail. In a new attack campaign launched last night, the software giant focused on Gmail’s customized ads, which Google displays based on the content of your emails. The campaign includes a series of print and broadcast ads attacking Gmail and urging email users…

Posted on: February 8, 2013 9:00 am

Google Brings Hangouts In Gmail To India

Just before launching its latest general update to Google Hangouts, Google also recently announced that it is bringing its new group video chat tool to India. Just like in other countries, Google is replacing its current plugin-based Gmail video chat system with Hangouts in India, allowing its users there to…

Posted on: February 8, 2013 9:00 am

Lookeen macht Outlook Dampf

Mit Lookeen von Axonix bekommt Microsoft Outlook eine deutlich schnellere und maechtigere Suchfunktion.Foto: Axonic Abhilfe schaffen kann hier das Zusatzprogramm "Lookeen" von Axonic aus Karlsruhe. Es indexiert die Outlook-Daten mit einem eigenen Verfahren, das deutlich schneller funktioniert als das von Microsoft und ueberdies viele erweiterte Moeglichkeiten bietet. Lookeen funktioniert…

Posted on: February 8, 2013 9:00 am

Citi claims ISO 20022 XML messaging landmark..

Citi Transaction Services has reached a significant milestone of consistently processing more than one million payment transactions per month using the ISO 20022 XML schemas. This accomplishment validates the increasing adoption of ISO 20022 as the new global standard for cash management. This new global standard continues to evolve through industry "P&G…

Posted on: February 7, 2013 7:00 pm

Microsoft attacks Gmail’s ad policy in its “Scroogled” campaign. (Microsoft)

"We don’t go through your emails to sell ads," a narrator says in Microsoft’s latest "Scroogled" advertisement. That’s the thrust of Microsoft’s second major advertising offensive against Google. A year ago Microsoft launched a Scroogled campaign attacking Google’s growing Google Docs word-processing service. With a corny song and character named…

Posted on: February 7, 2013 7:00 pm

Ensim Announces Immediate Availability of Exchange Manager 2013

Provides Enterprise and Service Provider Customers With Support for Latest Microsoft Exchange Server Features SANTA CLARA, CA–(Marketwire – Feb 7, 2013) – Ensim Corporation, a leading provider of automation and orchestration solutions for on-boarding, service catalog, provisioning, and management of users and organizations with business applications and services, today announced Ensim…

Posted on: February 7, 2013 7:00 pm

SharePoint 2013 Localization For Multilingual Intranet, Internet Publishing

Back to SharePoint 2013 and the upcoming release. We have already looked at a number of improvements that look set to make it considerably better than previous editions, but the advanced localization abilities that have just been outlined in the SharePoint blog could end up being a top selling point Writing…

Posted on: February 7, 2013 7:00 pm

Mailbox for iPhone: The easiest way to manage your Gmail

The new Mailbox app for the iPhone cleverly lets Gmail users manage their inbox with simple gestures. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The latest tool to help us navigate through email hell is Mailbox, an iPhone app that brings a shiny new interface to Gmail accounts that speeds up the email organizing…

Posted on: February 7, 2013 2:00 pm

Linux Might Get Microsoft Office In 2014 [Rumor]

After years of being ignored by major software vendors, Linux is starting to get the attention and respect it deserves. The open source OS has already nabbed a major partner in Valve as the company is working on bringing Steam over. Now Microsoft may be jumping on board by bringing…

Posted on: February 7, 2013 2:00 pm