Microsoft’s Xbox Live service is down for many due to sign-in issue
Microsoft has posted a service alert to notify users of an issue it is having with processing sign-ins for Xbox Live . Update (11:15pm ET): The issue has now been resolved. We wish you happy gaming. The company says the following platforms are affected: Games for Windows LIVE, Windows 8, Windows The…
Warwick’s foreign staff may now see London without telling ‘Big Brother’
A university has dropped "intrusive" plans to monitor the location of foreign staff via an email system after it was denounced by unions as "Big Brother" surveillance. About 100 academics at the University of Warwick who hail from outside the European Union were ordered last month to record their whereabouts Staff…
For scammers, text messages, online ads offer more ways to cheat consumers
Every day, thousands of people fall for hundreds of different scams. There are the e-mails claiming they have won a prize all the recipient has to do is send a bank account number. Of course such information should not be shared but people do it anyway. There are Craigslist ads…
IBM adds big data capabilities and Microsoft Office integration to Connections
IBM has updated its Connections social software to offer users the ability to analyse data from inside and outside their organisations, including Facebook, Twitter, audio and video data. The move will allow staff to view activity streams from social networks, alongside business content such as customer satisfaction surveys, expense reporting…
Google Extends Windows Phone Exchange ActiveSync Support Until July
Microsoft announced today that Google has agreed to delay the removal of support for Microsoft’s Exchange ActiveSync protocol (Google Sync) until July. In the meantime, Microsoft said it is working to build support for the protocols Google will be using going forward, meaning Windows Phone users will still be able…
Chicago Public Schools Says Communication Was Key to Successful Google …
Cloud | News Chicago Public Schools Says Communication Was Key to Successful Google Apps Rollout Strong communication and well-planned training were behind the success of the recent rollout of Google Apps for Education across 681 schools in Chicago Public Schools (CPS), according to Lachlan Tidmarsh, chief information officer for CPS. Before implementing…
Exchange 2013: Cool enhancements and hidden gems
The deeper I get into Microsoft Exchange 2013, the more I find to like. That doesn’t mean the transition has been free of frustrations. Some of my issues are merely aesthetic. For example, the new Exchange Admin Center is growing on me, but I’d like to be able to choose Other…
Microsoft confirms a fix to the impending Gmail clampdown on Windows Phone
Today Google confirmed an extension of its Google Sync product and thus Exchange ActiveSync for free Gmail users until July 31st, 2013. Also today, Microsoft announced that it will support Google’s new CalDAV and CardDAV systems for calendar and contact sync. That, in the words of Microsoft, will "enable Windows Phone…
No-Code Video Training Sets for SharePoint Features Like SharePoint Designer …
Rehmani Consulting, Inc. of Plainfield, Illinois, announces the immediate availability of a set of video training courses on SharePoint features including BCS, Reporting Services, Access Services, and more. Each of these video training courses demonstrates how SharePoint Administrators, Site Collection Administrators, Developers, Architects and even Power Users from Line of…
Recovery Toolbox software releases another version of Outlook recovery service …
The service of Outlook recovery, provided by means of Recovery Toolbox for Outlook data recovery software, permits recovering MS Outlook folder with higher efficiency than before, it is possible due to the usage of more sophisticated data restoration algorithms, explains Victor Bobrov, founder of Recovery Toolbox software. Like before, Outlook…
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