Microsoft Surface Pro will not include Office as standard
Microsoft has officially confirmed that its Surface Pro tablets will not come pre-installed with Microsoft Office. This is a bit of a surprise, as the ARM-based tablet, the Surface RT ships with a copy of Office, specially designed for ARM processors. Surface Pro, uses a regular x86 processor and full…
Windows 8: How to Use the Windows 8 Mail App
If you’ve been stymied by the intricacies of email in Windows 8, you’re not alone. An Infopackets subscriber asks: "Dear Infopackets, I just got Windows 8 and am interested in trying out the new Windows 8 Mail program. But I can’t figure it out. It seems things have changed a lot Do you…
Microsoft Rolls Out Skype on March, Dumps Windows Live Messenger
Effective March 15, 2013, Microsoft will no longer be using Windows Live Messenger and instead advised users to log in using Skype. The network however will remain available to users for another 12 months before Microsoft eventually phases it off. Microsoft had sent an email earlier this week to its Messenger users, announcing…
Aaron Craft’s Defensive Effort Helps Ohio State Buckeyes Earn Win Over …
What people may overlook in Ohio State’s win over Michigan on Sunday afternoon is the job Aaron Craft did defending Wolverines star Trey Burke. Craft has been knocked often for his lack of scoring production this season, but no one can question the junior guard’s ability to play defense. In…
Microsoft’s Chief Technical Officer Rudder is back in the limelight
Just before Christmas, Microsoft announced internally the pending retirement of Research and Strategy Chief Craig Mundie. His replacement is familiar to some of us veteran Microsoft watchers: Eric Rudder. Rudder, for those who may not know of him, given his not-so-public profile for the past few years, is Microsoft’s Chief…
Microsoft confirms Windows Live Messenger service retirement on March 15th
Just recently, we learned that Microsoft plans to retire Windows Live Messenger in favor of Skype. Microsoft officially announced that Windows Live Messenger and Skype will become one back in November of last year and encouraged all Messenger users to update to the latest version of Skype to begin the…
SharePoint Online upgrades cause problems for some users, developers
Recent back-end upgrades by Microsoft to Office 365’s SharePoint Online are causing problems for some users and developers whose workflows and applications have been disrupted by a variety of bugs. At SP Marketplace, a Sacramento, California, developer of business applications that run on SharePoint, staffers are now constantly monitoring their…
Windows Live Messenger to Close: Users Encouraged to Use Skype Instead
Windows Live Messenger closes its doors on March 15. Image by computerjoe Remember Window’s instant messaging program, MSN Messenger? Microsoft has recently announced that after 14 years, Windows Live Messenger, they’re closing the program down and will move users towards Skype. The plan to close Messenger has been in the pipe-line The…
Fraudsters resort to text messaging their targets
As the festive spirit fizzled out and wallets suddenly felt much lighter, several individuals received a text message claiming they had won up to $2 million in a promotional lottery. The Sunday Times was alerted to a number of SMSs sent between Tuesday and Wednesday from foreign numbers with a prefix…
Hotmail’de erişim sıkıntısı yaşanıyor
Popueler e-mail servislerinden Hotmail erisim sknts yasyor.Microsoft’tan yaplan yazl acklamada devam eden sorunun az sayda kullancy etkiledigi ve sorunun giderilmesi icin calsmalarn suerduegue belirtildi Son birkac guenduer devam eden erisim sknts nedeniyle Hotmail ve Outlook.com kullanclar e-posta hesaplarna bakmakta guecluek cekiyor. Yer yer tamamen erisime kapanan soez konusu servisler…
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