Only one critical patch among seven expected from Microsoft next week
Microsoft has announced that it is to release seven bulletins next Tuesday, including one critical fix for vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word. According to a statement by Dustin Childs, group manager at Microsoft Trustworthy Computing, the other six bulletins are rated as important and will address issues in Windows, Microsoft Office…
Updated: Hotmail users hit by login glitch
Users of Microsoft’s webmail service have reported login problems that are reportedly stopping them from accessing emails. By Caroline Donnelly, 25 Sep 2012 at 15:22 A number of Hotmail users were locked out of their email accounts by a login glitch earlier today. The problem had been reported by a slew of Hotmail…
Wealth Mason Adds Messaging Platform to Site!
TORONTO, Oct. 4, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — On September 19th, 2012, Wealth Mason has announced the release of a new on-site messaging system to its 1,048,500 members. The messaging system will allow members to connect more easily and more confidentially on site to discuss estate planning, retirement planning, tax strategies, In the past, members…
Romney messaging: Obama will raise taxes
FISHERSVILLE, Va.Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan told supporters Thursday that the takeaway from the debate should be that President Barack Obama will raise taxes on the middle class if he’s reelected. Buoyed with fresh confidence, Republicans celebrated their nominee’s performance after weeks of process stories about fading hopes. Romney’s…
Microsoft puts Patch Tuesday on a diet, fixes Office flaw
Microsoft is planning a light October edition of its regular Patch Tuesday updates next week that focuses on Office flaws and features just one critical patch. The critical bulletin features a vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2003, 2007, and 2010 as well as Word Viewer and Microsoft Office Web Apps. Office The vulnerability is…
Toyota going all in with Microsoft’s Office 365
Microsoft has been fairly open in its push to the cloud. The pricing model for Office 2013 compared with Office 365 is clearly an effort to make Office 365 the more cost effective, no-brainer option. The plan seems to be working, too, as Microsoft announced this week that Toyota is At first glance,…
Microsoft spruces up crap apps in early Win8 update
When Reg contributor Tim Anderson reviewed Windows 8 in August, he described the built-in Metro Modern UI Windows Store apps that ship with the OS as being "a bit rubbish." Microsoft must have agreed, because it’s already planning to deliver updates for at least 13 of those apps, most of In a…
Google Warns Thousands of Users About State-Sponsored Attacks
Thousands of Google users saw the following message on top of their Gmail inbox, Google home page, or Chome browser this week: "Warning: We believe state-sponsored attackers may be attempting to compromise your account or computer." Nearly four months after Google first warned users about state-sponsored attacks against Gmail accounts,…
Research from YouGov and Pure360 names Hotmail as the most popular email …
Research from YouGov and digital marketing provider Pure360 has found nearly a third (29 per cent) of Britons use Microsoft’s Hotmail as their main personal email account making it the most popular email host in the UK. The online survey of over 2,000 people found Yahoo to be the second most The…
Is Sharepoint 2013 enough to challenge other enterprise social networks ?
In July Ballmer announced Sharepoint 2013 to an eager audience and gave access to the preview. New Social features, improved MySite interface, Skydrive for document storage, improved collaboration, Azure workflow, newsfeeds, improved records management and compliance.it’s a bucket list that seems to tick all the right boxes for an enterprise…