Microsoft to make the case for new Exchange version

IDG News Service – Microsoft will lay out the reasons it believes enterprises need to adopt the new version of its Exchange email server at a conference this week devoted to the product. On Monday, the company focused on security, management and compliance issues, trumpeting a number of new and…

Posted on: September 24, 2012 2:00 pm

FileTrail Unveils Unified Records Management in SharePoint 2010

FileTrail provides complete lifecycle management of physical and electronic records in SharePoint 2010. By FileTrail, Inc. SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — FileTrail, Inc. the leading provider of records management solutions, unveiled Unified Records Management for SharePoint 2010 at the 2012 ARMA International Annual Conference and Expo. FileTrail’s Unified FileTrail’s Unified Records Management…

Posted on: September 24, 2012 9:00 am

Outlook.com: New email service from Microsoft

Microsoft recently revamped their email service. The brand Hotmail (Microsoft’s email service) was retired to make way for Outlook.com. This was not only a cosmetic brand name change; the aging Hotmail was completely redesigned with a host of new features and now matches the layout of Windows 8. There are…

Posted on: September 24, 2012 9:00 am

Mark Of The Ninja Is Coming To Steam, Won’t Subject You To Games For …

Good news for PC-owning stealth-fansKlei Entertainment’s Mark of the Ninja is coming to Steam in a couple of weeks. The game, which Patricia liked and Jason and I can’t shut up about will be on Steam on October 16 for $14.99. In an email to Kotaku, lead designer Nels Anderson had some…

Posted on: September 24, 2012 9:00 am

What is Microsoft doing with Hotmail passwords?

But it was the second part of the error message that got him thinking. "If you’ve been using a password that has more than 16 characters, enter the first 16." For Riau, that meant that the last 20 characters of the strong password he used to set up and successfully For the second…

Posted on: September 24, 2012 9:00 am

Iran set to block access to Google

Iran set to to block access to Google and Gmail in reaction to YouTube’s refusal to take down the anti-Islam film. Photograph: Alamy Iran was set to block access to Google and Gmail in reaction to the anti-Islam film that has triggered protests across the Muslim world. "Google and Gmail…

Posted on: September 23, 2012 2:01 pm

Facebook Android Apps Get Needed Love With New Messaging Updates

Just a week ago Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was telling the world of the company’s plans to keep improving its mobile apps. Today there are some concrete announcements from the company to back up that talk. This afternoon it said it is improving its main Android app and Facebook Messenger…

Posted on: September 23, 2012 2:00 pm

Microsoft Hints at Pricing for Surface Tablet, Office 2013

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave the strongest indication yet what the company’s new Surface tablet computer would sell for when it comes on the market Oct. 26between $300 and $800. In an interview with the Seattle Times, Ballmer addressed the pricing issue in only a roundabout way: "If you look at the…

Posted on: September 23, 2012 2:00 pm

Messaging apps show mobile Internet’s rise in Asia

  • Services that began as basic instant messaging for smart phones have jumped into e-commerce, games, celebrity news and more. SEOUL, South Korea A handful of smart-phone apps that began as basic instant messaging services have amassed several hundred million users in Asia in just a couple of years, mounting a…
Posted on: September 23, 2012 9:01 am

Microsoft Office 2013 Heads for Debut

Even as all the tech media oxygen is being sucked up by Apple’s iPhone 5, old rival Microsoft is quietly laying groundwork for next spring’s expected launch of Microsoft Office 2013. And for the IT community at midsize firms, the potential stakes are much larger than for any smartphone debut. After all,…

Posted on: September 23, 2012 9:00 am