Germany officially ditched its @googlemail address Tuesday and gained the now-universal @gmail.com, putting the last piece in the worldwide Gmail puzzle in place. All new German accounts will receive an @gmail.com address, and those sitting on an existing @googlemail.com address will soon be able to switch, Google said in…

The boxing schedule for June 20 through June 22 features multiple events for fans. Fights have been announced in the United States, Japan, Russia and England. The following schedule has a complete list of the events that will occur on June 20 through June 22. Boxing Fight Schedule for June 20 in Osaka, Japan Kazuto…

Canada’s Conservative government introduced new legislation on Wed. June 20 designed to give more power to the country’s immigration minister and make it easier to turf immigrants who break the law. The minister says it’s about protecting Canadians.

I worked briefly with Microsoft UK in 2006 but no longer have any connection with the company. Regardless, I remain impartial and unbiased in my views. I don’t hold any stock or shares, investments or industrial secrets in any company, but have signed confidentiality agreements with a number of UK and…

Microsoft Corp introduced its own line of tablet computers on Monday at a media event in Los Angeles, marking a major strategic shift for the software giant as it struggles to compete with Apple Inc and re-invent its aging Windows franchise. Steven Sinofsky, Michael Angiulo and Panos Panay President of…

Microsoft’s trump card against Apple (AAPL) is a suite of productivity software aptly named Office. In my own research, more than half of the corporations my employees have surveyed are reluctant to deploy Apple iPad widely because it does not run Microsoft Office natively. Our research also shows that about…

This week, it seems everyone is concerned about finding the right information in the right place. MetaVis makes its migration tools compatible with Office 365 for Government, Recommind adds a SharePoint module for Decisiv Search, DiscoverReady and Equivio extend their partnership, while QlikTech buys Expressor. Recommind Enhances Decisiv Search Recommind has…

Its been a mantra ever since Microsoft first launched Windows: Your computer will always fail you at the time you need it most. And many of us will have led presentations when Powerpoint suddenly crashes or your computer forces a restart, leading to a litany of four-letter words. But spare…

Symantec is uniting with the world’s largest software vendor to deliver its flavor of the emerging cloud offering, DRaaS. Symantec last week announced plans to offer disaster-recovery-as-a-service in collaboration with Microsoft. "The Symantec DRaaS solution will recover any Microsoft application," said Jennifer Ellard, senior manager with Symantec’s storage and availability…

There’s something about the combination of Melbourne and Brookvale Oval that doesn’t agree with Manly back-rower Glenn Stewart after his Origin III hopes were left in tatters due to a knee injury in the Sea Eagles’ 26-22 NRL loss on Monday night. Stewart was carried from the field just before…