Windows 8’s sync options side-by side with Apple iCloud. Microsft takes a different approach to sync, focusing on user configuration information rather than documents and other user data. Windows 8 Release Preview Microsoft has integrated its cloud computing features into much of Windows 8. The focal point of that integration is If…

Bedeviled by spam? Looking for an antispam tool that will make it just go away? Vade Retro Desktop 4.0 ($24.69/year, direct) aims to be that tool. It’s an attractive package with some unusual features, but in my testing its performance didn’t live up to its good looks. Straightforward SetupVade Retro filters…

So we’ve shown you exclusive screenshots of the new Microsoft account website, as well as the new Profile page, both in their Metro-style glory. This time we were able to discover a new Microsoft account login screen, which clearly shows the rebranding of "Microsoft account" and also in a very…

Another malicious Android Trojan has been spotted hiding in a fake Gmail app to spy and steal from those tricked into downloading it. Discovered by the security firm NQ Mobile, the fake app hides "DDSpy," a piece of malware that, unbeknownst to the phone user, sneaks onto the device and…

Parallels Automation 5.4 includes hosted PBX, Microsoft Lync and Microsoft Hosted Exchange capabilities Hosting and cloud services enablement firm Parallels has released the new version of its hosting and cloud services delivery system, Parallels Automation 5.4. The new release includes a suite of communications and collaboration features, virtual PBX enablement application to…

MENLO PARK, Calif., June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –Badgeville, The Behavior Platform and global gamification leader, today announced the launch of its Microsoft SharePoint connector. Badgeville for SharePoint is the world’s first solution to reward adoption of SharePoint’s key features for employee collaboration. Helping companies derive the transformative value Document management…

Google believes a subset of Gmail users may be the target of what it calls "state-sponsored" malicious attacks. Certain Gmail users will see a warning message over this issue from now on, although this doesn’t particularly mean your account was hacked. Google is being secretive over the nature of the…

Businesses clearly need a better approach to their data recovery capabilities across both their physical and virtualized environments. The current landscape for data management, backup, and disaster recovery (DR), too often ignores the transition from physical to virtualized environments, and sidesteps the heightened real-time role that data now plays in…

WALTHAM, Mass., Jun 06, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) –Just one in three emails within business inboxes hold real, immediate value, according to research released today by Mimecast, the leading supplier of cloud-based email archiving, security and continuity for Microsoft Exchange and Office 365. Only 25 percent of email is considered essential The research, Mimecast’s inaugural…

An anonymous tipster claims to have hacked into Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s private email account. The tipster told Gawker Tuesday that by guessing the answer to a security question What is your favorite pet? he was able to gain access to mittromney@hotmail.com, the account Romney used to communicate with…