Huddle integrates Microsoft Office-style document editing functionality

Cloud-based collaboration company Huddle rolled out note-taking functionality for its users back in December 2013, describing Huddle Note as an "alternative to Microsoft Office". It’s now gone the whole hog by integrating a customised version of Microsoft’s productivity suite into its platform. Called Huddle for Office, it lets users edit and…

Posted on: February 3, 2014 7:00 pm

Hybrid Clouds for SharePoint: Great, but Not for Everyone

The hybrid cloud is the talk of the industry for 2014, and a hybrid cloud for SharePoint / Office 365 is no exception. But not everyone is going hybrid, at least not permanently. Back in 2010, Steve Ballmer said that Microsoft was fully committed to the cloud, saying "the cloud creates opportunities and With…

Posted on: February 3, 2014 7:00 pm

Dark Souls II PC preview: better second time round

With the opening two hours of Dark Souls 2 under our belt, you’ll likely be unsurprised to hear that the bulk of that time was spent dying, respawning, dying and trying again. Welcome back to the realm of sadistic design for the masochistic player. As third-person, melee-biased RPGs go, this Journeying…

Posted on: February 3, 2014 7:00 pm

Still Running Windows XP? Here’s What to Do When Support Ends

After April 8, most users of the Windows XP operating system will no longer receive security patches, application updates or any kind of support from Microsoft. Windows XP machines will be more vulnerable to malware than ever before, and users’ personal and financial information will be at greater risk of compromise…

Posted on: February 3, 2014 2:00 pm

Concept Searching Selected as a Metalogix SharePoint Solution and …

Concept Searching, The global leader in semantic metadata generation, auto-classification, and taxonomy management software and developer of the Smart Content Framework, is pleased to announce participation in the Metalogix Best of Breed Showcase. Bringing together top SharePoint solution and technology partners, and industry influencers, the Best of Breed Showcase is…

Posted on: February 3, 2014 2:00 pm

Gmail’s New Smart Labels Auto Categorize Purchases, Travel, and More

If you have the Gmail "Smartlabels" (or Smart Labels) lab enabled, the next time you log in, you’ll see more options to automatically categorize your emails. Now new emails can be auto labeled as purchases, travel, and financein addition to the social, promotions, updates/notifications, and forums labels already in place….

Posted on: February 3, 2014 2:00 pm

GTA V coming to new consoles and PC in June?

We’ve been wondering when Rockstar would officially announce that it was bringing Grand Theft Auto’s V’s tale of three criminal idiots to the PC. We’ve also suspected that the game would end up gracing the newer consoles from Microsoft and Sony as well. It makes sense that Rockstar would opt…

Posted on: February 3, 2014 2:00 pm

Google Spam Troubles Hotmail User

Google has reportedly fixed a bug with its Gmail service that sent a user thousands of unwanted e-mails. The bug allowed auto-fill of e-mail address in Gmail when accessed from the Google Search results page and affected the Hotmail account of David S Peck. According to CNET, it was discovered…

Posted on: February 3, 2014 2:00 pm

Red e App offers private mobile messaging for non-desk workers, protects …

Private messaging app Red e App targets the non-desk workforce, showing that the message itself isn’t as important as the message data. Marketing Director Amee Kent and Founder/CEO Jonathan Erwin in their Louisville office. Image: Conner Forrest/TechRepublic Employees in industries like retail, manufacturing, and healthcare typically do not…

Posted on: February 3, 2014 9:00 am

The University will switch exclusively to a new e-mail platform starting Monday.

The University will switch exclusively to a new e-mail platform starting Monday. The Office of Information Technology began making the move this Fall in efforts to create a more collaborative environment for communication. Currently, the university uses both DukeMail and Microsoft Office 365, but access to the University’s Webmail platform "Moving…

Posted on: February 3, 2014 9:00 am