Microsoft adds 6 months to Office 2007’s support lifespan
Computerworld – Microsoft has extended the mainstream support period for Office 2007 by six months to align the suite’s lifecycle with a little-known provision in the company’s support policy. Although it’s unclear when Microsoft added the six months to Office 2007’s lifetime, at one point the software was to leave mainstream…
Gmail Stats Claim its Anti-spam System is Better than Hotmail’s
Spam filtering is an extremely important function for Web-based email providers, as it often decides which provider users should go with. Microsoft recently posted spam statistics comparing its Hotmail service to a few of the most popular options, including Google’s Gmail and Yahoo Mail, and unsurprisingly declared Hotmail the best…
Try Calligra 2.4 for a New Microsoft Office Alternative
Microsoft Office may be the dominant productivity suite in much of the computing world, but it’s not for a lack of alternatives. Two free and open source contenders have already achieved particularly widespread acclaim for their strength and usability–LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org–but this week saw the launch of a third….
Word War I: Dem Groups Split Over ‘War On Women’ Messaging
The DNC is backing off from a phrase that has played an oversize role in the campaign so far. But the change of plans is news to many progressive groups and even some national Democrats. Friday exposed universal disdain for the phrase "war on women" among both the Democrats who’ve…
Moving from Gmail to Hotmail: sorting and importing
PC Pro editor Barry Collins is conducting a two-week experiment, returning to Hotmail after six years of using Gmail, to examine Microsoft’s claims that its webmail system has improved. You can read his previous blog posts on Moving from Gmail to Hotmail here. So I’m a few days into my…
NEW! EML to PST Converter: Convert Windows Live, Outlook Express and other …
eml-to-pst-converter.com announces EML-to-PST Converter, a digital utility for fast and simple conversion of email files from legacy clients for use in Windows Outlook. Convert Windows Live emails, Outlook Express and other email files exceptionally quickly and easily. Markham, ON (PRWEB) April 10, 2012 EML files are commonly associated with Windows Outlook…
Metro-styled Windows Live web services coming soon, with screenshots
One of the most popular suggestions we’ve heard from our readers on how to improve Windows Live is to overhaul its web service’s user interface, and bring it more in-line with the Metro UI used in Windows Phone, Windows 8 and latest Xbox 360 dashboard update. Well it appears that Clicking on…
Ask LH: How Can I Sync All My Calendars On My iPhone?
Dear Lifehacker, I’m looking for a way to sync my iPhone, Outlook and Gmail calendars all together, so when I make a change on one all of the other calendars update to the changes automatically. I have tried to use the iCloud control panel in Windows, without much luck. Even…
Change Gmail’s Button Icons Back to Text
PC World – Maybe it’s because I don’t like change, or maybe it’s because I hate it when software developers assume that everyone can figure out their cryptic icons, but I wasn’t a fan of Gmail’s recent makeover. In particular, I didn’t like the switch from simple, straightforward text labels…
Exchange 2013 to RTM in mid-November 2012?
Idle meanderings about on-premises and cloud-based Microsoft Exchange Server and all the associated technology that runs alongside Microsoft’s enterprise messaging server. ARTICLE TOOLSreprintsEmailPrintComments Posted @ 4/13/2012 10:35 AM By Tony Redmond Well, if the information revealed by IDG and other publications is correct, Exchange 2013 (Exchange 15, don’t you know) will make its…