Microsoft targets Gmail users with new Outlook.com email import tool

Microsoft has always allowed Outlook.com users to import Gmail messages, but the company is making it a lot easier for users to switch from Google’s mail service today. Thanks to the recent addition of IMAP support for Outlook.com, Microsoft is using the protocol to provide a new switching service to…

Posted on: December 11, 2013 7:00 pm

Microsoft Patches Windows, Office, IE, SharePoint

Microsoft fixes include patch for in-the-wild Office 365 token-grabbing attack that enabled silent eavesdropping. 9 Android Apps To Improve Security, Privacy(click image for larger view) Microsoft Tuesday released fixes for critical vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, SharePoint, and the Windows operating system, including patches for two different zero-day vulnerabilities. But…

Posted on: December 11, 2013 7:00 pm

EU court rejects Cisco’s challenge to Microsoft-Skype merger

Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype is compatible with European Union competition law, the General Court of the E.U. ruled Wednesday. Cisco Systems and Italian Internet communications service provider Messagenet had asked the court to overturn an October 2011 European Commission decision to approve the merger. The court handles actions against The…

Posted on: December 11, 2013 2:00 pm

Government infiltrates Xbox Live and World of Warcraft in search of terrorists

[UPDATE] Microsoft has provided a statement regarding the snooping reports, saying if there was any surveillance of Xbox Live, the company did not approve of it. "We’re not aware of any surveillance activity. If it has occurred as reported, it certainly wasn’t done with our consent," A Microsoft spokesperson said….

Posted on: December 11, 2013 2:00 pm

Outlook krash

Vid senaste stormen fick vi ett kort stroemavbrott naer jag startat datorn och Office Outlook 2003 oeppningen var inte faerdig. Nagot haende aeven med datorn/harddisken foer den jobbar naestan hela tiden, syns pa indikerings lampan foer disken. Ater till Outlook som inte gar att oeppna, far besked att MAPPARNA kan…

Posted on: December 11, 2013 2:00 pm

Microsoft introduces online tool for Gmail switchers

Microsoft rebooted its aging Hotmail franchise a year ago, giving it a new name, Outlook.com, as well as a spiffy new interface and all the bells and whistles you expect from a modern free email service. As in so many other areas, Microsoft’s chief rival is a Google service:…

Posted on: December 11, 2013 2:00 pm

Recovery Toolbox Makes the Restore of Outlook Data a Snap with an All-New …

Recovery Toolbox, a company that offers a broad range of data recovery tools and has a reputation of one of the leading experts in this field, is glad to present a fully updated and largely improved version of Outlook Recovery Toolbox, a specialized solution for the recovery of Outlook data….

Posted on: December 11, 2013 2:00 pm

Indian Government Boots to Safe Mode After Gmail And Hotmail Security Threats

Bangalore: U.S. spying disclosures by the former NSA contractor Edward Snowden has impelled India to start a novel "Email Policy of the Government of India" to make the government communication safe. The new policy will not affect the person who is outlining the rule and can use recurrently the hotmail…

Posted on: December 11, 2013 9:00 am

Gmail and Google Calendar Are Now Downloadable (Just Not Your Brain

Somewhere in a computer file system folder, tucked within a series of folders, locked in an archive compressed to a fraction of its original size (inside an encryption riddle, wrapped in a digital mystery) are all my old email files from when I used to use Lotus Notes, now known…

Posted on: December 10, 2013 7:01 pm

Gmail Strips Email Marketers of Data with Image Caching

The dust has barely settled from the furor around Gmail’s tabbed inbox when another change comes down the pike. I noticed late last week that Gmail has started caching images, though there hadn’t been an announcement from Google. I wasn’t the only one who noticed, either. There is no doubt…

Posted on: December 10, 2013 7:00 pm