India wakes up to risk of Hotmail, Gmail

It is unclear how many state and federal public workers actively use popular email services for office, but some of the estimates are startling. Related Stories New Delhi – Worried by US spying revelations, India has begun drawing up a new email policy to help secure government communications, but the…

Posted on: December 10, 2013 7:00 pm

Will Huddle Note App Hammer Another Nail in SharePoint’s Coffin?

Huddle has just announced the general release of Huddle Note, a new iOS application that enables users to create content in the cloud, share it inside or outside the firewall and collaborate with other workers on documents all from a mobile device. Taking all Huddle’s functionality into account, the company’s…

Posted on: December 10, 2013 7:00 pm

Identity-theft vulnerability fixed in Microsoft Office 365, says security firm

Microsoft has plugged a vulnerability in Microsoft Office 365 that would have let attackers grab user identities and steal email and documents, according to Adallom, the security vendor that says it discovered the problem. "What we found is if you sent a link to a user by email and the user…

Posted on: December 10, 2013 7:00 pm

NextPlane Brings Federated UC to Microsoft Office 365

Federated platforms let people using different collaboration brands communicate as if they were on the same system. When it comes to Office 365, NextPlane has built technology that gets around Microsoft’s refusal to establish an encrypted connection to a brand other than another Microsoft product. That means users on a Adding…

Posted on: December 10, 2013 7:00 pm

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Fixes Critical Zero-Day Flaw, Issues Browser Update

Microsoft is repairing a critical vulnerability being actively used in zero-day attacks against its core graphics engine, but engineers are still working on a fix to a second known flaw in its Windows XP operating system. A patch for the kernel-level graphical device interface was part of the company’s December…

Posted on: December 10, 2013 7:00 pm

This Is Advertising’s Next Great Leap Forward

The next leap in advertising is literally the ability to leap across screens. Picture a brand’s multipart marketing story that begins on your tablet and ends on your smartphone. Sequential messaging is digital advertising’s next act, and software, device and ad tech firms are scrambling to build the infrastructure to…

Posted on: December 10, 2013 2:01 pm

Microsoft issues 11 security bulletins for the last Patch Tuesday of 2013

SOFTWARE PATCH FACTORY Microsoft has released its last Patch Tuesday list for 2013, issuing 11 bulletins, five of which are rated critical. These last 11 bulletins cover Internet Explorer, Windows operating systems and Microsoft Office software, bringing the total number of patches released by the Redmond firm in 2013 to 106, up The most critical…

Posted on: December 10, 2013 2:01 pm

Five ways to make SharePoint search more efficient

Admins and end users alike find that using the search feature in SharePoint is helpful, but itcan be frustrating. Thankfully, there are a few ways to make SharePoint search work smoothly withinan enterprise. We compiled the five best tips to help SharePoint users work through common questions andsituations with SharePoint…

Posted on: December 10, 2013 2:00 pm

Apple blocks bitcoin payments on secure messaging app Gliph

Apple has forced a secure messaging app to remove the ability to send bitcoin payments or be booted off the the iOS App Store. The move reinforces belief that the company has an unstated policy against allowing bitcoin apps on the store, despite allowing alternative forms of ecommerce such as…

Posted on: December 10, 2013 2:00 pm

Microsoft $99 Dell Venue Tablet Deal Sells Out in a Hurry

Microsoft aimed to boost the sales of its Windows tablets with a special holiday deal on the Dell Venue Pro. It turns out, the deal was so good that some customers were walking away angry. That’s because the $99 price tag on the Windows 8.1 Dell Venue 8 Pro tablet The $99 price What…

Posted on: December 10, 2013 2:00 pm