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NSA Was Acquiring Thousands of Digital Communications From Americans
Aug 22, 2013The National Security Agency was acquiring thousands of digital communications from Americans as of 2011, according to a declassified document from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The glimpse of the NSA's surveillance on ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Microsoft Has Integrated Outlook.com with Skype in Several Countries
Aug 21, 2013Microsoft has integrated Outlook.com with Skype in several countries, including the U.K., the U.S. and Germany, offering users the ability to tap Skype functions and contacts from within the interface of the webmail application. The link ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Google Is Kicking off Its Latest Effort to Help Gmail Users Manage Their Messages
Jun 3, 2013Google is kicking off its latest effort to help Gmail users manage their messages -- a redesigned inbox. The new inbox, which will roll out to all Gmail users over the coming weeks, sorts incoming messages into labeled buckets. The ...
Tags: Google, Computer Products
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Microsoft Is Upgrading Its New Outlook.com Webmail Service
May 16, 2013Microsoft is upgrading its new Outlook.com webmail service so that its users can communicate with Gmail users via instant messaging. Outlook.com, which replaced Hotmail and offers a similar feature for chatting with people on Facebook and ...
Tags: Outlook, Computer Products, Gmail Users
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Microsoft Pulled The Plug on Its Hoary Webmail Service Hotmail
May 7, 2013This week was a week for email milestones.?Spam – that scourge of the Internet – turned 35 years old. And Microsoft pulled the plug on its hoary webmail service Hotmail. The first spam message sent on?what was to become the ...
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Digital Rights and Privacy Advocates Have Welcomed Yahoo's Decision
Jan 10, 2013Digital rights and privacy advocates have welcomed Yahoo's decision to provide its users with an option to enable HTTPS (HTTP Secure) for their entire webmail sessions. "We're really happy that Yahoo! is starting 2013 right by letting ...
Tags: Yahoo, HTTP Secure, webmail session, digital rights
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An Upgrade of Microsoft's Office Web Apps Has Been Finalized
Dec 27, 2012An upgrade of Microsoft's Office Web Apps has been finalized, and a combination of enhancements makes this Web-hosted Office version work much better on iPads than previous iterations. As a result, Microsoft, which has been reticent to ...
Tags: Microsoft, Office Web Apps, Office version, iPads
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Microsoft Has Bought Multi-Factor Authentication Specialist Phonefactor
Dec 25, 2012Microsoft has bought multi-factor authentication specialist PhoneFactor with the goal of integrating the company's technology into its cloud services and on-premises applications. PhoneFactor, based in Overland Park, Kan., sells ...
Tags: Microsoft, PhoneFactor, technology, cloud services, applications
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Will Google and Yahoo Need to Update Their Own Email Offerings Before They Start to Lose ?
Dec 24, 2012With Microsoft's new Outlook.com free email service getting so much attention, will Google and Yahoo need to update their own email offerings before they start to lose users? Google's Gmail will need some updates to grab a piece of the ...
Tags: Microsoft, Outlook.com, free email service, Google, Yahoo, email offerings
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The Iranian Government Appears to Have Blocked Access to Google's Search Engine
Dec 21, 2012The Iranian government appears to have blocked access to Google's search engine and Gmail webmail service from inside Iran, according to Internet users there. A security researcher going by the Twitter handle of @0xal reported late Sunday ...
Tags: Iran, Blocks Access, Gmail, Google
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Outlook.com Gained Security Boosts Against Phishing and Spam
Dec 19, 2012Outlook.com, the new webmail service that Microsoft is previewing and that will replace Hotmail, has gained security boosts against phishing and spam. The new safety features come via support for the DMARC email authentication standard ...
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The Iranian Government Appears to Have Blocked Access to Google's Search Engine
Dec 19, 2012The Iranian government appears to have blocked access to Google’s search engine and Gmail webmail service from inside Iran, according to Internet users there. A security researcher going by the Twitter handle of @0xal reported that ...
Tags: Blocked, cyber attack, Gmail, Google, Security
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Microsoft's New Outlook.COM Free Email Service Got So Much Attention
Aug 2, 2012With Microsoft's new Outlook.com free email service getting so much attention, will Google and Yahoo need to update their own email offerings before they start to lose users? Google's Gmail will need some updates to grab a piece of the ...
Tags: Microsoft, free email service, Google, Yahoo, webmail service
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Microsoft Has Announced It Is Revamping and Renaming Its Free Webmail Service
Aug 1, 2012Microsoft has announced it is revamping and renaming its free webmail service,which analysts say may be aimed at winning over users of Google's rival Gmail service. The revamped service,to be known as Outlook.com,will automatically sort ...
Tags: Microsoft, free webmail service, Outlook, Skype video chat
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Microsoft Began Publicly Previewing a New Webmail Service for Consumers
Jul 31, 2012IDG News Service-Microsoft on Tuesday began publicly previewing a new webmail service for consumers called Outlook.com that will eventually replace Hotmail. Microsoft also expects that Outlook.com will draw people away from competing ...
Tags: Microsoft, Outlook.Com, webmail, personal e-mail