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Attack on Yahoo That Started with The Theft of User Credentials
Feb 13, 2014The attack on Yahoo that started with the theft of user credentials from a third-party database highlights the risk of sharing usernames and passwords across multiple websites. Yahoo reported Thursday that attackers using computer ...
Tags: Yahoo, Identity Management
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IT Issues with The Affordable Care Act Website Continue to Be Reported
Dec 19, 2013This week’s edition of IT hiccups, snarls, and general foul-ups begins with the surprising announcement last Thursday by U.S. District Judge James V. Selna who, according to Bloomberg News, issued an order stopping lawsuits into ...
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Yahoo Will Encrypt All Users Personal Data by March Next Year
Nov 21, 2013Yahoo will encrypt all users personal data by March next year, the web firm's CEO Marissa Mayer has said. Yahoo, along with other web firms including Apple, Microsoft and Google, have been subject to thousands of data requests under the ...
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The US Government Made 12,444 Requests for Data About 40,322 Yahoo Users
Sep 10, 2013The US government made 12,444 requests for data about 40,322 Yahoo users, the web firm has revealed in its first annual transparency report. The report marks a more detailed account of what world governments have requested from Yahoo, ...
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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Yahoo Moved to Strengthen The Mobile Portion of Its Revamped Flickr Photo Sharing Service
Jun 13, 2013Yahoo moved to strengthen the mobile portion of its revamped Flickr photo sharing service, acquiring the developer behind a popular photo editing app. The company said Wednesday it had purchased GhostBird Software, the company behind the ...
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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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BT Has Decided to Dump The Service in Favour of Its Own BT Mail Platform
Jun 3, 2013BT, one of Yahoo's biggest customers for its Yahoo Mail service, has decided to dump the service in favour of its own BT Mail platform, which will be run by US messaging specialist Critical Path. Yahoo Mail accounts have been given ...
Tags: BT, Yahoo, Account Hijackings
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Yahoo Has Made Some Radical Changes to Its Flickr Photo Sharing Service
May 22, 2013Yahoo has made some radical changes to its Flickr photo sharing service, which now has a more photo-filled interface and comes with a free terabyte of storage so that users can upload images at their original resolution. The changes were ...
Tags: Yahoo, Flickr, 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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Office 365 Users Will Increasingly Be Able to Import Contacts for Facebook and Linkedin
May 7, 2013Office 365 users will increasingly be able to import contacts from external applications after the suite's initial rollout of this capability for Facebook and LinkedIn. Microsoft recently implemented a feature in Office 365 called Connect ...
Tags: Microsoft, Computer Products
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LinkedIn Revamped The Contacts Management Feature of Its Professional Networking Website
Apr 27, 2013LinkedIn has revamped the contacts management feature of its professional networking website and packaged the functionality into a new iOS application. The company will begin on Thursday a limited trial of the new LinkedIn Contacts with ...
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Yahoo Launched Two New Mobile Apps for Email and Weather
Apr 24, 2013Yahoo is giving itself a bit of a makeover. Earlier this week it launched two new mobile apps for email and weather; now it's ditching numerous longstanding products, including Deals and SMS Alerts, in an attempt to sharpen its focus, the ...
Tags: Yahoo, longstanding products
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Yahoo Has Released Two New Mobile Apps, for Weather and Email
Apr 22, 2013Yahoo has released two new mobile apps, for weather and email, suggesting the company may be on track toward delivering on its promise of offering users a range of new mobile products over the next several months. The company, formerly ...
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Microsoft Has Issued a Detailed Mea Culpa About The Lengthy and Ill-Timed Outage
Mar 18, 2013Microsoft has issued a detailed mea culpa about the lengthy and ill-timed outage that affected its webmail services on Tuesday and Wednesday, an incident that undermines the company's push for its new Outlook.com as a better alternative to ...
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