Last week had more news stories about email accounts being hacked and contents made public but don’t feel sorry for the victims, they only have themselves to blame. Colin Powell uses Gmail – which was hacked. The US Democratic Committee had their Microsoft Exchange mail server hacked releasing 19,252 emails with 8,034 attachments (documents, worksheets. […]
Outlook.com will soon get the ability to attach photos from Facebook into your messages. A slap in the face for paying Office for Windows customers. Also coming are links to Google Drive (links to OneDrive, Dropbox and Box are already available) but what sticks in our craw is the Facebook connection. Back for Outlook 2010, […]
Microsoft has opened data centers in Germany which have significant advantages over their server farms in other countries. The data centers in Frankfurt and Magdeburg (near Berlin) are being called the ‘Microsoft German Cloud’. What’s different about these data centers compared to Microsoft’s other locations in US, UK, Australia, Asia and around the world? The […]
The battle between printer makers and third-party ink/toner makers continues with news that Hewlett-Packard has added blocks to stop non-HP ink being used in their printers. Here’s how to avoid paying more than you need to. This has been going on for years. Printer manufacturers now make most of their money from sales of consumables […]
Coming in the next few days to Android and iPhone is Google’s entry into the world of online messaging – Google Allo. Allo has some interesting ideas but lacks two important features that disqualifies it from use for us and most Microsoft Office users. Security Allo disappoints in terms of security. Standard conversations are not […]
