Category: Email
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Lady Gaga website hacked – Names and e-mail addresses stolen
It would appear web-savvy songstress Lady Gaga is having a Bad Romance with her online presence lately, having already had her YouTube channel suspended (and thankfully restored) over a copyright row, now there are reports of her official website having been broken into with thousands of member details said to have been stolen. “Fortunately” no financial information…
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Hotmail bans common passwords, introduces hacking alert system
Microsoft has introduced new measures to up the security for users of its Hotmail (Live) email service. Two new measures have been introduced, both of which are extremely useful. The first is a ban on common passwords; Hotmail won’t let you use a common password for your account, try it and you’ll be told the…
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Apple patent shows iPhone to iPad wireless file transfer via ‘pouring’
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User Interface madness shows the future of file transfer between iDevices
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Happy 15th Birthday to Hotmail!
Microsoft’s online email provider Hotmail turns 15 years old this week – hard to believe isn’t it? That’s right; in July 1996 the first ever free web-based email service was launched, which back then was titled “HoTMaiL” (the capitals spell out HTML). It wasn’t always Microsoft’s baby though – it was invented by a couple…
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Hotmail updated to be more like Outlook
Microsoft has announced a slew of new features for its Hotmail web email service. Over the past few weeks Microsoft have been working on new features for their long-standing Hotmail email service, all of which were announced at the end of last week. A number of the new features take inspiration from Outlook, Microsoft’s exchange…
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“Pottermore” – Online Social & Reading Experience revealed for Harry Potter fans
JK Rowling had Harry Potter fans once again in the palm of her greedy hand – gripping their plush Hedwig toys and revising their spells in the shear anticipation for a huge announcement from the author regarding her make-believe world of wizardry. They got the news they were waiting for today with the revelation of…
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“Pottermore” – Online Social & Reading Experience revealed for Harry Potter fans
JK Rowling had Harry Potter fans once again in the palm of her greedy hand – gripping their plush Hedwig toys and revising their spells in the shear anticipation for a huge announcement from the author regarding her make-believe world of wizardry. They got the news they were waiting for today with the revelation of…
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Latest details on Mango update for Windows Phone – including Messenger, Office and Games Hubs
Mango – the fruity little update for Windows Phone – will bring with it masses of social appeal through a “Messenger Hub” with integration of Microsoft’s own Live Messenger plus AOL Instant Messenger and Facebook chat. There will also be improved WiFi for Places “Check-ins” for Facebookers. It’s an update that is also always ready…
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BBC Online out of action – News site and iPlayer down for an hour
Technical fault or “Hackivism” at work?
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Google make ads relevant by “learning” on Gmail – Concerns for privacy?
Google aiming to personalise Gmail adverts
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Bidding starts for network-wide Wi-Fi for London Underground – Full service planned in time of 2012 Olympics
Recent success for an Underground Wi-Fi service, trialled at London’s Charing Cross station, has gotten Transport For London eager for bidders interested in providing a network-wide communication service, to cover 16 tube stations before the beginning of 2012 Olympics. TFL brought in BT Openzone to run the trials from November 2010, and the Wi-Fi…