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May 28, 2011

Google Talk now knows AIM users, too

Some years ago, Google started a cooperation with AOL, so that users of the chat software Google Talk could also establish a connection to their friends in AOL Instant Messenger...

May 27, 2011 · Apps

Skype: Hotfix update against login problems

A new Skype client for Windows users helps with login problems. A Mac OS X version is coming soon, too. With the new hotfix versions, users can spare the manual solution of the...

May 26, 2011 · Apple Messenger

Updating Messenger for Mac to 8.0.1

Microsoft has published an update for Microsoft Messenger 8 for Mac. The update fixes a problem that causes Messenger to crash on exit. Furthermore, the compatibility with Apple’s...

May 24, 2011 · Apps Microsoft

Microsoft buys Skype – but why, after all?

Microsoft buys Skype—and pays some 8.5 billion dollars for the popular communication service, more than Facebook and Google have bid. At first glance, difficult to understand, as...

May 24, 2011 · Microsoft

Windows Phone “Mango”: Combined e-mail inbox

With the next big update for Windows Phone, code-named “Mango”, Microsoft is going to introduce a so-called “Linked Inbox” for e-mails, showing multiple e-mail accounts at once,...

May 24, 2011 · Microsoft

How-to: Create invisible folders in Windows 7

When multiple people work with your computer, they don’t have to see what you’re working on immediately. You could protect the corresponding folder with a password—but that would...

May 19, 2011 · Apps Microsoft

Microsoft buys Skype - but why, after all?

Microsoft buys Skype—and pays some 8.5 billion dollars for the popular communication service, more than Facebook and Google have bid. At first glance, difficult to understand, as...

May 19, 2011 · Microsoft

Windows Phone “Mango”: Combined e-mail inbox

With the next big update for Windows Phone, code-named “Mango”, Microsoft is going to introduce a so-called “Linked Inbox” for e-mails, showing multiple e-mail accounts at once,...

May 18, 2011 · Microsoft

Support for Office XP ends

After more than ten years, Microsoft is ending the Office XP support in July 2011. From this time on, no new patches—including security patches—for the software will be provided....

May 18, 2011 · Microsoft

Support for Office XP ends

After more than ten years, Microsoft is ending the Office XP support in July 2011. From this time on, no new patches—including security patches—for the software will be provided....

Apr 28, 2011

The future of Delicious, now clear

Yahoo!'s social bookmarking service Delicious has a future again. The original founders of YouTube, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, acquire the Delicious service as part of their new...

Apr 26, 2011 · Apps Messenger

How-to: Disable Facebook Chat in Messenger

When you linked your Facebook profile to your Windows Live profile, Messenger 2011 might sign in automatically to Facebook Chat as soon as you sign in to Windows Live. At times,...

Apr 23, 2011 · Microsoft

Notes in your Windows Live Profile - discontinued

The Windows Live team has chosen to discontinue the feature to leave notes within your friends’ Windows Live Profiles. Additionally, you cannot anymore send them Private Messages...

Apr 23, 2011 · Microsoft

Reinventing Hotmail Wave 5 with HTML5

“High Five” could be the title of the plans for the next version of Windows Live Hotmail, codenamed Wave 5. It is not a secret that Microsoft will be focusing more on HTML5 to...

Apr 1, 2011 · Microsoft

Windows Live Essentials move into the cloud

These days, the cog wheels are rotating much inside the Windows Live team. The last actions to complete the current version, Wave 4, are just being done (deleting blog posts and...

Mar 28, 2011

How-to: Delete browsing data faster

To delete browsing data, Internet Explorer requires you to click some menus to find the feature. But there is a not so well-known keyboard shortcut that opens the cleanup window...

Mar 15, 2011 · Browsers

For a more beautiful web: IE9 Final has been released

Microsoft has finished version 9 of the popular Windows Internet Explorer web browser. Starting from today [March 15, 2011, 4 am GMT], the new browser version is offered for free...

Mar 14, 2011

Intelligent filter system for Gmail

Google has added a new feature to its e-mail service. As the amount of e-mails to handle each day increases for most users, an automatic filter system tries to keep your inbox...

Mar 14, 2011

No new devices for Zune. The End?

After more than one month of speculation about the future of Microsoft’s music player brand Zune, these are going to come to an end. As a Business Insider report indicates, there...

Mar 9, 2011 · Messenger

Minor update for Messenger Plus! 5

Yuna Software has released version 5.01 of the popular Messenger extension Messenger Plus!. Among a dozen bug fixes, a new feature has been activated: commands in the contact...