More than 20,000 Windows Live account credentials were published recently. That is why you should change your own password, even if your account was not among them. Here is how to change your password using the Windows Live account center. Open the Windows Live account center at https://account.live.com/ChangePassword.aspx. If prompted,
Author: J.M.
This Week’s Thoughts: Hidden data
Many people send texts, spreadsheets, photos and videos—while not knowing that they contain much information that other people can discover with ease and that might be indiscreet. Who has collaborated on the text? How often has it been revised? What camera and aperture has been used to take the photo?
More than 20,000 Hotmail passwords leaked
Several thousands passwords for European users of Microsoft’s e-mail and identity service Hotmail/Windows Live ID have been published on the Web, according to information published by Neowin. The Windows Live team states: We immediately requested that the credentials be removed and launched an investigation to determine the impact to customers.
Upcoming project releases at mynetx Creations
I thought it was about time to let you know what I am currently working on. While you can find the complete list at the Projects page, here is a summary of the most interesting bits. MPLCode A Messenger Plus! script for sending/receiving programming codes formatted instead of plain-text. WLMStatus
Cloud computing and the environment
Being environmentally friendly, also known as “going green,” is very common, with more people getting the idea to save energy and resources. This might include shutting your computer down at nights vs. just using its stand-by mode; it might also include switching off devices when you don’t need them; but
Thank you, mates!
It has been one year since I started this blog. Many things have changed, but one thing has stayed: it is you visitors, you readers, that make this blog living. I would never have assumed that this blog would get over 50,000 visitors in just one year, with more than
How-to: Minimize Windows Live Mail to the “tray”
Are you using Windows Live Mail as your primary e-mail program and thus running it all the time? I bet that its taskbar button will get in your way sometimes. When I played around with Live Mail’s options, I found a way to minimize Windows Live Mail to my system
The days are numbered for Messenger 2008
In this post: End of Life reached What people think Technical reasons Get Messenger 2009 In case of problems End of Life reached Starting September 15, 2009, users are required to have the latest version of Messenger installed on their computer in order to sign in and continue using the
Messenger: more information about messages not being sent problem
In the last hours, the number of people with problems to send instant messages through Windows Live Messenger’s network has greatly increased, fact that alerted the Windows Live Messenger team about possible server problems. The problem seems to have been solved, as said at MessengerSays blog, and we’ve been getting
So geht’s: Unterwegs sicher bleiben im Internet
Wenn es nur um deinen eigenen Computer geht, ist alles normalerweise nicht ganz so tragisch. Doch wenn du nicht zuhause bist, zum Beispiel wenn du das Internet bei einem Freund, in der Schule oder in der Bücherei nutzt, solltest du dir schon Gedanken über SIcherheit und die Privatsphäre deiner Daten