The easier sign-in screen

There is no end to the updates for Windows Live published in recent times. The sign-in screen to the Live web services got updated too. It now focuses on single accounts only. See...

Update for Windows Live Essentials Wave 4

The Windows Live team is publishing a bugfix update for Windows Live Essentials 2011 (Wave 4). The quick fix update, rolling out in two stages, fixes several problems in...

This week’s thoughts: On behalf of... my mom

The other day my mom received an e-mail sent by a friend. Outlook told her it was sent "on behalf of" someone else. Here's what that means and how to fix it.

Twitter will be reconnected to Windows Live

The micro-blogging service Twitter will make its comeback to Windows Live within 2011. This is what the developer beta for Windows Phone Codename “Mango” indicates. Damaster,...

How-to: Use Hotmail like Outlook

Since last week, the e-mail service Windows Live Hotmail has got an update. Keyboard shortcuts, right-click menus like in Outlook and more details have been added and updated....

Hotmail keyboard shortcuts: the full list

Learn how to perform keyboard acrobatics with Windows Live Hotmail. Speed up the way you work and mail. Many things on your computer can be performed much quicker using keyboard...

Thanks for being great folks, MVPs!

For the past 12 months, I have been a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for the Windows Live expertise. It was a thrilling year! While my MVP award won’t get renewed for July...

Instant update for SkyDrive

The Windows Live team has published an instant update for the web file storage Windows Live SkyDrive. Omar Shanine, Group Program Manager, SkyDrive.com, announced: > Starting...

New Hotmail phishing

New phishing attacks to Hotmail have recently occured. This is what the security company Trend Micro is reporting. The phishing e-mail targeted at Hotmail users looks like it was...

Twitter is launching their own photo service

The micro-blogging platform Twitter is going to launch their own photo sharing service. This is what a report originally published on the TechCrunch blog states. The new service...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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,...

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....

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....