Windows Azure from a Developer's Perspective
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life — ... for running programs written using a particular platform. In addition, data storage is provided via a custom storage layer and API instead of traditional relational database access. The most popular example of this approach is Google App Engine. Cloud-based end user applications: This typically refers to Web-based applications that have previously been provided as desktop or server based applications. Examples include Google Docs, Salesforce and Hotmail. Technically every Web application falls under this category, however the term often ...

Microsoft breaks HotMail for Linux users?
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New-look Hotmail prompts complaints
Web User | News — ... away from this page, your mail has not been sent and will be discarded'," said one Web User forum member. Some Hotmail users also reported difficulty logging into their accounts on Friday last week. "We are experiencing higher than normal volume and are therefore unable to service your request at this time," was one of the error messages encountered. However, a Microsoft spokesman told Web User that there were no widespread network problems. http://forums.techguy.org www.hotmail.com [image] Back to index

Windows Live – Keeping your life in sync
Bink.nu — ... a very exciting day for Windows Live – for the hundreds of people who work on building and delivering Windows Live, for the hundreds of millions of people who use Windows Live, and for the thousands of Windows Live advertisers and partners. Around the world, today is the day that we’re finally able to share the innovations in communications and sharing that we’ve been working on and will release shortly. People sometimes ask me “ What is Windows Live? ” and “ How does that relate to Hotmail , ...

Security Tips For Safe Online Holiday Shopping
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us — The annual American tradition of Black Friday shopping madness is only days away, bringing with it those irresistible deals and steep discounts for those willing to brave the crowds of the local shopping malls. But these days, thanks to the wonder of the Internet, we can all experience the hustle and bustle of the mall from the comfort of our own homes. And to help keep your shopping experience authentic, there's no shortage of cheats and thieves ready to yank your painstakingly chosen gifts right out of the virtual trunk of your Web browser, along with your credit card number. In the spirit of safe and ...

Windows Live: It’s Live! I Think! Partially! Stay Tuned for More!
Technologizer — ... . Hotmail received a recent upgrade and subsequent tweaks based on user feedback, and an additional referesh is promised for next year. Desktop Windows Live apps such as ...

Five Ways OpenID Can Be Embraced
louisgray.com — ... two at the most, be able to verify. Email providers need to get involved With password storage managers the norm, URL log-ons should not be a burden - in theory. And that is the problem: in theory. Realistically, non-technical users are intimidated by using something other than their usernames, e-mails, or handles (nicknames) to log on. Since usernames and handles, without the URL, would be difficult to use as an OpenID log-on, Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo et al joining the movement makes perfect sense. ...

Is There a Get Out of MobileMe Free Card?
louisgray.com — ... By 2003, I even got my fiancee a .Mac e-mail address. I registered her new e-mail address with my last name as a geeky way to show I was serious. So both of us are @mac.com people. While we were paying for something that was free elsewhere, we knew it stood for more than the basic Hotmail, ...

News Bits: New Ad Formats Drive AOL Traffic Boost
Contentinople: — ... , and Hotmail , and users can also access top social networking sites from the front page. AOL says that allowing easier access to outside email and social networks contributed to the traffic increase. Also in the news: Consumers spent $19.44 billion on online shopping during the first 42 days of the November-December holiday season, which is about the same amount they spent during the same period last year, according to ComScore. Since Cyber Monday (Dec. 1), retailers have generated $8.26 billion in online sales revenue, up 3 percent compared to 2007. But ComScore says ...

What FriendFeed Needs to Do To Grow and Keep New Users
louisgray.com — ... or Hotmail. But as many found when Google Reader assumed those you e-mailed most out of GMail were your real friends, that doesn't exactly solve it either. ...

Asking "should we trust the cloud" is like asking "should we trust horseless carriages"
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life — ... and often fail to consider that it is more likely that data loss will occur when their personal hardware fails given that the average computer user doesn't have a data backup strategy than it is likely to occur if their information is stored on some Web company's servers. For example, I still have emails from the last decade available to me in my Hotmail and ...

Google partners with TrueSwitch to streamline Gmail import
Webware.com — Google announced Sunday that it has inked a deal with online account migration tool provider, TrueSwitch, in an attempt to streamline the process of switching to Gmail from competing email services. Gmail previously offered tools that allow users to import contacts and messages ...

Imagine there’s no Google (Part 2): The Alternatives
The Next Web — ... web for the best alternatives to each of Google Services, no easy task, however I was pleasantly surprised to find (nearly) ever offering had a close substitute. Undoubtedly I will have missed  a few and therefore will need your help, so please just leave any other alternative services you may think of in the comments and I’ll ensure I add them to the relevant section. Google Mail Yahoo Mail, Zimbra, Hotmail, zenbe, Mobileme, Google Calendar ...

There's a Hotmail down!
Obsessable News Feed — Microsoft's web-based email service goes down for the count. Users of Microsoft's web-based email service Hotmail are reporting a significant service outage over the last hour. A visit to hotmail.com displays only a "Server is too busy" message. Microsoft partner Matthew Arkin posted the following status update relating to the outage: "Hotmail and Live Mail outage. Issue will be resolved soon. Sorry for the inconvenience." We're not sure of the exact affiliation Arkin has with the company ...

Repost: The Social Web and Windows Live
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life — ... In addition to interoperating with social networks to bridge relationships across the Web, we are also always working on enabling customers to share the content they are find interesting or activities they are participating in from all over the Web with their friends who use Windows Live services like Hotmail and ...

Gmail’s Mail Fetcher helps Importing Mails from Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, AOL Mail or POP3 accounts
Binary Head — Gmail is a popular webmail service and is used widely because of its strong spam controlling capabilities. Many people are migrating from popular email service like yahoo, Hotmail or AOL to Gmail. If you do not want to lose your old emails while switching to Gmail from Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL, or any mail services that support POP3 then use Gmail’s Mail Fetcher, a service powered by TrueSwitch.   Follow the steps below to import emails into Gmail from Yahoo, Hotmail AOL Mail or from any POP3 ...

Microsoft integrates Bing with Hotmail
SuperSite Blog — ... To try it firsthand, visit hotmail.com and check out the right-hand side of the screen when composing a new message. Or, check out ...

Hotmail DAV Protocol retired; won’t work in Outlook, Outlook Express, or Entourage
LiveSide - Windows Live news and interviews — ... old protocol, DAV, (or Web DAV) has been retired. If you hadn’t made changes to continue getting Hotmail in Outlook, Outlook Express, or Entourage, and accessed your mail using DAV, you won’t be able to access your Hotmail.  The Windows Live Mail team blog has all the particulars on what to do.  In a nutshell, either use the Outlook Connector, use Windows Live Mail, or set your Outlook Express settings to receive POP3. These changes don’t affect Hotmail on the web, so you can always log in and get your mail that way while you get this ...

Microsoft investigates Hotmail security breach
T3.com All — ... less-than-pleased and has launched an investigation into what it believes is a result of a phishing scam, with users inadvertently entering account details at a fake website. 'We are aware that some Windows Live Hotmail customers' credentials were acquired illegally and exposed on a website,' said a Microsoft spokesperson. 'Upon learning of the issue, we immediately requested that the credentials be removed and launched an investigation to determine the impact to customers.' Link: Hotmail (via ...

Microsoft investigates Hotmail security breach
T3.com News — ... an investigation into what it believes is a result of a phishing scam, with users inadvertently entering account details at a fake website. 'We are aware that some Windows Live Hotmail customers' credentials were acquired illegally and exposed on a website,' said a Microsoft spokesperson. 'Upon learning of the issue, we immediately requested that the credentials be removed and launched an investigation to determine the impact to customers.' Link: Hotmail (via BBC)     T3 Podcast ...

Was the Google Wave Team expecting this – Just how right was Samuel James Bell?
Josh Chandler — A post today by Samuel James Bell on Tomorrow’s Web (Disclosure: I write for this blog) discussed “Why Google Wave Really Doesn’t Matter”. Samuel made some interesting points about how the “over-complicated all-in-one ...

Always Check The Small Print…or not.
The Next Web — In 1997 I started my first company together with two friends. It was one of the first redirect services where you could get a short URL which would redirect to your homepage or website. It became pretty big pretty fast. The original code was done by someone else and I did the design. When we went live someone suggesting adding some ‘Terms and Conditions” to the site to make it look more serious and make sure we weren’t liable for stuff. Of course, with no funding in place, we couldn’t afford a lawyer to draft something for us. So I improvised. I went to ...

10 of the Best Free Webmail Services
SitePoint — ... Windows Live Hotmail: Possibly the winner for the longest name as Microsoft just keeps adding words to it, Hotmail is one of the oldest players in the webmail space. The free basic account includes ads, but an annual subscription of $19.95 will remove those. Hotmail offers an initial storage of 5 GB, attachment limits of 10 MB, and POP3 support. There is the drawback of your account being closed after 270 days of inactivity, as well as having support issues with Safari. ...