InfoWatch Analytical Center has released a report on data leaks from high-tech companies in 2016, according to which the world …
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Microsoft Outlook and Hotmail hit by outage
According to reports, the outage has prevented users from sending and receiving emails for 12 hours.1 2544
How to protect your PC from PRISM surveillance
Thursday afternoon, a bombshell dropped: Two leading reports claimed that the U.S. government has been spying on emails, searches, Skype calls, and …
Spam’s birthday and Hotmail’s closure lead email milestones
This week was a week for email milestones. Spam – that scourge of the Internet – turned 35 years old. And …
Dutch bill seeks to give law enforcement hacking powers
The Dutch government on Thursday presented a draft bill that aims to give law enforcement the power to hack into …
Microsoft discloses law enforcement requests
Following similar disclosures from companies such as Google and Twitter, Microsoft has for the first time released statistics about requests …
Microsoft has access issues with Hotmail, Outlook, SkyDrive services
Microsoft experienced disruptions for several hours to its online suite of mail, calendar and storage services, leaving many users unable …
Outlook.com gets a million sign-ups in first six hours
Microsoft has announced that over a million people had registered with the new Outlook.com email service six hours after it …
Microsoft debuts Hotmail replacement Outlook.com
Microsoft yesterday previewed a new webmail service called Outlook.com that will soon replace Hotmail. The company hopes that new features …
Microsoft may bid again for Yahoo, report says
Just three years after a failed attempt to buy Yahoo, Microsoft may be considering whether to try again, Reuters reported …
Microsoft online services suffer outage
Microsoft’s online services – reportedly including Hotmail, Office 365 and SkyDrive – experienced an outage for around three and a …