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Malicious Windows Update mails in the wild
10/25/2009 6:35:06 AM, mynetx
When I opened my mail this morning, I found a message pretending to be from Microsoft. It offered me to install a Critical Update for Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express (KB910721), and also sent the download link. The sender pretended to be ...
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What happened to my.live.com?
10/21/2009 1:45:31 AM, mynetx
“Windows Live Personalised Experience”—this is what Wikipedia calls my.live.com, the successor of start.com. This service allowed you to put together your own home page with gadgets and other stuff to get you a home on the Web. Much like iGoogle, to be ...
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What happened to my.live.com?
10/17/2009 3:41:55 AM, mynetx
“Windows Live Personalised Experience”—this is what Wikipedia calls my.live.com, the successor of start.com. This service allowed you to put together your own home page with gadgets and other stuff to get you a home on the Web. Much like iGoogle, to be ...
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Windows Live Web Messenger, reinvented
10/14/2009 1:19:26 PM, mynetx
Microsoft Singapore have recently released their web-based Messenger, built on top of the Messenger Library. You don’t need to install anything, as messaging works out-of-the-box. Check it out for free: http://webim.live.sg/ What do you think? Related ...
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Windows Live and You: “Listen to and talk with customers all over the world” (Marcus Schmidt, Microsoft)
10/8/2009 5:34:47 AM, mynetx
Summer is over—but my interview series “Windows Live and You” is not. Today I talked with Marcus Schmidt, who is working for Microsoft and keeping in touch with people like you, to find out what users truly think about Windows and Windows Live. Marcus ...
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How-to: Change your Windows Live password
10/7/2009 6:00:44 AM, mynetx
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 ...
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This Week’s Thoughts: Hidden data
10/7/2009 12:54:44 AM, mynetx
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 ...
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More than 20,000 Hotmail passwords leaked
10/6/2009 7:57:42 AM, mynetx
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 ...
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Cloud computing and the environment
10/3/2009 5:35:05 AM, mynetx
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 ...
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The days are numbered for Messenger 2008
9/20/2009 12:46:43 PM, mynetx
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 ...
